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I INSURGENTS SURRENDER. tirar Simmers Hit Firctt if Ligini an latsii ti Guinl Bell. Rebel Commander Orders Submission . Of Every Man Under His Chart end Manila la Delighted. Manila. (Special.) General Malvar has unconditionally surrendered to Ilrigadier General P.effaf Llpa, Ba tangas province, with the entire Insur ant force of the provinces of Laguna and Batangas. General Bell says hi (Bell e influence 1 sufficient to quell the Insurrectionary movement In Ta yabas and Cavlte provinces and cap ture all those in the Meld who have not jet surrendered, but Malvar has or dered the complete surrender of every Insurgent tu the nearest American force. General Wheaton, reporting to the di vision headiuarters, says that all re sistance In his department "has ended nd that the surrenders Just announced mean that the port will be opened and that the Filipinos In the detention camps can be allowed to return to their homes In time to plant the crops. General Wheaton Is especially pleaded with General Bell's care of the natives -confined In the camps. The officers In chaige are held per sonally responsible for the quality and quantity of the food served out and for the general welfare of the occupants of the camps. After scouring the moun tain passes General Hi ll employed vol unteer bolomen for protection agamst ladronlsm. GRATEFUL TO AMERICAN'S. Numbers of Filipinos volunteered and expressed the liveliest satisfaction at th! treatment accorded themselves and their families who were in the concen tration camps. General W heaton gives General Bell great ,:re(it for his inelefatlgablllly in conducting the campaign. He was afield on horseback day and night, per sonally superintending the most ardu ous operations. The people of Manila are delighted at the prospect of a resumption of trade with the pacified provinces and are anxious to show Generals Chaffee, Wheaton und Bell their appreciation of the fact that the insurrection Is really over. Abeul 3,300 rifles have been received by the American officers In Batangas and Laguna provinces during the last four months. General Malvar person ally requested an interview with Gen eral lit tl in order to make his complete submission. The lack of new from the Island of Samar is due to a defective cable. It Is believed, however, that the American commander has received the surrender of all the Insurgents in Samar, unless the planned proceedings were altered. TA FT RAYS REAL WAR IS OVER. St. Iouls, Mo. (Special.) Governor General W. II. Taft of the Philippines, who is here for a conference with the World's Fair officials, speaking of the situation in the Islands, said; t The real war in. the Islands Is over ,Avhcn thirty provinces are pacified and 'only three remain to be brought under civil control. And I do not expect to fee these three provinces in rebellion verv lonir. Clvi irovernment Is a sue jess .and the whole archipelago will soon offer a field for American enter prise. "There are some delicate questions that 'must be adjusted. The church and the crown of HpHln were closely associated In their possessions, and when Spain transferred sovereignty and crown possessions to the Unite 1 Stales and the church property and religious functions were retained by the church a number of Interesting questions were presented which prob ahlv can better be settled by a con ference than by any other way. For we must bring about that Indispensable condtion In the islands, the complete severance of church and state. Here we have a country where, by our wishes and our custom, the church and the government are in no way allied. This condition will be brought about In the Thlllpplnes, I have no ciimbt, in 8 manner most amicable." SOLDIER TELLS OF "WATER CURE." Washington, IJ. C.Hpeelal.) Ed ward J. Davis, formerly a sergeant In the'Twenty-slxth United States volun teers, Usllfled before the senate com mit te on Philippines, as to the appll catlo nof the "water cure" to the presi dents of the town of lgbaris, Hollo province. Island of Panay. His testimony differed but slightly from that of Seigeant Rellly. He said Captain Glenn, Lieutenant Conger and lr. Lyon, a contract surgeon, were p(.-Sfr.t. The victim was kept under a tank from five to ten minutes. When he swelled up from water, the men who were giving It to him took their fists and rolled him stomach, making the water squirt front hi mouth. He struggled terribly and his eye were bimniidiut. When cross-examined by Lodge, w it ness sad that after the administration of the "cure," the presldente confessed that he was a captain of the Insur gents, while professing to be friendly to the Americans. He was not hurt, apj atently, by the "water cure." BRAVE FIN0IN6S IN BRITISH CAMPS. New Orleans, La. (Special.) The al legations made to the administration by Governor Heard are said to have been far surpassed by the discoveries of 'fa Is regarding the English camp at Port Chalmetle, by Colonel Crowder. General Pearson, the Boer refugee, arrived here, having come at the re quisl of Colonel Crowder. He placed advertisement In all the paper at once, requesting all Boer sympathizers, who bud Information regarding the camp, to come to hi ofllce. Colonel Crowder absolutely refuses to talk re garding till Investigation. I Pep Reoelvee. Borne. (Special.) The pope descend ed to HI, Peter's and there received