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BLOWS IN SENATE.
Tillman and UcLiurin, of South
Caroline, Have Vicious Encounter.
rtio DLernnoful AtTu r Followed Clmrgea
by Tlllm.ui and ttin Calling of Names
by ftleljiiirln Ovnr it Duli.ito on
tliu riilli)plni'H.
Washington, Feb. 21. Tho senate
on Saturday listened to tho furewell
address of Washington, which was
read by Senator Burrows, of Michi
gan. Senator Lodge, of Massachu
setts then presented a mcmorlnl for
a constitutional amendment to enable
congress to enact laws regarding tho
hours of labor in the various states.
When the routine, business was con
cluded Senator Tillmun, of South
Carolina, resumed ids speech in oppo
sition to the pending Philippine tarilt
bill, in the course of which lie mnde
some remarks rellecting on his col
lengile, Senator Mcl.aurin. McLnurin
arose nnd said that Tillman's Btn le
nient regatding liitn was a "willful
uml deliberate and malicious lie."
Tillman jumped over chairs und
struck McLnurin in tho face. A
vicious encounter ensued, Both men
2linclied nnd struck frantically at each
other when Assistant Sergeant -a t-
Anne T.nvtnti Ktiriinir 1itu'iill lliem
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uuu nutc-i.n -mHu.a .-.. n. .... ol AUHnm-,, vmu ,.n ,........ ... Bonnte had tho Philippine tnrKT bill un
and parted them. Kansas City last September, after nn dor discussion. Senator Hato (Tonn.) dc
Senator ForuKer, 'or Ulno, itnmcoi-
atcly moved nn executive session.
During the short executive session
which followed both Tillman and Mc-
Laurin nitide apologies. Open session
was afterwards resumed, when both
senators took the lloor one after the
other and mado lengthy apologies.
In the nflernoon Senator llurton. of
Kansas, took Senator Tlllmnn to task
for rcllectng on Oen. Funston in hia ,
- statement that cruelties were prnc-
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uiu aiiiiu h.ih-i.ii.
MISS SI ONE IS FREE.
After nTimtliN or Antletr tho Itnport Cornel
Tliut the MiN-loiitrr rnptlvo llui
lteou ItnloMHOtl.
Constnntiiu)ple, Feb. 24. Miss Kllen
M. Stone, the .American missionary,
Who With Mine. Tsllkll was captured
by brigands in the district of Saloni
ka September 30 hist, hns been re
leased und arrived at Strumitza, Mace
donia, ut
ut three o'clock yesterday I persons have been killed since tho
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ng. Nobody was nt Strum itza distiirbanees broke out Iiere. Ilia
mornl
to meet Miss Stone, tis the brigands
had given no indication where tlioy
proposed to release the prisoners.
Mine. Thilkn and her baby were also
released at the same time. They are
well. Miss Stone immediately made
herself known to the authorities.
The ilrst known of Miss Stone's re
lense was contained in a telegram
received by Mr. Dickinson, the Ameri
can consul general at Constantino
ple, from the American vice consul
nt. Snlonika. The telegram gives no
details of the release..
TO SELECT A SITE.
Kiiiinns V"rl(l' fair Conmillon Will Go
to St. l.uult Murrli H l.xpeot to
hix-iid sur.o.ooo.
Topoka. Kan., Feb. 24. The Kansas
commission to the St. Louis world's
fair will go to St. Louis March 8 to
select a site for the Knnsas building.
According to present plans the com
mission will expend about $2.r,()00 for
tho building, but its actual cost will
exceed this. Tho commission hopes
that some of the brick plnnts in the
southeastern part of the state will
furnish the brick and that in the
same way they will secure stone from
the Strong City quarries and cement
from loin. Tho commission is pro
ceeding on the basis that it will have
$160,000 to spend.
STANLEY OUT FOR SENATOR.
lie UIIiiv-h Hih People Aro Not Unfr'end-
ly to IIIh Oiinil.diicy, Whleti IIo
l.uHvtM In Tholr I(hikm.
Topeka, ICnn., Feb. 24. Oov. W. E.
Stanley Saturday mado a formal nn
nouueement of his candidacy for Unit
ed Stntes senator, to succeed William
A. Ilnrris. lie is the Ilrst candidate
to make an avowal of ids intentions.
