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A SENSATIONAL
WAR DISPATCH
Roberts Has Pronounced Censure
Upon Buffer and Warren.
THEIR RECALL PROBABLE
Sever Crlllclim of I be Movement! Wbkb
Resulted la the Capture tad Abandon
dimmest of Splookop Bullcr In
competent for Commiad.
lNlON, April in, 4 a. m.-The
government Iiuk chosen this a the tno-rni-rit
to publish a dispatch from Lord
Roberts pronouncing ensure upon Sir
Idvlvf'is Hull'-r and Sir Charles War
ren, two of hU most Ini 't t n nt sub
ordinate commanders.
Thin llHpulrh was wrlten February
11, and ha been In the hands of the
vnr olllre for five we-k. Just why
It Is published now, In the middle of
the campaign, Is not understood, unless
It Is expeiled that General Duller and
General Warren will ask to be re
lieved of their commands. The revela
tion of their Inntpit 'lly must tend to
undermine the confidence of the troops
under their leadership.
I.oid Huberts' dispatch, with em Ids
ill k. Is A If fin feature of the London
press this morning. In a Iiik editor
ial, the Standard, which Is supp'Hicd
to be In the confidence of the govern
ment, says:
"It Is scarcely likely that the publi
cation of Lord Huberts' dslpatch Is
without a purpose. It Irresslsllbly
suggests whether It Is not to be follow
ed by further Important changes In
the South African commands.
The Time says:
"Lord Itoberts' severe condemnation
la Justified only too clearly by the nar
ratives of what took place.
"It Is not the least of the great ser
vices Lord Huberts la now rendering
the country that he exposes with Ju
dicial Impartiality and lse. whole
some severity, the errors and omissions
In high quarters which hove cost so
very much."
Whether the government has any
special purpose or not In publishing
the dispatch, the way In which It hus
been received will make It most diffi
cult to retain the censured command
ers In active service.
Lord Roberts' long wait and the
Boer activity have seriously disturb
ed the public equanimity, lie Is still
300 miles from Pretoria. No one doubts
the ultimate success of the British
arms, but, behind the British army
that chushed the Boer armies, an army
of occupation will have been Install
ed. From various sources hints come
that more men than are already pro
vided for will have to be sent out.
Lord itobtrts indicates that at least
ten thousand men are advancing to
cut off the Uoers who are Investing
Wepener.
Lord Huberts wlrea that he expected
to clear the southeast section of the
Free State east of the railway and then
to swing round to the north and to
turn one after another of the positions
hold by the Boers north of Illoemfon
teln. General Huller'i prohibition of all
prcsi telegrams In Natal until further
notice Is taken to Indicate that a move
nient Is about to begin there.
LONDON, April 17. The war olllce
tonight publishes In a gaxette the dis
patch from Lord Roberts, dated Feb
ruary 13, submitting General Duller'
dlsputches describing the Splonkop and
other operations from January 17 to
January 24. Lord Roberts deals severe
ly with General Warren and some oth
ers. Even General Buller doea not
escape.
Lord Roberts complains that the
plan of operations Is not cteurly de
scribed In the dispatches. Lord Rob
erts points out that General Warren
teems to have concluded ttfter consul
tation with his ofllcera that the flank
ing movement ordered by General Dul
ler was Impracticable and therefore so
changed the plan of advance as to ne
cessitate the capture and retention of
Splonkop. Lord Roberts continues:
"As Warren considered it Impossible
to make the wide flanking movement
which was recommended, It not actu
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ally prescribed In his scret Instruc
tions, ho should forthwith have ac
quainted Huller with the course lie
proposed to adopt. There Is nothing to
show whether h did so or not. Hut
It Is only fair to Warren to point out
that Duller upiwars throughout to
have be-'it aware of what was hap
pening." HcK'U'dliiK the withdrawal from
H pint; 'k up, lh ret-ntlon of which had
b"Cor"o ess'nllal to the relief of I-ady-smlth.