l.iioo Italian and Hwlss pilgrims. The report that hi holiness ha become weaker, prove- to be unfounded. He Is In perfect health. The scene at Ht. Peter s was Inspiring, the vast eon course greeting Leo with tiles of "Viva laps He." , president Lou bet has appointed M. Michel Legrsve commissioner of the rrwidh exhibit at the Ht. Louis exposi tion. The president also signed the de ars providing that France should bt srwBt4 at the MfoalUon. . iswA mm siexs tie par::.. De Molr., la. Wpt clal - Governor Cummins has signed the parole papers which will give Wesley Kikln. the boy murderer of Clayton county, his free dom. The legislature had recommended the tarole and partially fixed the con dition on which it shall be granted. He Is to remain on parole ten year be fore he can be granted a full pardon. The governor lias provided also that ne shall not any at time return to visit either Clayton county, where his crime was committed, or any of the adjoining counties. Klkins, when he was 11 years old. murdered his father and stepmother, after planning it for some time, and for some time conceal ed the fact, but finally confessed. He has served twelve years in prison and has become a Well educated young man of brilliant intellectual attainments. Prof. Harlan of Cornll college. Mt. Vernon, has agreed hat '"he" hallgo into college and complete his studies. and a group of men Interested In him has entered into an agreement to look after him for the period of his parole. the governor will also Issue the pa roles for Otto Otten of- Pocahontas county and John Btlley of Webster county next Saturday. Otten has learned a good trade and will remain a wrrkman in one of the factories at Port Mndlson, while Ballew will go to Sioux City, where he Is promised em pliMiKlil. The other paroles recom mended by the legislature have not yet t e-tr lM?ued, but will be as soon as the papers can be prepared. Judge Wolfe.in district court at Dav enport, has Just sentenced to imprison ment for seventeen years one who Is known to hHVe been concerned in some thing like a dozen forgeries In the past tver.ly years on which he had secured many thousand dollars. He operated chn fly in Indiana, where he was known as Dr. Jackson B. Thomas, but his real name appears to be S. K. Beasley. In all his forgeries he had never been convicted but twice. He is now 45 years old. ORDERS THE TRIAL OF GEN. SMITH. Washington, D. C (Special.) Secre tary Boot has sent to Senator Lodge copies of a letter from the war depart ment to General Chaffee. In It he orders the court-martial of General Jacob H. Smith, Major Edwin F. Glenn and Captain James A. Ryan. The court-martial of General Smith Is in consequence of the trial of Major Waller, In which the latter testified that he had been given orders by the general to kill natives and burn their property. According to Major Waller, General Smith had placed the age limit of natives to be killed at 10 years. "WATER CURE" CHARGES. The charges against Major Glenn and Captain Ryan are the result of the testimony of Sergeant Charles Riley and Private Lewis Smith of the Twenty-sixth volunteer Infantry before the senate investigating committee. They said that the "water cure" had been given to the preslder.te of Igbaras, in Hollo province, under the direction of those two officials. Both Major Glenn and Captain Ryan have been order to San Francisco and all haste Is urged by Secretary Root for ftar the time limit of two years, after which they could not be tried, will expire. In concluding. Secretary Root orders General Chaffee to bring any men cr officers believed to be guilty of viola tions of the rules of war, to trial at once. BI6 WHEAT CROP IS IN SI6HT, New .York. (Special.) According to dispatches to R. G. Dun & Co., the outlook Is encouraging for a large yield of winter wheat. At moat points the acreage Is equal to or larger than last year's, and even In the few reports of a decreased area, the loss Is only put at 10 per cent, while the most hnpefuj statements make the Increase 50 per cent. On the whole there appears to have been little loss during the winter from weather conditions, although at a few points the snow protection was light. Damage by Insects Is also lesr serious than a year ago. The least satisfactory feature thus far Is the lack of moisture, which Is causing anxiety in a number of states. With average weather during the rest of the season, however, there Is every reason to an ticipate a yield above the average, and probably fully equal to last year's large production. The liberal demand and good prices of the previous season would naturally tend to stimulate op erations, so that reports of a large acreage were to be expected, but esti mates of condition are more sangurne than the government report on April 1, which may be due to favorable weather during the last few weeks. I6LESIAS IS NOW A FREE MAN. Ban Juan, Porto Rico. (Special.) The supreme court of Porto Rico hai rendered a decision In the appeal ol Santiago Igleslas, president of the Fed eration of Workmen of Porto Rico, who was sentenced last December to three years, four months and eight days' Imprisonment on the charge of conspiring to raise the price of labor In 1 orto Rico. The court acquitted Igleslas of all the charge against him, thus reversing the deciston of the lower cour t, A fine of $25, however, for contempt- of court In not answering a summon was allowed to stand. Fifteen hundred me mbers of the Fed eration of Workmen paraded through San Juan in the afternoon. They slopped at the palace and saw Gov ernor Hunt, who spoke a few words to them. The paraders were orderly. Iglesla Is now at Ponce, where he has organized several union of the American Federation of Labor. There wa a similar parade at Ponce when the new of Igleslas' acquittal reached there. Gift to Columbia, New York. (Special.) It I under stood that Andrew Carnegie has made a magnificent money gift to Columbia college. The exact amount I at pres ent unknown, save to the college offi cial, hut Is believed to he about $1,000,. 