In his announcement Gov. Stanley
says: "From correspondence and in
terviews 1 am satisfied the people are
not unfriendly to my candidacy and
while it is said that, the people have
little to do with making United Stutes
senators, 1 shall leave my candidacy
in their hands."
INSURGENT LEADER CAUGHT.
The Second In (loimiitind to fu ATalvar
Tiunud Over to the .Vinnrlcmi Mili
tary Aiitlmrltlt'H.
Mnniln, Feb. 2-1. A force of nn-
. tive constabulary at Santa Cruz, prov.
luce of LiiKiinn, Luzon, haa captured
0 f -
Cortez. second in commnnd to tlio
insurgent (Jen. Malvar, and turned
him over to the military authorities
Tnriri. mi,,. Iinru nf lllHlirn-ents who . ' .. A. . HCHlire COmiliaiiiii-'ii -i..iu....u n.u ,.,b .... ..vmni oum inn i" b nj iiiuniiii: nil. . ion:, n .. ..u uw.it.a
1.1,,, !,if.on l,in,'r,n , trlct co,,rt llcle u Innn wus fl,ed doctrliiPB on pain of deprivation of the devotional exercises, taking place among those prohibited from accept-
Ki ! i";f in el the i'Lln n"k,nB t,mtl1 '-ewivcr be appointed ti,B fcncniniet. In case of persistence In tho morning. The suit brought by Ing passes was offered. The motion
the ,.J . for ,,,e Motlern TontlcB, n fraternal iu foUowJll ihcr teachings the su- Billnrd is the first of nn organized ef- to Juy this on tho table was carried
v her,' ii ,, iv Z tlri rn Insurance organintion, on the nlleged cn)0 pellllUy of excommunication fort to drive the use of tho Bible from and It wus discovered to have tho f.
Uu'r - 'be f-ou uicc to nlLe ' erOUnd thut the OI'dr iS 1,lsolvent' -! will be inflicted. I the schools of the city. feet of killing tht measure itself.
IOWA' LEADS THEM ALL.
Hawkeyo State tin Oreativit VaIiio or lAvm
block, wltli Tn h t)lo Second
Jiitt)rvtliiK Ntntjttlcs.
WnBhlngton, Feb. 22. The census
bureau announces Unit all the domes
tlo animals In (he United States havo
a probable value of at leant $11,200,000,.
000. Of this ammitit the value of the "
animals on the farm anil ranges con-
Bill ute over 03 per cent. Tho total
value of all domestic ";" '"" .
anil rnnircH was $2,081,051,1 1j, against
$2,21)8.707,5 13 In 181)0. The live stock
nn rn i-iiik in tie uiieo sillies iui- '
, r i .,, D....a i-. 'at Kansas City was passed. Senatoi
lows: Calves, ir,t3.0,.I.IJ; Bteeis, Lv!clnr, Mont.), from the senate commit
25:1,182; bulls, 1,315,500; heifers, i,182,- ; tlM, on military affairs, reported favor
2
014; cows, kept for mllu, 1I.sh:i,'JM; amy me mil ror tno raiuicaiion or tno
..,.!( i in i-. i.0 inuvtlivi- treaty with the Crow Indians for the ces
ciiUh, 1..UJ.I 05 horses, 10.0. .,01H, , bo)j am , t(J 80tUnnicnt of nbout
mules, J.2i 1,007; asses anil tmi ros, i.ooo.OOO acris of their reservation In Mon-
1)5,003; sheep, 01.005,811; swine, 02,- tana. ...Tho house worked on tho Indian
870.108; goats, 1,871.252. Since 181)0 appropriation bill. of the '62 pages bo-
.. .b , . , . ,, Ing disposed of. Mr. Smith (Ariz.) offered
the number of sheep decrensed every- nh nmendment t0 8tH10 ont Ul0 npr0.
where except In the west. Iowa lends prlutlon for tho Curllslo school nnd It be
all the states In the total value of Its came the text for a general onslaught on
1 1 vi. Rtni. while Testis ranks Beeond.
live stock, vvmic lcxim ranus b coihi.
The former has an Investment in Uv
slock of $271,844,031, nnd tho luttei
haB $230,227,434.
