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Gen. (ialacrc'g Sudden Removal
Causes Much Speculation.
JOHNS FIRE ON WHITE PLAQ
Al Olfker Dclirxralcly Shot Doo While
Movlni Under III Cover lo Receive
SurrcBdef-iJlKt Wir New..
LONDON, April 12. 5:2 h. m. It
iMilm ii tliniiKh lrl Robert tuny be
repining to tiikf a itrong force to
clear tin IliM-m from behind lum. A
(i I M- Town iluputch uy. lip will not
move for another week, owing to the
riMt-HKliy 'if gntti-iliig ;ui' and sup-
II-.
Sir Willi im fiiitiure' suld-n rcmov
I In ihe itvmo of much speculation.
Tl' curt imiincr In which It Is an
no'iuced jt'iiim much comment. The
tii-rul iiiiprciiHl'in In t lint It In con-
in ('! llh the U'ilctntur affair.
pl'hiiugh thi-r-. ar niany who con
sider that th.-r must be something
much mor serious, 11 it other general.
11 South Afrli a liuve been retained In
oiumnnd aft'r blumb-m more forjnlda-
blc thlUI UutlKTC .
The nr oflb-e hue ftclvnl no new
of tin? 'li-Uli of Colon-I lliubn-fowell
tinl utii-rly ill r"!U the rumor.
The 1'riilnh Kovcrnni'n?, the Aeno-
IhI. i1 Iim Im ollli lally Inforiiud. now
xUim'Im reiKly to liike the pnrt . f I'or
tUK'il In cane the ltoere alt nipl n'prlii-
ule. but wi fur I'ortURul ha not ap-
llJ f r Hrltleh alJ nor tine he re-
pIl-'J to the Jloenr iiotim utl.m. 1111
(iwit llrluiln nt her bmk It id earn
hu will not Klve way In the ellnht-
nt In malnlalnlnii that the tranmtc-
tloim nt IHra are fully JukiI'I.! by the
Uiiik atuiKJIiiK treatle li-lw. n (Irrat
rtiltnlii aixt I'ortugal.
While the nltuatlon l admitted to
by Riave, the forvlirn ottlre It not in-
IIoimI to bellxve the Uoera will taKe
any uKre.ilve artlon.
The eonreneu of opinion le that
uliciuld the n(Hr attempt reprUala It
would react lo the advantage of Ot-wt
Ihlliiln. enubllim her to u PeloRoa
bny freely.
MIKTOrtfA. April ll.-The latent
nfwe ri'om me ironv o(so'ok
in i-untlnulng at Mani i.aaKie ta-
till) end Diwetitdorp.
UiNUtiN. April Jl.-The war olllee
hue rwelved the follownm innpaicn
fnim Ixrd ltolMrt:
"liloeiufuiileln, April 11. Methuen
report that tne party 01 nwm ui
fcuted on April S made a good reelet-
aiue for lour noura anu m
when our troope, with fixed bayoneta.
were within 15 yards of them. Seven
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tt laraphlni wianenaay,
Manuen,
ay. '
The departure of the Chicago nmbu
lane corp for Pretoria wu delayed
on euipUi in of flllliuaterlnK.
Meinb-r wire aent out In atpec
In I train thin ttflern-Miii, after many
atorniy Int.-rvk-wa with the I'ortUKene
iiuthorltl -a. The ni'-mb-m have no pae
porta Hixl no credential beyond a U t
ler fnm Mlwt'Ura JJurtun to the ef
fect that ehe knowe aume of them pr
tiiitutlly mid believe them to be genu
ine, but ninny have op'-nly cxpreraed
their Intention of fighting . The iloera
are peylng from C30 to it1) per month
for ru' h recruit.
Tlilrty-ftve thoiiMand lloere with JO
Klin are concentrated on a rane of
hill between Kroointtad anil Win
burg. The whole lln-j 1 fortified and l
almoel linpregnubl".
BILL PASSES
End of An Exciting and Memor
able Contest in Congress.
NOW RESTS WITH M'KINLEY
Bill, at Ameodcd, Chioxed Ifl AlmoM Every
ProvliSoi From the Orlilnil at
PreMotctf lo the Seaale.
HOISKKT8'I-ONJWAIT KX PLAINED
He 1 Preparing fir An Iirelntable
Movement In Co-Operation
With Huller.