Lord Robert says:
"I reieret to b unable to concur with
Duller In thinking Thorn'-y rufl exer
cised n wi discretion In ordering his
troops to retire, I am of the opinion
that Thorneycroft's assumption of re
spoiiKlblllty and authority was wholly
In-xcusable. .Thorneycroft Issued the
order without reference to his super
tor authority which upset the whole
plan of operations and rendered un
availing the su'Tlllirs made to carry
It Into effect. On :he other hand It Is
only right to say that Thorneycroft ap
pears to have India ved In a very gallant
manner tlnoughout the day.
"It is to bn regretted that Warren
did not himself visit Hploiikop In the
afteriio.m or evening. I Mleve Dul
ler was Justllled In remarking 'there
was want of organization and system
which acted in'st unfavorable on the
defense. The lit tempt to relieve Lady
sinltn was well devised and I auree
with Duller In thinking It ought to
have succeeded. That It failed may
In some measure have been due to the
dltlktiltl'S of the general plan and
the commanding positions held by the
enemv and probably, also, to errors
of Judgment and want of administra
tive capacity on the part of War
ren. Dut whatever' faults Warren niay
have committed, the failure must also
b-.- attributed to the disinclination of
th-i o Ulcer In supreme command to as
sert his authority and see that nhut he
thought best was done, and also to the
unwarntntcJ aid needless assumptions
of rcspoiml'ilTy y a subordinate cf-flcer."
WKI'KNEK STILL Sl'HKOUNDED.
Roberts H:is Two Forces Marching to
lu Relief.
LONDON, April 17.-The war office
hits received the following dispatch
from Lord Roberts, dated Bloemfon
teln, Tuesday, April 17:
"Our.foroe at 'Wepener is still sur
rounded, but it is reported that the
enemy are attacking In a very half
hearted manner and are anxious about
tbelr communications, hearing that
forces are approaching Wepener from
two direction one under General
Rumlle, via Heddersburg, and another
under General Brabant, with General
Kurt's brigade- In support, via Roux-
viiie.
"On the re-occupallon of Rouxvllle,
April 15, the few Boers there retired
and Geneial Brabant made some Im
portant arrests.
"Violent storms of rain have some
what Interfered with the march of
these columns, but It is hoped they
will soon be able to make their pres
eius! more decidedly felt.
"General Settle reports from Ken
hnrdt, April 14. that 200 Transvaalcra
made a determined attack the previous
day on DopiiBpoort, held by a party of
the Oi-jHin's horse. Our losses were
two killed and one wounded. The ene
my's losses must have been heavy, as
they applied to us for doctors and am
bulances." Dl'KE D'ARCOS INSULTED.
Some Chicago Yahoo Invited Htm to
the Dewey Reception.
NEW YORK, April 17.-A special to
the Herald from Washington, says,
concerning the unpleasant Incident re
sulting from an Invitation to attend
the Dewey celebration In Chicago, the
Duke D'Arcos, Spanish minister In
Washington, said that he had received
from Mayor Harrison a reply to his
note of protest.
"I am fully satisfied with the explan
ation," said the duke. "In fact. I
knew from the first that a mistake had
been made, still I could not permit the
incident to close without a protest.
"Since my arrival in the United
States, I have received the most cour
teous treatment. I know the American
people are too broad minded and up
right to Insult a defeated enemy. 1
have forgotten that I was invited to
Chicago."
CHINA DEALER ASSIGNS.
NEW YORK. April 17. Robert Sum
mon, dealer In earthenware and glass
ware hus illed a petition in bankruptcy.
Liabilities, 1138.371: assets, 1124.413.
Week Only
HOAR'S EULOGY
OF AOUINALDO
One of the Martyrs Whose Blood
Is the Seed of Liberty.
THE STATESMAN'S R0LL-CALL
Dramitlc Effect Produces' by Fasclcs Ass
wer of the Republic's Oresl Meo os
the Queitioa sf ReUlalsj
tbc Pbillppisei.