A TICKET OMINATED.
Altlcil I'Mrt.vof Mlm.mrl ICttrly In tho Flold
ltoiliiUonn liMlurnH I'ulit o Otvnur-
liltiuiiil Dirndl t.ogMliitloM.
Q T .m.Io T.,l, oo Tho nlllivl Tinrfv
. '., '. ...i.V., t,...i ., I
nil-day convention here nouitnntetl
I the following ticket: Judges of the
1 h. ,,. .. ,, ?.. . .. ,
siijireme court 1-rank L. Uichey, of
St. Louis; Henry N. Kss, of Knnsns
City; Zack Taylor, of Springfield.
Ill,lroad and I warehouse commission-
era Lyman Forgraves. of St. Joseph;
Oswald Hicka, of Macon. Superin-
tendents of public schools John D.
Brown, of Kansas City.
The platform realllrms aliegianeo
to tho principles of the party us entin-
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biuivii m mc """"V ",'
eo ax ixuiih.ib viij iiuu uuuiucb uiu
in the coming state campaign the
nnrauiount issues of the national plat-
pnrauiouni is. soi tit
III) III UK ll'lilll.lf W Wlionwmi .. ,,, uw
direct legislation nnd public owner
ship of all public utilities.
FORTY HAVE BEEN KILLED.
Situation In HurcnloniiOrowlnsMoroOniT
on Account of Hlotou Str Iters Woylnr
Tlilrsl for Itlooil.
Unrcelona. Snain.
Feb. 22. Forty
strikers attacked the jail in "an nt
tempt to rescue tlieir imprisoned com-
Hides, but they were repulsed by tho
troops after a number of rioters had
been killed or wounded. The ordinary
necessaries of life are failing and tho
,. . , . , ". , mi
distress is becoming accentuated. T ho
strikers nre sutd to ue receiving mrgu
sums of money from London.
Weylur TtilrMtH for .Mure lltnoil
London, Feb. 22. It is announced
in a special dispatch from Madrid
thai Oen. Wcyler. tho war minister,
is urging the iieen regent to give linn
TAKEN TO WASHINGTON.
Young llioortnro Itooii-velt Wrapped In
llliinUflM und Ctnivnvdil on u Special
Tru 11, Aecoinpiiiiil by III" Motlier.
Grot on, Mass., Feb. 22. Theodore
Roosevelt. .Jr., who has been ill with
n,.,.,r.nln ri,r iwn weeks In tlie (Iro-
pneumonia for two wcikh in mc uro-
ton sehoo intiruinry. left for Wash-
ington yesterday, numlled to his
eves with blankets, lie was taken in
eyts i.wi 1 . ,
a covered sleigh from tlie infirmary
to tlie special train which hud been
In readiness at tlie Groton stntlon for
eevci
wcral daVs He was accompanied
"vu,u "aw. hi. i.o v. 1
y Mrs. Koosevelt and Dr. P. M.
y
Kixey. while in nnother conveyance
was Miss lioohcvelt.
WILL GO IT ALONE.
KnnxHH linl mi State C'onvrntlon BtTopo-
hn ViiIvh to lluvn No Allll ntlon vrltli
tliu Duliioeriitlo Party.
Topeka, Kan.. Feb. 22. The popu
lists of Kansas, in session here yes
terday, decided late Inst night that
there would be no alllliation between
the populists and democratic forces
in Kansas this year. A strong fan
tion led by ex-Congressman Ridgcly
favored nbsolute surrender to the
democrats, but therj were enough of
the old-time populists to defeat thla
plan.
Tim R. A. It. ICiieiiinpinent.
Wnsliington, Feb. 22. The annual
encampment of tlie 0. A. It., under
nn agreement readied yesterday be
tween the 0. A. K. executive commit-
a Tree luinti in ncaiiug wuu me inm-. pine tarirr am uy a vote 01 io 10 wi, h pacQ to piace for three weeks and than tlio urooici.vn nnti incw 1 ornj
i Catalonia and that Premier Sngasm st.-lctly party ''-1 , Vwo oT.U'tVr "o"S continually destroying their supplies, nnd he also quotes a mnga.ine nrtl-
threatens to reslgnif Oen. Weyler's IC, !,o wo ilScd b They were virtually starved into aur- cio on the fight. The president then
request is granted, 'llic queen regent tno acnato to bo In contempt becauso ol render. sums up the battle and says that
is said to favor Oen. Veyler's plan. their light In the chamber, wero not per- technically Sampson commanded tho
tee and a committee of Washington Snclni Domoeraev mid Annriiiiy iiniwtinewi
busincss men, will be held here dur-1 Huffnlo, N. Y Feb. 25. James Ed-Ine-
the weuk commencing October 0. ward Quigley, D. L, Homiiii Catholic
The citizens will give $12,000 for aid
... , . 1.
to neeoy veterans coming uem.
