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. ASTORIA, ORE
Aceiit W. F. A Co. tad radio Exr-reu Oat.
PORTO RICANS ARE
NOT SATISFIED
Dissatisfied at Supreme Court's
Decision in De LimH Case.
WILL PROCLAIM FREE TRADE
Uovcraer Allts Will Cosvese (be Lc(ialsinr(
li Extra Seiilos to Pin Rctolullei
li Accerdaic With tit
Forakcr Act.
HAN JUAN, Porto ft , May 28.-YVh.-n
the full rfxirt of the (Volition of the
UnUM Htau-a nu(ir.-mi' court In the !
lima caw wti puhllnhrd there wan evi
dence of u general feeling of dlaappoln
tnent amoriK Porto Mean merchant.
The roticcnau of opinion of the mat
ter iem to be that the Porto rtlcan
legislature ahould n convened in extra
Reunion to declare Porto Itl aelf-aup-
porting without the collection! of cua
(inn on exports between I'ort Jllco
and the United Statea.
The general uplrli of complaint thai
II the supreme ciMirfe declaim were
agalnwt i'orto Hlco I noticeable by it
provlahm of ectlon three of the Fora
ker bill, that free trade become i.pera
live whenever the Porto Rtcan Jegts
luture paaxen a reaoltulon that An ade
quate Ryttem of Inmilar taxation ha
been put Into operation and Prelient
McKlnley, upi notification of thl reio
lutlon. In to proclaim free trade for
I'orto Rico.
If rhe plan nw In contomplalon la
tarried out. Governor Allen will con
vene the b-Rlelnture In extraordinary
newlon olely fur the purpose of ia
Inic thl reeilutl(m. . It l probable free
trade will be declared In October.
ItorCK tN LAltOR UNIONS.
8ay the Wentem Federation Now Ha
to.000 Member.
DHNVKi:. May :S.-In hi annual ad
dre today PreMdent Uoyce, of the
Wmtern Federation of Labor, called
attention to rhe fact that twenty-aeven
ww union hud bH?n adjed to the fed
eration durlnx the year, embracing a
totaJ of SOOO men. In all there were
50.000 member of the federation.
In Maktnir of the Ooeur d'Alene
mlnkiK tnmble, Iloyv said that the
proprleur were blackllMlnic m?n, that
the miner now had to gvt a permit
In order to iro to work. He declared
that thl ayatem ww an outrage on
American lltwrty, and said that biack
llatlng the men for labor trouble waa
worse than a relic of the middle ag-.
To meet thla method on t!he part of ome
employer Boyce ad'ocated a more pro-
greaalve policy In organtxlng different
union of the body.
CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
Eleventh Annual Reunion Opened
Memphla. Tenn.
at
MEMPHIS. Tenn.. May 28,-Nearly
2.".00 member of the UnJted Confederate
Veteran, representing 1331 fampa of
the oraranlaatlon, met In ConfiMerate
hall thla morning for their eleventh an
nual reunion. General Fttihugh Lee,
General Joneph Wheeler and General
John U. Gordon were among those pre,
ent
The exercises of today were almost
entirely confined to welcoming ad
dree ea.
FIRST LIEN BONDS LISTED.
NEW YORK. May 28. The governors
of the stork exchange today Hated
$100,000,000 firrt lien convertible 4 per
cent gold bonds of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company. The Income ac
count and balance sheet for the prop
erties comprising the Union Pacific sys
tem, made up to the latest pra;tlcable
date, accompanies the genral statement.
The total assets amount to $461,568,014.
READS INSULAR DECISION.
President and Party Spends Much Time
Discussing It The Dellma Ca.-e.
CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia., May 2S.-Dur-Ing
their Journey across Iowa, Presi
dent McKlnley and members of his
cabinet spent much time reading and
discussing the published reports of the
mmer Wash to
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SHANAHAN'B
opinion nt the auprc-m court In the
Inxular cne. The decision In the D"
limn cae If followed In the Phlllpplri .
and It In alao aHumd It will be, might
reault In calling an extra elon of
(-ungrea. in the m-uma rno. the
court decided that Jutl'n collected on
I'orto Rlean good, before congress en
acted the Foruker law, were Illegal and
mut be refurvdel.
Hu-h d'flnlon would mean not oniv
the refunding of duties heretofore col
lected In the Willlpplne, but would
open the port of the United State to
merchandlae and good of every des
cription from the Philippine until con
grcne me! In December.
PRESIDENT HI'BBDINO KABT.
Trip Kntirely Without Incident Mr
McKlnley Hlowly Improving.
CKDKH RAPIDfl, la, May 21-The
trip of the pred-tillal train from Oma
ha eaxtward today arro the atate of
Iowa waa practically without Incident
Few atop were made, but the train
waa alowed at Che principal town and
cltle and the president appeared on
the rear platform.
Mr. McKlnley' condition ha con
tlnued to hw at-ady but no rapid Im
provement aln( ahe left Ban Franc-la-
co. She I gulnlng ome atrength and
the president la much encouraged. She
haa not yet left her couch, however.
Dr. Rlxey d'- not desire to have her
tax her atrength but he permit her to
ait up In bed roi of the day. The
president alta by her aide much of the
time.
JUDICIARY REPORT ADOPTED.
United Presbyterian Will Exclude
Member of Secret 8cletiea.
)E MOINKS. la.. May M By a
vote of 90 to M thla afternoon, the gen
eral aiwmbly of the United Preaby
terlan church adopted the Judiciary
commlttee'a report with regard to the
InterpretatUai of article 15 of the creed.
The action of the assembly 1 in effect
to exclude member of aecret order
from admllon into the church. It la
also Interpreted by aome of the dele
gate to mean expulalon of member of
the church, who now belong to aecret
aocietlea.
PLEADS FOR HIS RACE.
Booker T. Washington Appeal for Con
' servatlve Action Senator Mor
gan's Plan.
MONTGOMERY. Ala.. May 28.-Booker
T. Washington. In behalf of his race,
today presented to the conatitutlonai
convention an appeal for conservative
action. Senator Morgan has prepired
for the consideration of the const! tj-lon-al
convention an address designed to
support his suffrage clause. Senator
Morgan's plan provides that nobody but
a white man shall hold office.
BELIEVED TO BE RAMAGXOLI.
BERLIN, May 28.-The Lokal Anxei
ger report an the authority of the
Budapest correspondent that there has
Just been takn from the river Dan
ube, near that city, a dead body heav
ily loadid with chains which tbe Hun
garian police firmly believe to be that
of RAmagnolU the anarchist reported
to have been sent from America to
murder the German emperor. The po
lice of every country in Europe and
America have been notified of the dis
covery. DIES IN POVERTY.
Former Assistant Secretary of the Con
federate Navy.
CINCINNATI. May 2S.-Col. James G.
Miner, assistant secretary of the Con
federate navy during the civil war, died
in poverty today at MUford, Ohio, aged
82 years. He was & graduate of Edin
burgh University, a native of New Eng
land. The civil war swept away his
fortune, and since then he has battled
unsuccessfully to build up a new for
tune. PHILIPPINE LAWS NECESSARY.
WASHINGTON, May 28. Senator
Lodge, of Massachusetts, chairman of
the Philippine committee in tha senate,
expressed the opinion that the decis
ions of the United States supreme court
would make Philippine legislation ab
solutely necessary in the coming session
of congress.
He also was clearly of the opinion
that under the Spooner law, the presi
dent had absolute power to provide for
revenue, both customs and Internal for
the Philippine Islands.
FIERCE FIGHTING
WITH BOXERS
Battle Raging Between Them
and Catholic Converts.