000. The gift Is Intended to be used in building a chapel, a college hall or dor mitories, and will be amply sufficient, Minister Congor Net to Be Removed. Washington. D. C (Special.) After a conference between President Roose velt, Senators Allison and Oolllver and Representative Hull nnd Hedge of Iowa, concerning Minister Conger, who. It whs rumored, was to he displaced as minister to China by W. W. Ro. khlll, Senator Allison said the president stated that he had no knowledge of the rumored change. Following a quarrel at the railroad station with her husband, Mrs. Alice Alam, wife of a Burlington conduc tor, committed suicide by taking DoU ' son, at It. Jeetpb, Me. ARGUES FOR NICARAGUA. Senator Morgu Argues Aiiiitiges of This Over Piriii Call Route. Assarts Diffaranca of Fifty Millions in first Cost Should not Interfere. Ultimata Reault Desired. Washington, D. C (Special.) For more thdii four houra Mr, Morgan of Alabama, chairman of the vsthiv.inh canal temmittee, addressed the seriate on the subject cf the Nicaragua tanal. He devoted the greater part of tils' speech '.o a consideration of the desir ability end practicability of the t-vc principal routes, Nicaragua and Pan ama. He strenuously favored the for mer, maintaining that in every possible respect It had many advanlag'.-s over the Panama route. A parliamentary change In the situ ation of the Chinese exclusion bill vvai made Just before adjournment, li.e measure passed by the senaii beiog substituted for the house bill. This was done to xpedile the bill in the he-use. The resolutions offered by Mr. Cul berson of Texas directing the secretary of war to send to the senate a state ment of money paid by the Unitjl States on account of the Philippine commission and a statement of the amount of money expended for send ing troops to the Philippines and for their maintenance were agreed to. MORGAN BEGINS HIS SPEECH. Mr. Morgan began his remark on the lbthtnlan canal question. He. assumed, In beginning, that the senate was convinced of the Indispensable .character of a canal that It was a national necessity and that it was only choice of methods and a compar Ison of national advantages which was left to decide, "all questions of linan clal ability, of private Interests, of po lltlcal bias, having been relegated to the rear by command of a free, honest and powerful principle. It is to reach the logical results that should follow the actual merits of the claim of either canal route In deciding the preference, that I will try to present an outline of the questions that now require discus sion. "The subject presents Itself to my mind," said Mr. Morgan, "with conciu slve force in the form stated In the six proposition I will now state: "1. We have reached the point where Investigation is complete by observa tion, experience, scientific research and forecast, and these means of knowl edge are as conclusive of the facts as we could -hope to make them in another half-century of delay. "2. The question now to be decided Is the choice of either of two routes for a canal, whether it shall be located at Panama or through the valley of the San Juan river in Nicaragua and Cobta Rica. CONTROLLING FACTOR IN CHOICE "3. The controlling factor in making this selection is the assurance of suc cess In constructing a canal that will be permanently useful for commerce and for the needs of the government and its policies and for the benefit of the people of the United States. "4. A sum of money necessary for expenditure in the work of construct ing such a canal to accomplish such ends cannot be reasonably compared to the real value of the results to the people and the government of the Unit ed States and the choice of either route, with safe. Intelligent and sin cere regard to its permanent usefulness and advantage should not be controlled or affected by a difference in the pres ent cost of construction, 1 will Bay, within a limit of even $jO,000,OW. "a. The assured certainty of success In the construction of a permanent ca nal is, of necessity, the basic or foun dation tact upon which congress must act In the selection of the canal route. Considered as a simple proposition of civil engineering there Is no doubt- not even a shadow of doubt as to any fact touching the practicability of a ship canal from Greytown to Brilo, in and along the river and across Lake Nicaragua. It Is certain beyond a rea sonable doubt that It cost is as nearly within the limits of exact estimates as any great public work that was ever undertaken. It is upon this ascertained and settled basis of certainty -that 1 rest my Judgment. "6. If the dam at Bohlo, on the Pan ama route, should fall for any cause, the only hope of a canal across that Isthmus