ICornlvnr Atkncl for Mixltirn Tontliwi.
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WOEK OF CONGRESS.
With the exception of a few minutes
jlvcn to routlno business tho senate on
the 20th dovoted Its entire session to tho
Phillpitno question, 8cnators Patterson
(Col.), Nolson (Minn.) and McCumbor (N.
D.) taking part In tho debate. Senator
Macon (Ga.) gavo notice of his Intention
to offer an atnondment to tho I'hlllpplno
tariff bill, declaring It to be the Intention
the United Stated, when order Bhall bo
restored In tho Phllhwlno Inlands, to at
low tho formation of a government by
iZASZ
t,,8 counlry lina pledged to the Cuban
people. A bill authorizing the construe-
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U1 )nlcllC15 or educating j nutans in ensi
cfn echoo)a Hg amominK.nt was de
featrd. Mr. Fitzgerald (N. V.) mado an
attack on the superintendent of the school
at Mount Pleasant, Mich., who, he said,
was charged with permitting tho de
bauching of Indian girls. Mr. South
wlck (N. Y.) Introduced a bill to prevent
the brewing of Inferior beer. It requires
that hops and malt shall bo tho only
products entering Into tho browing of
boer and ale, and that no othor products
than barley, wheat and rye shall enter
Into the tnaiUlfQCtUro Of mtllt
For more than six hours on the 21st tho
iivcrcii a carefully preparca speecn in op
position tp the pending measure. IIo was
followed by Senator Spoonor (Wis.) In a
brl,jtlint ,lcfenBe of tho republican at-
tftudo toward tho Phlllpplno Islands,
Senator Tillman (S. C.) declared that tho
-fff" XmSuge mat ?
i,R an(1 everybody knew It. lie charged
that the American authorities In the Phil-
Ipplnes were "Hteerlng clear" of tho prov-
awerfcolfiS SmseJves To'thS
pieces where opportunity was crfected to
secure "pelf" and to rob the people. Ho
said tho Filipinos now were being "pad-
fled off the face of tho earth." Scnatot
Tlllmnn had not concluded when the sen-
nto adjourned. ...Tho houso passed the
Indian appropriation bill. The latter pari
8CBBlon Wll8 devoted to tho con-1
sldcratlon of prlvuto claim bills, a num
ber of which were passed.
The senate on the 22d listened to the
I lir PUIIIIU- "II Ul ... iionuvu vv .....
farewell address or Washington, whicn ,
was read by Senator Burrows (Mich.),
Sonator Lodge (Mass.) then presented o
memorial for a constitutional amondmcnl
to cnablo congress to enact laws regard-
Ing tho hours of labor In the varloui
states. When tho routlno business was
concluded Senator Tillman (S. C.) re-
sumed his speech In opposition to the
pending Philippine tariff bill. In the cours
of which he mndo some remarks rolled-
pg on h3 co1pnBia,t Senator Mcl.aurlr
(S. C). McLaurln arose and said that
Tlllmnn's statement regarding him wai
a '.'willful and deliberate . Bd I mnllclou.
Btrucl McLnurin In tho face and a vlclouj
encounter ensued before the senators vver
Parted. Both senators nfterwards toos
the tloor ono after tho othor nnd mnde
f"nBt,iy rxpologie.,. In the afternoon Sen-
ator nurton (Kan.) took Sonator Tillman
to tnsk for rellecting on Oen. Funstor
In his statement thnt cruelties were prac
ticed on Filipinos by soldiers under the '
KnnBaD general. Tho senato had an even.