FRENCH TAKE WALLED TOWN
Artillery Optuti Fire Bclif RefflKtf M-
Ittaect Oic lilaitryuki Waaaded
-Cilu Will Pay CtrUii
Aajooalal lideaalty.
LONDON. May 28 The Boxer are
again active In all tbe districts where
there are no foreign troop,- say a
dispatch to the Standard from Tien
Tain.
"Yesterday a missionary who waa g"-
Ing to Taku on Che grand canal was
forced to return to Tien Tain on ac
count of the fierce fight raging between
the Boxers and Catholic convert. There
was heavy firing on both aides.
WALLED TOWN TAKEN.
French Artillery Enter Small Town
Northeast of Ting Chu.
PARIS, May 28. A dispatch from
General Voyron, at Tien Tain, dated
May 25, aaya t recQtujoitering party
C4me upon a Walled town, fifteen kilo-1
metera northeast of Ting Chau. The
town authorities refused to open the
rates whereupon the French artillery
opened fire. The wall was breached
and the town taken.
One French Infantryman was everey
wounded.
WILL PAY INDEMNITY.
PEKIN, May 28.-The Chinese pleni
potentiaries have informed ministers of
the powers that the court haa notified
them of Its willingness to pay Indem
nity to the amount of 450,000,000 taela.
but the court objeots to four per cent
Interest
BUBONIC PLAGUE.
LONDON. May 28. The progress of
the bubonic plague here, says the Hong
Kong correspondent of the Times, Is
becoming serious. The death rate is
over thirty dally.
WALDERSEE TO BE RECALLED.
WASHINGTON. May 2S.-Tie state
department today replied to the an
nouncement of the German government
that tbe emperor considered that the
time had come for the recall from
China of Field Marshal Count Von
Waldersee. and expressing the satisfac
tion of the government of - the United
States at this announcement.
VOTE ON PLATT AMENDMENT.
Measure Expected to Come Before tbe
Convention Yesterday.
NEW YORK. Mav 28- A dispatch to
the Tribune from Havana says:
Courtesy to Gaulberto Gomex prevent
ed a vote on the majority report, ac
cepting the Piatt amendment at Mon
day' session of the convention. He had
gone to the country to make a poli
tical speech and was detained, though he
announced last week that he was
through with speechmaldng in opposi
tion. His associates declined to take
advantage of his absence.
The revised and modified report of
the majority waa discussed and sup
ported by Senor Berriel, rector of Ha
vana University, and by Manuel San
gullly.. The phraseology has been Im
proved and appear satisfactory to the
majority. Privately some delegates
have Inquired whether it Is satisfactory
to the Washington authorities. This
is assumed to be the case. Portuon
do, the radical from Santiago, has re
affirmed his opposition but the radicals
all concede a majority for the amend
ment. The delegates are In good humor over
the prospect of final action. If no
one happens to be til or away, a vote
may be had on Tuesday of this week.
The main obstacle is In the municipal
campaign, the desire of Candidate Fen
ers' friends to enable him to avoid com
mitting himself until after he is elected
mayor. The National party In Havana
has split on this subject. Some dele
gates are also demanding open sessions,
but the first vote will be taken In se
cret. RUSSIAN EDUCATION.
Changes in Universities Proposed
the Minister of Education.
by
(Correspondence of Associated Press.)
ST. PETERSBURG, May ll.-Gener-al
Van Nof3ky, minister of education,
has not yet announced his scheme of
university reorganlxatioi. There hi an
earnest discussion In the press and a
doxen projects have been launched. A
a rule they are modeled on the univer
sity constitution adopted by Emperor
Alexander I., which granted a fair de
gree of autonomy. Thla wu complete
lv abolished under the aevere reprea
live regulations of 1884, under wicft
the higher educi'.lonal system has ben
shipwrecked.
General Van Nofsky, before starting
on hi Inapectlon of the universities. Is
sued two circular regarding the in
termediate ach Jb. In one he complains
of Inefficient instruction in the ver
nacular, In the other he recommend
leas stringent examlnationa In the clas
sical tongues.