NKW VOHK, April 11. A dlepatch
to the Tribune from London ay:
Py the grace of the cenaor the mili
tary eltuailon I confulng but It I not
an unintelligible mate. The Prltleh In
action In the Free State and Natal
I not cauM'd by an Impaaee like that
renultlng at t'heveley, Modder river
and Stormberg from the reveraea of
TH-cemlHT.
It I a halt rendered neceaaary by
a y.iematle pn-paratlon for an Irre
Kietable movement into the Tranavaal.
Lord Roberta and General Duller will
advance when traneporta and equip
ment are In readlncaa and they will
operate imultaneouly.
Thla la the view of clone oheeivera
in touch with the war office who assort
that the Drltleh communication are
not in danser ami that the ofTenaive
operation agalnet the railway line
are not aefloua.
Pr-(i diepatchea make It clear that
there ha been fighting for two day
at Wepener where Oneral Hrabant
with the colonial (orce ha been at
tacked by three Boer commando with
aeveral gun. The reult of Monday'
artillery practice wa favorable to the
colonial troop, but yeeterday' attack
waa more severe and determined. Gen
eral Hrabant'a force are reported to
be well upplled with provlxlnns and
ammunition and In occupation of a
strong poBltlon.
Th Daautoa are greatly excited by
the Doer operation. 'on the edge of
their territory and It la moat difficult
for the HrltlBh agent to hold them un
der reatralnt. The neareet point gar
risoned by Dritleh troop I Aliwal
North, but Wepener 1 apparently Iso
lated and completely surrended by
the Dorr. There I no confirmation of
I the report that a la rge force 1 march
ing toward Springfonteln and there I
no proof that the railway or telegraph
h; communication ha been broken
south of Woemfontein.
Sir Henry ltundell and the advance
gunrd of the Eighth division are now
reported to be heading for Springfon
teln Instead of Kimberley. If this be
true Mafeklng will be compelled to
of the enemy were killed, eleven were hlfl for U)l.,f unt jr(j itolM.rt8 corn-
wounded and fifty-one made primmer.
Uealdea Lieutenant Doyle and Wil
liam, Sergeant Patrick Campbell wa
killed and two of our men were wound
ed. William waa killed deliberately
af'.er a white Hug had been held up.
The im rpetrator of the crime v a at
once ehot."
NEW YOUK, April 11. A dlHpatch
to the Tribune from London ay:
The Hcventh month of the war In
South Africa open wl'h report from
iK-1 the concentration of the Doer
force by an Invasion of the Trana
vaal.
The towns of the Free State through
which General Clement recently
! marched are showing algn of uneasl
nee and revolt.
Heavy cannonading I reported from
Eliind IjihkIo and Sunday river, but
there 1 no decisive new from NataL
The Doer peace commission has ar
rived in Europe where It will be coolly
received at every continental capital
Poer Miurco of another P.i tltsh disn- , whatever popular sympathy there may
ter. If the new enn ue ;rusi?u. a ur
rlble reverse hu been Inlllctod upon
be for the Dutch cause no European
government I prepared to declare war
the tlrlllsh arm. According to an , on GnRt lirtain ur to undertake to
olllcliil anouncement In Pre.oria. tele
graphed by the New correspondent, a
b.ittle ha been fought south of Drand
fort In which the DrltUh suffered a
loss of 600 killed and wounded. In ad-
dition to 800 captured by the Doers. ,
No confirmation ha been received J
from Drltlsh sources of the revesre and
It would be advisable not at once to
give to statement of DrlilHh losses
their face value. j
ELANDS LAAUTIS, Atuil 11. Last 1
night the Doers set lire to the grass on
two hills, almost on their extreme j
wings. The Incident disclosed the fact I
that their position extends over fully 15 .
mile In continuous road of hUl. ',
LONDON, April 12. The correspon- '
dent of the Dally MaU at Lourenco
despatch an army of several hundred
thousand men to South Africa. Those
are the only conditions under which
Intervention would serve any practical
purpose.
It Ik expected In diplomatic circle
that Messrs. Fischer, Wolmarlns and
Weasels will make a short stay on the
continent and will cross the Atlantic
in hope of drawing the Americans, with
the help of politicians. Into some kind
of ambuscade.