Ing session, but tho attondanco va
Bcant....
on the 2iUl the 80natc passed tho Philip-
milted by voice or by voto to participate
In the nroccedlngs. The question as tc
their right to voto precipitated a sharp
d"hatc. lasting nearly two hours. During
the debate on tho Philippine bill Senatoi
MeComas (Md.) nnd Senator Wclllngtor
(Md ) became Involved In a controversy,
during the course or wnicn tnc lauer ue
cnred that if Senator McComns should
make his statements ouisiae or mo sena
chamber ho would brand them as a ma-
fftlf10,lood e W(1B cnllfl(1 t0 oril01
., nnr1 r-BmMi his seat amid con -
s'dcrable excitement. Senator Proctoi
(Vt.) reported favorably the house oloo -
inargaMno bill. Senator Lodge (Mass.;
,Iltr0llucclI n b, cronting tho bureaus ol
arnnnso, Irrigation nnd highways, In tin
department of agriculture.. .Tho hous
Passed a mil to amne icxii im.i .",
judicial d'str cts and also tliu Tawnoj
ros'o)u'tlon cnUlni? on tne secretrry of wai
for information concerning the transfei
or sugar lanus in uumi min-i- .mi .vnnni
can oecupatlon. It then tinni-med som
business pertaining to the P'ntrlet of Oo
lumhla and later took up the diplomatic
und consular appropriation It'll Tho bit.
carrion an appropriation of tl,U!l.(i7R.
BIG FIRE IN NEW YORK.
Fifteen I'eoplo Met Heath hi tlio l'nrli
Atenun llntnl, Hrnctwil by tlio
I.uto .V. T. Sluvviirl.
New York, Feb. 23. Fifteen lives
were lost in the fire which attacked
the Park Avenue hotel curly Saturday
morning. Fifty or more persons wort
Injured. Tlie fire started and con-
munetl the nrtnory 01 ine neventy-ursi
regiment, New York national guard
a fine granite structure which with it
equipment cosl $050,000.
The Park Avenue hotel was built bj
A. T. Stewart, who spent $3,000,00(
on its construction nnd furnishing
bishop of Buffalo, hns issued a lettet
1 .1.1 ..... ...1 4 .. ii... nriiiuta r.r lua tlin.
uuiii rnni'ii ii in . ...v.. -. .
ctse denouncing tlie teachings of so
cinl demoeracv and annrchy. Cat ho-
CHAMP CLARK OUT OF IT.
AlUnourl CnurriKninp O'l I" the Itnoe for
Uuinuonitlo NniiiiiuUlnn for Hon-
ntor tu SuccWl Vnnt.
Knnsas City, Mo., Vcb. 20. -A di
patch from Washington received in
Kansas City ycBtcrdny 'Bays Champ
Clark lias announced hiswithdruvul
CONGKKSSMAN OHAMP CLAUIC
from the ncnntnrinl race, plendlng
that bin untigrensioual duties und the
rurlinesa of the primaries preclude
his making a winning campaign.
WHITES HAVE NO VOICE.
Congrciiman I. tttn I'lrnds for 807.000
Men In IIih IihIIiiii Territory VVhu Aro
rriiatlaully nUfrunctliUed.
Washington, Feb. 20. When tho
consideration of the Indian appropria
tion bill wits resumed in the hoiiso
Mr. Little (Ark.), ranking minority
member of the Indian committee, ud-
flrisKi.il himself tn the eimilltlniiB In
UriBMMl Himself to the conditions in
the Indinn territory. The anomalous
conditions thoru where 397,000 white
men hud no voice In the government,
, . , , , , ., ,
he said, demnnded notion by congress.
He reviewed tlie recent great develop-
I inent in various branches of Industry
. , ,,,, wwi, n tmvnn '.mil
in me lerruory. vti,u lou lovvns n u
cities and wealth amounting to 550,-
000,000, lie said, there were 80,000
white children of school nge but no
r. 1 . If, ,, . .i11mI.m
D-"""0' "" " M"""1"" wl "-
ho declared was nn outrage, llo be-
PVed the territory was ready for
.,,.,, i,.lf ,illlf P(lt,rpRu nimnld
tnteliooc! mil tliat congrcsa nnouia
giant, at least, some liberal form of
territorial government.
STARVED INTO SURRENDER.