WASHINGTON. April 17,-For more
than three hours today Hoar, the ren
lor senator from Massachusetts, oc
cupied the attention of the senate with
a iperh in opposition to the policy of
"lmp-rlulli.m.'' upn which he main
tained this government had embarked.
As prepared, his address was J0,
Words In length, but Hoar omitted
much of it, owing to an incipient at
tack of the grip. from which he was
suffering.
The speech brilliantly written,
was illuminated with' splendid rhetor
ical figures, and was rich with citations
from history. One of the notable parU
of the address whs a eulogy of Aguln
aldo. One of the most effective parts of
the speech was his fancied roll-call
of some of the distinguished states
men of the United Sutes on the ques
tion of the retention of the Philippines.
H began with George Washington
and closed wiii -William McKinlcy,
each In a sentence giving the reason
for bis vote. Every vote was in the
negative, except that of Aaron Burr,
who voted "yes, "and said: "You are
repeating my buccaneering expedition
down the Mississippi. I am to be vindi
cated at last"
When the name of William McKlnley
was called, he replied for the president:
"There has been a cloud before my
vision for the moment, but I see clear
ly now; I go back to what I said two
years ago, 'forcible annexation Is crim
inal agfciesflou; ' government . derive
their Just powers from the consent of
the governed, not of some of them, but
of all of them.' I will stand with the
fa:h-rs of this republic; I will stand
with the founders of the republican
party."
The effect was dramatic.
As Hoar pronounced his peroration,
the stillness In the chamber was in
tense. Senator Hoar made an earnest and
vigorous defense of the Filipinos, es
pecially of Agulnaldo, who, he declar
ed, was brave, honest and patriotic.
In the course of his eulogy of Aguin
aldo, he said:
"He deserves to be remembered with
that small band who have given life
and everything dearer than life to
their country In a losing cause. He
shall live with Kossuth, with Oom
Poul, with Joubert, with Emmett,
with Egmont and Horn, with Nathan
Hale, with Warren, with all the great
martyrs of history whose blood has
been the seed of the cause of liberty."
As one bit of proof of their slate
craft he declared:
"The state papers of Agulnaldo, the
discussion of the laws of nations by
his attorney general, the masterly ap
peal of Mablnl, are products of the
Asiatic mind. They ere not unworthy
of the Asiatic mind-vehicle, through
which came to us the scriptures of old
and the new testaments, the poetry
of David, the eloquence of Isaiah, the
wisdom of Solomon nnd the profound
philosophy of Paul."
THE HAWAIIAN BILL.
Unanimous Agreement to Adopt the
Hmse Measure Reached by
the Conference.
WASHINGTON, April 17. A unani
mous agreement was reported today by
the house and senate conferees on the
Hawaiian government bill. The senate
conferees yielded to the house meas
ure. The bill establishes a complete
form of government for the islands,
with a governor and other executive
ofllcers, a legislature of two branches
and a Judicial branch, consisting of a
supremecourt, circuit court and Inferior
courts.
The bill provides that Hawaii fhull
be represented in congress by a dele
gate who ohall have a seat in the
house of representatives with a right
to debate but not vote. The delegate
to congress is to be chosen at an elec
tion of the people.
The tariff laws of the United States
are extended over the island.
NEW YORK CONVENTION.
Proceedings Forecast Renomlnatlon
of Roosevelt and Endorsement
of Woodruff for Vice-
President.
NF.W YORK. April 17. The repub
lican convention for the election of
delegates at large to the national con
vention at Philadelphia named United
United State Senators Thomas C.
Piatt, C. M. Depow, Governor Roose
velt and f"tat Committee Chairman B.
D. Odell as delegates at large and
Edward II. Butler of Buffalo and F.
A. ktlt.'heil of Rochester as elector,
at large.