THE FIGHT AT WEPENER.
ALIWAL NORTH. April ll.-The
Drltlsh losses In the fighting at Wep
ener yesterday was eleven killed and
forty-one wounded. Fighting waa re
sumed today. The Drltlsh are holding
their own well.
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WASHINGTON, April ll.-The long
and bitter struggle over the Puerto
Klcan tariff bill wa ended today when
the house by a vote of 161 to l.'3 concur
red In all the senate amendments. The
bill now requires only the slsnalure of
the speaker of the house and presi
dent of the senate before going to the
president for hi approval. Theee sig
nature will be attached tomorrow and
before nightfall the bill will probably
be a law.
As the bill originally pa-wed the
house It wa a simple bill, imposing
ir. per cent of the Dlngley rale on
goods going Into Puerto Rico from the
Pnlted Stutc and coming from Puerto
Rico Into the Cnlted tSate.
A amended by the senate, and today
agreed to by the bouse, all restrictions
on good coming Into the United State
from Puerio Rico are eliminated and
certain foodstuffs and other article.
which heretofore have gone Into Puer
to Rico free by the executive order,
are excluded from the operation of the
IS per cent duty Imposed on goods en
tering the Island from the United
State.
A complete cheme of civil govern
ment for the islana is aiso auacnvu
to the measure.
Upon the final vote, nine republi
cans voted against me oui, uaunnj',
Messrs. Heatwole (Minn.), Crumpack-r
(Ind.l. Lane tla.), Llttlofleld (Maine),
McCall (Mass.). H. C. Smith (Mich.).
Fletcher (Maine), and Lorimer (III.).
Two democrat. Messrs. Davey and
Meyer cf Louisiana were paired with
democrats in favor of the bill and one
democrat, Sibley, of Pennsylvania vot
ed for it outright. De Vrlea, the other
democrat who voted for the original
bill, today voted against concurrence.
Stalling (dem.) of Alabama wa the
only absentee on either side absent and
unpaired.
The vote came at 6 o'clock after a
very interesting ana, at umes. ecu-
ing debate of five hours, which cov
ered not only the bill. bu the special
order under which the house acted.
One of the moet dramatic features
of the day was the reading by Rich
ardson, the minority leader, of the ori
ginal opinion of Chas. T. Magoon, the
legal adviser of the war department.
In favor of the vlw that the consti
tution extended over Puerto Rico ex
proprio vigore.
Dolliver. of Iowa, In reply, termed
Magoon "a clerk" who tried to over
rule a grvat lawyer at the head of the
w ar department.
Warner, of Illinois. Crumpacker. of
Indiana, McCall of Massachusetts, and
Lorimer of Illinois, all republicans,
made speeches against the motion to
concur.
Tongue and Moody, of Oregon, Jones
and Cushman, of Washington, voted
for the Puerto Rtcan bill. Wilson, of
Idaho, voted against It.
WASHINGTON, April 11. At 11
o'clock today the house committee on
rules assembled In Speaker Henderson's
private office and settled the day's pro
gram for the final contest over the
Puerto Kico bill. The final vote was
fixed for i o'clock this afternoon. Ear
ly In the day party managers were
exerting their utmost endeavors to
asemble a full vote. The measures
adopted for this purpose were almost
unprecedented in 'heir thoroughness.
After the house had asembled, the
rules on the Puerto Rican bill were
adopted 158 to 142. This Indicated the
passage ot the bill.
WASHINGTON, April 11. The clou-'
ing struggle over the Puerto Rlcan
tarilT bill, set for today, attracted great
crowds to the galleries, and all prepar
ations Indicated a field day, replete
with exciting Incidents. Excitement
was at a high pitch when the speaker's
gavel fell at noon.
As soon as the reading of the Journal
was concluded. Dalxcll, a member of
the committee on rules, presented the
special order, under which the house
waa to operate today. Upon demand
of Dalxell, the pr?vious question en the
adoption of the rule was ordered. This
gave 20 minutes for debate on each
side.
Dalxell said no would discuss the rule
briefly. The amendments attached by
the senate, he said, furnished civil gov
ernment for the Islands. It was the
opinion of the .najority that those
amendments should be carried In the
bill. There had been enough discus
sion on the subject. What the coun
try desired was not debate but action.