Lnrco Itiind of liiHtircwits Id Ontnngm
rrnvlncv. 1'. I., Now rrMonnrH or I.lvuu
lllioileii, of lliw Hlxth i;wriilry.
Mnniln, Feb. 20. What is believed
is to have been the largest existing
band of insurgents in Itatangns prov
ince surrendered yesterday to Lieut.
Charles D. Hhodcs, of tho Sixth cav
alry, nt Ilanan. Mn.j. Amoranto, 2
J Bol(llern gave themselves up and also
Blirr,,lujen,(i 5 revolvers CO rifles and
niindoa
( h,l( been hunting the insurgents from
KERENS PROMISES $25,000.
itopiiMlenn c;oinmUt....m,iii Says MUsnarl
Will Olv Tliut Amount to tlin Monn-
niont to Will inn Molt limy.
Cleveland, O., Feb. 20. Thnt public
interest in tho MeKinley national mc-
n,orj,.i tB on tj)e n,.rense is evidenced
1 111011111 ih on ine inirLiiac s l,iuj.
1 by tliu ever-growing volume or let-
' ters and telegrams received nt tho
, hendqunrters of the nationnl nBsocia -
1 . ' .. . iM,.hnr.l C Kerens
tion n u lB clt.v' Ijiuinrd u ucri.ns,
who has been appointed chairman ol
the Missouri Btatc auxiliary, hns
opencd l,en, ,Urtern n St. Louln and
' ' . . t nnn .
Bys. the state will give $25,000 to the
fund. In Knnsas City nn etlort la
heinirmniln to tret a contribution from
every resident, ranging from ono cent
up.
AGAINST REPUBLICANS.
Mlimoiirl Hnprvmn Court Upholds Klnotlni
CniiimUmoiiur Wimlilinrn unit Ouata
Humus City C'liartiir Oflluum.
Jefferson City, Mo., Fob. 20. Tlio
supreme court rendered Its decision
Wednesday in tlie case of C. K. Wash
burn, republican member of the elec
tion commission at Kansas City. The
decision reverses Judge Graves, of
Butler, who held that Washburn was
illegnlly in oflico. Tlie effect of tho
supreme courts ruling Ih to put WiiBh-
burn back in ofllee. The court also
decided that tlie republican charter
olllcers of Kunsas City bhould be
ousted.
A Hull Over IIIIiIh Iii-mllng In Hrliool,
Topekn, Kan., Feb. 20. J. B. BIV
lard yesterday brought huit in the dia-
trict court to compel the board of
education to restore his Hon to mem-
bership In the public kcIiooIb. Young
Billnrd had been expelled for refut?
CHEDIT TO 0APTALNS
President Roosevelt IWttspa to
Modify the Schley Verdict
lllnnu-i Kclilry for tho Fitmnui "Loop" t
Huiitliitfii lliiltlu uml Srtvn It Win iha
Only lllumlor tlio AiiioiIoiiiih
AlH do.
Wnshlnglon, Feb. 20. Tho follow
Ing statement by President Koosevult
in reply to tho appeal recently mado
to him by Hour Admiral Schley was
mado public yesterday:
1 havo received tho appeal of Admiral
Schluy and th uimwor thereto from the
navy department, 1 have examined both
with tho ut tno I caro, as well un the pre
Ofdlng aptifial to the secretary of the
navy. 1 have read through all the tcstl
many taken heroic tlm couit and the
ntiiti-met.ts of the counsel for Admiral
SatnpKon und Admiral Schley, havo ex
amltied all this otllclnl repoits of every
kind In reference to the Snntlngo naval
campaign, copies of the logbookm and sig
nal books, nnd tho testimony before the
court of claims, and have nlxo personally
hud before me the four sub-dlvldlng cap
tain of the five ships, nsldii from those
of tho two admlruls, which wore actlvoly
engnged ut Snntlngo. It appears that
tho court of Inquiry was unnnlmous iq
Its findings of fact and unanimous In Iti
expressions of opinion on most of Its find
ings of fact. No appeal Is mndo to mi
fiom the vordlot of the court on these
points whuro It was unanimous. I have,
however, gone carefully over tho evidence
on those points also. I am sutlsOed that,
on tho whole, tha court did substantia
Justice.