80 far a the Individual delegates
went th'-y were not quite decided In
th'ir preference as to whether Gover
nor Roosevelt should be a candidate
for governor or for vice president, nor
whether they wanted T. L. Woodruff
f r lieutenant governor again or vice
presiJer t.
. When the temporary and permanent
chairman announced the candidacy of
Governor Roosevelt for a second term
th convention went wild with 'enthus
iasm, but when Mr. Sherman coupled
the names of McKlnley and Roosevelt
the applause and enthusiasm were still
greater. 80 It was impossible to diag
nose the attitude of the majority of
the delegates toward the governor.
It it believed, however, that the gen
eral 1 rend Is toward the renomlnatlon
of Rwsevelt and the pushing of Wood
ruff for second place on the national
ticket. The convention endorsed the
administrations of both McKlnley and
Roosevelt.
MURDERED BY CHINESK.
Body of Chlet of Police of Steveston,
B. C, Found Mutilated and
Burled.
VANCOUVER, B. C. April 17. Man
gled and mutilated the remains of
Alexander Main, chief of police of
Steveston, were found this afternoon
In a hastily made grave near a cluster
of Chinese shacks, two miles from
Steveston. Main had been " missing
since Saturday, when he went to the
Chinese cabins to search for some
missing tools believed to have been
stolen.
Ht was accompanied by his dog and
neither man nor dog waa setn from
Saturday until ibis afternoon, when a
rancher named T. Trites noticed some
fresh turned earth. Poking with his
stick he felt some resistance and hasti
ly removing the earth, a most grue
some spectacle was revealed.
Main's head had been severed from
the body, his arms and legs broken in
several places and the trunk hewed and
hacked into small bits. In the grave
with his master was the body of the
dog. The excitement in Steveston over
hf ghastly find ia Intense. ,
Two Chinese in whose shack were
found the stolen tools are now under
arrest charged with the murder. Ste
veston is a fishing town, where are
located 30 canneries, and during the
cunning season there is a floating
population of five or six thousand Chi
nese, Indians and Japanses.
MURDER OF GOEBEL.
Grand Jury Returns Several Indict
ments Against Several
Officials.
FRANKFORT. Ky.. April 17. The
grand )ury reported indictmentsagainst
Caleb Powers, John Powers, John
Powers, Charles Flnley, Wharton Gol
den and W. H. Cultor, as accessories,
and against Henry E. Youtsey, Berry
Howv:d. Harland Whlttaker or. l Dick
Combs, for the willful murder of tlw
late Governor GoebeL
MARKET DEMORALIZED.
NEW YORK. April 17. The pub
lished opinions and assertions of J.
W. Gates, chairman of the American
Steel and Wire Company, regarding
present conditions and the outlook for
the future in the tron and steel trade,
occupied the attention of dealers in
stocks and bonds to the almost total
exclusion of all other matters today,
Demoralization and confusion were
the result.
WHERE HE IS APPRECIATED.
W.
J. Bryan Invited to At J- the
Houston .Trans-Missis'
Congress. "
HOUSTON, Tex.. April 17. In the
trans-Mississippi congress today Mont
gomery, of Colorado, introduced a reso
lution instructing the president to re
quest William J. Bryan, as ex-presl
dent of the congress, to attend the ses
slons of the congress. With a few dis
sentlng votes, the resolution was
adopted.
Young, of Utah, declared the resolu
tion had a political motive.
STEAMER CLAYOQUOT DISABLED,
Found With Broken Shaft, Leaking
and Abandoned by Her Crew.
VISTORIA. B. C, April 17. Advices
from Albernl are that the coasting
steamer Cluyoquot was picket up by
the Wlllapa with a broken shaft and
leaking. The captain and crew made
the shore with the ship's boats.
"MYSTERIOUS" BILLY SMITH.
NEW YORK, April 17. "Mysterious"
Billy Smith was knocked out in the
nineteenth round by Matty Matthews
tonight.