The xoobglcal section of the
St. Petersburg; academy of science
haa received Information of the
discovery near Irkutsk of a mammoth m
such nerft preaervatlon , that even
eyes, abdomen and other oft tissue
remained sound.
LORD MILNER'S PURPOSE.
Went to England to Exchange View
With Chamberlain.
NEW YORK. May 28. A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
Lord Mllner ha endeavored to con
vlnco his friend that he had come to
Ens-land for rest, and that he la anx
nu to escape public lionizing and
private hospitality. In reality he has
returnM with a view of exchanging
tentlmenta with Mr. Chamberlain on
many points connected with South Afrl
can policy and he will remain In con
atant communication with the colonial
office. His mvment will be regulat
ed by Mr. Chamberlain's convenience
and every Important detail of the fu
ture government of Je colonies will be
discussed between them. H'i friend
assert that while he show sign of
the weight of responsibility which he
has been carrying, his health Is not
permanently Impaired. He will be en
tertalnf l quietly by Lord Roberts, Ar.
thur Balfour- ahd many publt men be
fore he returns, but It la not likely that
there will be any public banquet.
ENDED FATALLY.
Society Young Lady Accidentally Killed
at Nardln. Ock.
WICHITA. Kas., May 28,-At Nar
dln, Oklahoma, a party of society young
ladlea and gentleman went plcnlcing
and when a picture waa being taken
of a group Miss Nora Wolfrumt asked
Mlsa Bishop to point a rifle at ter to
add to the romance of the scene. The
rifle was discharged accidentally and
Miss Wolfram waa killed instantly.
ARRESTED FOR BRXBERT.
MOBILE. Ala. May 28. Ex-Captain
and Quartermaster Cyril W. King. Ip
charge of the construction work at
Fort Morgan, Ala., ha been put on
trial In the United States district court
charged with receiving a bribe from
Contractor J. H. Ilobsoo. Hobson tes
tified that last summer he did $S00O
worth of work at the fort and that King
reiected a great deal of material. In
October King offered to be easier on blm
for a consIdntln. Hobson paid King
$2000 in Installments, the last batch of
money being marked and verified by
a government defective. After these
payments began King was less exacting
upon Hobson's work.
PROMINENT PEOPLE MARRIED.
NEW YORK. May 28. Announcement
has been made of the marriage on Sat
urday evening or Prof. George D. Her
ron and Miss Carrie Rand, the cere
mony having been performed In the
apartments of Dr. Charles Brodie Pat
terson. of this city. Rev. William T.
Brown, pastor of Plymouth church,
Rochester. N. Y., performed the cere
mony which was extremely simple,
there being no vows taken by either
party.
Miss Rand, prior to her marriage, de
voted much time and money to the
cause of socialism, and it Is the inten
tion of her husband and herself to de
vote their llv to socialism.
CROKER LEFT MYSTERIOUSLY.
NEW YORK, May 28.-A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
A great mystery Is made at Moat
House .of Mr. Croker's absence. He is
reported to have left home on Saturday
for a fortnight's enjoyment of the races,
but the protestations were so emphatic
that tha villagers suspected that he had
sailed for America on the St. Louts, get
ting off so quietly as to elude observa
tion. He had several horses entered for
the Hurst Park races, where two of
them were in third place Monday, after
being well backed.
WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT.
CHICAGO. May 28. Senator Fair
banks, of Indiana, was formally an
nounced today as a candidate fur presi
dent before the Republican national
convention of 1904. Harry S. New. Re
publican national committeeman from
Indiana, Who arrived in Chicago today,
la authority for the statement that In
diana will stand behind Fairbanks In
his race for the honor.
PLATT AMENDMENT ACCEPTED.
HAVANA. May 28. The Piatt amend
ment was accepted by the Cuban con
stitutional convention today by a vote of
IS to 14 The actual vote was on ac
cepting the majority report of the Com
mittee on relations which embodied the
amendment with explanations on cer
tain clauses.