It should havo npecMrally condemned
tho failure to enforrn an cfllclent night
blockado nt Santiago while Admiral
Sohloy was In command. On the other
hand, I feel that there Is a reasonable
doubt whether he did not move hli
sQUtulrott with suillclent expedition. The
court Is united In condemning Admiral
Schley's action on the point whero 11
sen to me ho most gravely erred: hla
rotrograde movement" whon ho ntrnn-
donfd U)B blockmlo uru, hla ,nol)CdcnC4
of orders and misstatement of facts In
rclntlon thereto. It should bo rcmem-
ho- however, that the majority of these
actions which the court censures n'4urred
vo woekB or moro l)cforo the n,hl u.
self; and It aertalnly ocems that If Ad-
nilra! Sohlny's actions were censurable
no Bl,ould not havo been left as second
command un.Ier Admiral Snmpnon. Ilia
offpnMa wore In effect condoned when
ho was not called to account for them.
w can. tiicierore. ror our present pur-
Jlunvo Ul.lllin. Ulflll-IULI U11JII III nu IllUIJil
0f the appeal as relates to anything ex-
Cept tho battle. A regards this, the point
raised In the appeal Is between Admirals
Sampson and Schley, ns tn which was In
commnndi nni, t0 wnel, wfls PIltt),.a
to tho ci edit. If either of them was really
entitled to any unusual and pre-eminent
credit by any special exhibit of genius,
cklll nnd com-nitc. The court could have
considered both of these questions, but
as a matter of fact It unanimously ex
cluded ovldenco offered upon them and
through It pronounced Its refusal to
hear Admiral Sampson's side nt nil; nnd
In view of such e.xoluslon the majority
of the court acted with entire prnprluty
In not expressing any opinion on these
points. The mntter has, however, been
raised by tho president of the court.
Moreover, It Is the point upon which Ad
miral Schley In his nppen! lays most
stress, nnd which he especially asks me
to consider. I have, therefore, carefully
Investigated this mutter also, and have
Hourccs of Information at my command,
Tho president snys he Iiiih deeme
it best to secure statements fro.
the commanders of live ships (other
Samp!
fleet and Schley the western division,
but the engagement waB renly a enp-
tn,nB' "B"- J1 declares Sampson's
claim rests on his work as command
er-in-chief nnd Ids standing orders
about the blockade und then says:
Admiral Schley is rightly entitled as
In Capt. Cook to the credit of whnt tho
Brooklyn did In the tight. On the whole
w b ft wJj U)(? unnnN
n,.,tinJr of Mm thrnn mimimls who
composed tho cou-t of Inquiry as to tho
! "loop." It seriously marred the Brook,
yn's otherwlno excellent record, being
n fftct U)j mQ Rrftya mBta,e mUlo ny
any Amoricnn Rhip that day. Had tho
Brooklyn tamed to the westwnrd, that is,
in tno same uirecunn uini uia npnnmn
slips wore going, nstend of In tho con-
tralry dlrect7on(BBho wouM undoubtedly
have been In moro "dangoious proxlm-
Ity" to them. I3ut It would have been
more dangerous for them as well as fo
her. This kind of danger must not ha
loo ntcely weighed by those whoso trndo
It Is to a aro greatly for tho honor of tho
flag.
Tlie president concludes by saying:
It was Just to Admiral Sampson that
he should receive a greater advance la
numbers than Admiral Schley thero was
nothing dono In the battlo that warranted
any unusual reward for either. In short,
as regards Admirals Sampoon and Schley,
I find thnt President MeKinley did sub
stantlal Justlco nnd that thero would b
no warrnnt for revet sing his notion.
The president heartily concurs in
the recommendation of tlio court of
Inquiry that no further action bo
token in tlie mntter, no to keep It
nllve, ho says, would damage both
the navy and the country.
THOSE SLY LEGISLATORS.
Clovnr I'nrllnnimiliiry Mmo In Mm Inw
JIouko Killed 11 Mill That Prohibited
Acwunt'tiirn of I'uhhi-s.
Des Moines, In., Feb. 20. By n clev-
er parliamentary move t,Uc rfughes
unti-pnss bill was killed In tha lower
house of the legislature Wednesday
without a vote on tho measure Itself
- becoming neeessnry. An ameildmeut
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