Richardson, the minority leader, call
ed attention to the fact that the rule
would permit the house to vote only
upon a single proposition. If It bad
been possible for the senate to add to
the Iniquity of the original bill, levy
ing 15 per cent of Dlngley duties on
good going Into Puerto Rico, he said.
It had done so In the so-called civil
government amendment Under the
guise of civil government, the .nate,
he said, had Imposed an Imperialistic
government upon the Island. He ast
scried It wa never the Intention of the
republicans of the house, In the first
Instance, to enact any such measure.
He quoted President McKlnley, Secre
tary Root, ex-President Harrison, ex
Hpaker Reed, and other republican
of national reputation were In favor of
free trade with the Island, and drew
a alvo of applause from hi democrat
ic roll) agues by characterizing the
president In the language of ex-Speaker
Reed, a the "emperor of expe
diency." Why. Richardson askeJ, had the
president, secretary -t war and the re
publican party changed front upon
this whole question. For reply, he read
the statement of Pr. feasor Schurmann
of the Philippine commission. That
trusts had gone down to Washington
an I had grasped the republican party
by the throat."
He also recalled the statement print
ed a short time ago in a local news
paper that a republican member cf the
house had raid that In return for the
pussage of the bill a large contribu
tion was to be mads to the republican
campaign fund. Richardson created
something of a fensatlon by giving the
name of the newspaper man who hail
written the interview, saying he waa a
reputable correspondent, worthy of tre
dence. Dcarmond said the rule wa evidence
that those who decided to suppress In
tellect, chain will and stifle conscience,
realised rhat they must do their work
quickly.
Dabcock, chairman of the republican
campaign iimmit'ee, Indnantly re
rented the charge of Rich rdtejU that
the republican campaign committee
had recelvd a money consideration fcr
ihe Pu.-ti.' Rico rariff bill.
Jumping to hi fet-t. Pierce tried to
interrupt RjbrocK, but the latter wav
ed him aside. "He withdraw hi chal
lenge," snout.' J a vol j; .in 'h demo
cratic side, amid a howl of derision.
Grovernor followed with a speech
that kept nis side In almost contlru
cus appiHUtc. It was a glorious Mini;
to witness thj anxiety of the democrat
ic party and mugwump press, lest th"
republican party should destroy itself.
He had witn-iased it before, but he hud
never seen It so xealous as now to
avert from ihe repuiilican puny me
odlniti nnd curse of an nitset pub
lic scntlni"!.
Richardson was on hi feet, as was
Dalxell, with a motion to recommit the
rule with instructions to report a new
rule and substitute a bill providing:
First Free trade between the l'ni-
ted States and Puerto Rico.
"Second Civil government for the
territory of Puerto Rico of a republican
form."
The speaker ruled that as the pre
vious question had been ordered on the
rule, ljichardson's motion was not In
order.
"Vote, vote, vote," came from many
quarters, and the speaker beat a live
ly tattoo to secure order while the
vote was being taken. The viva voce
vote was Indecisive, and to save time,
an aye and noe vote was taken, on
the adoption of the rule. The voting
was followed with Intense Interest.
Announcement of the adoption of the
rule, ayes 1S8, noes 142; present and
not voting, 11, was greeted with yalvos
of applause on the republinian side.
The large majority was a general sur
nrise. It was regarded as a lest vote.
WILL LAY A
PACIFIC CABLE
Congress Grants Three Million
for a Honolulu Line.
WILL CONNECT PHILIPPINES
May Start a Cable From Seattle-Meg Needed
for the Niv.Waood' Opinion
Puerto R!c Sent lo the tjoute.
WASHINGTON, April 11. The bill
appropriating ROOA.QOO fT a cable be
tween San Francisco and Honolulu
passed the senate today. Hale ex
plained that the building of this cable -would
be In the nature of an experi
ment and upon the result of it would
df-pend In a measure the future course
of the government. It might be
deeinfd desirable, in the light of an
experiment, tr) start a Philippine table
from some point like Seattle and to
proceed to Japan by a northern route.
The District of Columbia appropria
tion bill, which passed the senate to
day, carries nearly S,000,000.