FLAG LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
PEORIA. 111., April 17.-A special to
the Journal from Springfield says the
Illinois supreme court today handed
down an opinion that the advertising
flag law is unconstitutional.
TURKEY WILL BE
MADE TO SETTLE
Dlptomatic Relations ilh United
States in a Critical Shape.
THE SULTAN'S BAD FAITH
He Is Seeklsj to Still Further Procrastlaal.
Adjuxtmea! el Indemnities Due for
Ontrsre Commutes Dnrlsg
Armenia! Massacre.
WASHINGTON. April 17.-There Is
n longer any question that diplomatic
relations between the United States
and Turkey are in a critical state,
growing out of the sultan's bad faith.
He promised to pay the Indemnity
cl-iims of the American missionaries
for the destruction of eight buildings
of the Euphrates college at Max
ash during the Armenian massacres
of 1S&.
MUST COME TO TIME.
Turkey Will not Be Trifled With on
the Indemnity Claim Longer
NEW YORK, April 17.-A special to
th Times from Washington, says:
State department officials will not
talk for publication about the dispute
between the United States and Turkey
over the failure of the latter country
to pay the Indemnity for the destruc
tion of the American missionary prop
erty during the riots of 1896, except
to deny that there has been any sus
pension of diplomatic relations. While '
Minister Strauss Is in this country for
an apparently indefinite stay, we have
a charge d'affaires In Turkey and dip
lomatic relations still continue.
It is evident, however, that in the be
lief of the administration the time ia
approaching when Turkey must re
ceive the usual sharp hint which ks
always necessary to make that country
pay a debt.. There is nothing nnusuttf
about the bng delay 16 months since
the Porte last promised to pay the
JjO.000 Indemnity. It is Turkey's in
variable way of attending to such mat
ters and has not surprised anybody.
When this manana policy has been
stretched to the utmost there usually
comes a time when a final hint is ne
cessary. European nations cannot al
ways give utterances to a final hint.
Tho United States can do so and the
only question Is how soon the time will
come.
There Is another matter In Issue with
Turkey the payment of an Indemnity
for the death of Frank Lens, the wheel
man. The Turkish policy is the same
in both cases and is the time honored
policy of that government.
One reason for the belief that the
time Is approaching when the final Jog
will be given to Turkey's memory is
that the state department claims that
nothing is being done by this govern
ment to secure this payment of the
Indemnity. It Is known that the gov
ernment has for a long time been try
ing to secure the payment and there Is
apparently no reason for dropping all
efforts at this time. This leads to the
belief that the . state department Is
preparing to give a strong hint and
does not rare to talk about it in ad
vance. TRANSPORT TARTAR RELEASED.
Shafter Settles a Dispute Relating to
Returning Soldiers' Status.
SAN FRANCISO. April 17. The
transport Tartar which has been re
leased from ijuarantine, is to be turned
over to her owners by the government.
When the Tartar was a few days out
from Manila the forty-seven discharg
ed soldiers who were being brought
home were given various tasks to do
by Quartermaster Captain Davis, but
the soldiers rebelled and claimed that
having been discharged they were
traveling as ordinary citizens.
On the vessel's arrlvel here the mat
ter was submitted to General Shaf;er,
who has decided that the men were
in no way amenable to the army regu
lations and should be released when
the vessel left quarantine.
RUNNING THROUGH FIIU5.
Chicago Elevabid Train Has a Start
ling Experience.
CHICAGO, April 17. Panic reigned
In A Metropolitan Elevated train last
night as the cars shot through a mass
of flames. The Are had been fanned
out to the elevated, structure from a
burning frame dwelling at 404 Hermi
tage avenue.
Choosing quickly between blocking
the road and the risk of a singeing,
Motorman Collins flung wide his con
troller and tils two cars dashed through
the crackling blaze.
Tn the burning 1.....
risked their lives to save, the five per
sons within, who were rescued. Uk
un building and contents smalL