THEIR LABORS
ARE FINISHED
Presbyterian General Assembly
Adjourns at Philadelphia.
REVISION OF FAITH REFERRED
Special Ceaalltee t Make RtcoaiateixU
fleas Is Wales Crete: Sbeuls Be Re
flats' as Pretest Suae at
Next Meetlag.
PHILADELPHIA, May 28.-Th on
hundred and thirteenth Presbyterian
general assembly waa dissolved at :1S
o'clock tonight by Moderator Mlnton
after having been in session nearly two
weeks, during which time many matters
of the utmost Importance to the church
were considered.
Chief among these was the queatloa
regarding the revision of the confes
sion of faith. After a discussion eon
tlnulng nearly four days thla momen
tous question was referred to a spec
ial committee, who will make recom
mendations as to tbe manner in which
the creed should be revised and pre
sent them to the next general assemoly,
which will meet In New York-
SENATOR TELLER TALKX
Explains Statements Imputed to Hlni
Regarding Negro Rights, . ;
DENVER, May 21-Unlted Stats;
Senator feller, who Is living this sum
mer on his farm at Grand Junction, Col,,
W niintoil hv th nnv TViat a m h .r-Wi of
Ha 111 'n r?lv tn rh tt-rVntTM rJArii V
upon him by Senator McLaurln of South
Carolina In a public speech on Satur
day last:
"I never said that the negro was a
stood as the white man, I have said,
however, and say now that he sj entitl
ed to rhe same political rights. 6o far
as the Force bill la concerned. I opposed
It along with Wolcott and other western
senators."
Senator Teller Is quoted as predicting
an easy -victory for,- Senator - Till man
and the elimination of McLaurln from
National politics. He promised to issue
a detailed statement In reply to Senator
McLaurin soon.
FOR LARGER MEMBERSHIP.
CHICAGO. May 28. The National As
sociation of Railroad commissioners la
to be made an International organiza
tion at the coming convention, which
will be held In San Francisco beginning
June 5. It Is proposed to change Che
name tn the International Association of
Railway Commissioners and to Invite
Canada and Mexico to membership.
The question was extensively dis
cussed here among members of the com
mlslon, representing thirty states, who
had gathered here preparatory to start
ing for California today.
M'LAURIN-S INTENTIONS.
COLUMBUS, S. C, May 28. Senator
McLaurin. in an interview with a cor
resDondent of tbe State, declares em
phatically that he will not enter a sum
mer campaign. His health, he says,
will not permit it He wants to be in
a race with Mr. Tillman alone and Is
confident of success.
WORLD'S FAIR COMMISSIONERS.
DENVER, May 28. Governor Oman
has appointed the following St. Louis
World's Fair commissioners:
Captain George W. Thatcher, of As
pen. Pllkln county, commissioner in
chief; Thomas J. O'Donnell, of Den
ver; Hon. Van E. Rouse, of Colora
do Springs; I. N. Stevens, of Colorado
Springs.
CUBAN MORTGAGE LAW.
HAVANA, May 28. By a decree to be
issued tomorrow, mortgages will be ten
dered four years, debtors paying each
year, respectively 10, 15, 15 and 40 pet
cent of the principal and accrued inter
est. THE TWO SHAMROCKS.
GLASGOW, May 28. Sir Thomas Lip
ton has decided to send Shamrxk I. to
America with the challenger in order
that he may continue the trial rtcea
right up to the date of the cup races.
DESTROYED BY FIRE.
SPOKANE, May 2S.-The Grtt K-jt.
them coal chutes and cages at HUHard.
with five cars of coal, were destroyed,
by fire this morning. Loss $125,000.
E. W. WINTER ILL.
ST. PAUL, May J8.-E. W. Winter,
formerly president of he Northern Pa
cific railroad, is dangerously ij U
Chicago. .
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