The secretary of the navy ha wri'.
t n a letter to the senate committee
on naval affairs, urging such change
In the laws relating to appointment
to the naval academy as will fill the
vacancies in the line of the navy and
also calling attention to the necessity
lor Immediately enacting euchrdlu upol
for Immediately enacting such legis
lation as will substantially increase
the authorized quota. The secretary
says the department finds It Is abso
lutely unable to commission another
warship "without reducing, in soma
particular, our already meagre coast
defense."
At present four of the new battle
ships are about ready for active rer
vice. Word was received at the navy de
partment today of the arrival of the
cruiser Philadelphia at San Juan del
Sur, where she was ordered from San
Framlsco for the protection of Ameri
can interests said to be endangered
by political uprisings In Nicaragua and
'osta Rica.
The war department today com
plieJ with the recent resolution of the
house of representatives calling for
the opinion by Mr. Magoon. the law
officer of the insular division, rela
tive to the extension of the constitu
tion over Puerto Rico. The opinion
was given in May. 1899.
Afler referring to Spain's cession of
the Hand the opinion says'
Thereupon the territory conveyed
became a part of the United Slates and,
as such, subject to the constitution.
No further action by congress was nec
essary or possible. The constitution
does not depend upon congress for au
thority In any part of the United
States. The reverse of this proposition
is the fact. From this time on con
gress must look to the constitution tor
authority to legislate for Puerto Rico."
THE CHICAGO STRIKE.
Conn-actors
Determined to
to the End.
Hold Out
CHICAGO. April 11. Twelve master
plumbers, whose aggregate wealth is
counted in the millions will begin
handlig tongs, running lead pipe and
wiping Joints in the new Merchant.
Loan and Trust building vhis morning
They are members of the master
plumbers association and were among
thirty or forty who lust night volun
teered to go into the building and help
out the firm who has the contract for
the plumbing work. Thursday eight
other contractors will Join the force
which will go to work today and It is
said that twenty will be all the work
men that will be needed.
The action of the masters Is taken
as an Indication of a determination to
fight to the bitter end.
The building trades council unions
has turned the lockout at the Mer
chants Loan and Trust building into
a strike and last night there was not
a union man left on the Job,
ALL MIXED UP.
FATAL SKIPPING ROPE CONTEST.
Eleven-Year-Old Chicago School Girl
Dead From Over-Exertion.
CHICAGO, April 11. A special to
the Chronicle from Rellevllle, 111., says:
A skipping rope contest has caused
the death of 11-year-old Freda Poignee
and occasioned the serious illness of
two other children. There was great
rivalry among the three children and
others of the school they attended as
to who could Jump the rope the most.
The attending physician said the
cause of the death of Freda wa heart
disease caused by too violent exercise.
Portland in the Throes of Many Con
ventionsThe Pops Not Satlstl, d.
PORTLAND, April 11. Republicans,
democrat, populists and silver repuo
licans will hold state conventions in
this city torn rrow. The officers to be
nominated are: One justice of the su
preme court; a food and dairy commis
sioner and four presidential electors.
Each convention will elect delegates to
the national conventions of their "e
spective parties.
It Is practically settled that Judge
Wolverton will be re-nominated for
supreme Judge by the republicans. The
names m.wt friiontly mentioned for
presidential electors are Wnllis Nush,
of Lincoln county; Tilman Ford, of
Marion, J. O. Kuller'on, if Douglas,
ami W. I. Furnish.
Denui rats and populists npMar to
be somewhat at sea regarding nomi
nations, owim? to the unccrtaii.ty n
the form f fusion between 'ue two
parties. That a uns u of ,one kind
will be effected is settled, though It
n. doub', will cause a split in the pop
ulist convention. Several populist dele
gates asserted openly today that they
would bolt and nominate a middle-of-the-road
ticket. In the event that fu
sion Is carried.
The silver republicans will probably
not ask for any offices but will endorse
the action of the democratic-populist
fusion.
TO OVERAWE CHINA.
1JERLIN, April ll.-The Jlerliner
Tageblntt learns from Kiel that an
international naval demonstration will
take place at Taku.
The German squadron consisting of
the cruisers Hertha,.Gefon, Irene and
the Kalserln Augusta and the gunboat
Jaguar and Itlis, under Admiral
Bendemann is at present stationed
conveniently so that within a few u.iy
the ships can be concentrated in Die
Gulf of Pe Chi LI.
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