would perish, never to be re stored. All engineer admit this fact. The failure of a dam at Conchuda or Boca San Carlos, or at Ochoa, or at Tamborgrunde or at any other site on the San Juan river, would only mean the loss of that structure, to be replac ed on a better location of a lake level. These chances are at least ten to on", and if the risk Is estimated at only tenfold the cost of the dam at Bohlo, It would deter the boldest gambler In futures from Tlsking the possible lews of mole than $KO,Ouo, when If he was successful his protlts could not exceed $6,WK).W(i. But the loss of a churl at Bohlo could not be less than $144,23,358 clear loss to the United States In cash, to say nothing of the lives wasted In the work, the incalculable loss to our commerce and the national shame and despair that our people would suffer." OFFICERS CONDEMN EACH OTHER, London. (Special.) The dispatches which pussed between General Duller and hi officers and Lord Roberts re garding the sensational reverse at Bplon Kop hate been published. Buller, In his report to Roberts, condemns General Warren. He says: "We lost our chance by Warren's slowness. I ought to have assumed command myself." The dispatches of the other officer Indicate that matter at the battle were in a hopeless muddle. The publication of these report Is likely to cause re newed dispute and incriminations. Priest Ruins Girl. Tyndall, 8. D. (Special.) Rev, T. A Blly, for several year pastor of the local Catholic church, bus left for parts unknown .after borrowing $1,500 from a banker and paying thin amount to Peter Schaffhausen, whose Ifj-year-oM daughter he I charged with ruining. Ha left soon after the girl revealed the name of the father of her 2-month-old child. William II. Wallace, known to grain men all over the United States, and a prominent member of the produce xj chanas. la dead at his horns In tork. PRESIDENT PALMA STARTS FOR CUSA New York. (Spec lal.) Tomaa Es trada Palma, president-elect of Cuba, took leave of his friends of Central Valley, N. Y.t among whom he has lived during eighteen years of exile from his country, A large crowd gath ered at his old home and escorted him to the station, where another large crowd had assembled. The local vol unteer firemen and school children, headed by the village band, paraded and nearly everyone carried either an American or a Cuban nag. Farewell addresses in behalf of the citizens were made by Rev. F, C. Hard ing and Irving Washburn and ar. Palma made a br ief response. He said that he left Central Vallev with regret, for it had been a haven to him when he was driven from his own country. I he people had alwavs treated him with Kreat kindness, he added, and he would always remember it with deep-grate fulness. President Underwood of the Erie rail road gave President-elect Palma the use of his private car for the trip to New York. It was decorated with Cuban flags, bunting and ferns. Mr. Palma appeared on the rear platform as the train left the depot and there was a final cheer louder than all the rest. At Arden the children of the vil lage school gathered to greet the Cuban lewder and although the train did not stop there was a friendly demonstra tion. At 10;20 the train reached New York. Mr. Palma will remain In New York for a few days, when he will start south for Cuba. He will land at Gibara and will go from there to Bayamo. It was at Bayamo twenty-five years ago that his mother, driven into the Jungle by Spanish soldiers, died of exposure, and his first duty In Cuba will be to seek out her neglected grave. From Bayamo he 'will go to Manvanillo, then to Santiago and last to Havana, which he plans to reach on May 9, the day before the Cuban congress convenes. ARE SETTLIN6 FOR FRIAR LANDS. Washington, D. C (Special.) Arch bishop Ireland of St. Paul had a con ference with Secretary Root, following a talk he had has with the president respec ting the Philippine friars' land question. It was the idta of Archbishop Ireland and Bishop O'Gorman to have this complex question settled directly at Rome Instead of through the arch bishop of Manila, whom they pointed out would have been obliged to delay proceedings by frequent reference of every important phase of the negotia tions to his superiors in the Vatican. The government here has come to accept the Ireland and O'Gorman view as the most business-like proposition, and that is why Governor Taft will stop at Rome on his way back to Manila and endeavor to arrange a basis for a transfer of the lands to the Phil ippine government In trust for the Philippine people. Mgr. Sbarretti favored a settlement of the question In Manila, in which case he would have been appointed archbishop and would have undertaken the work himself in behalf of the re ligious orders. The decision In favor of Rome will involve a change of bis plans. The dispute which has arisen at Ha vana between the civil and the church authorities because of the prohibition by the former of the church tax on funerals has not been brought to the attention of the war department and nothing is known of the merits of the case by Archbishop Ireland. TELLS OF CRUELTY TO FILIPINOS. New York. (Special) Richard O'Bri en, recently corporal of company H. Twenty-sixth United States volunteers, in a statement published here, says that the barbarous "water cure" was a common practice with the officers of the United States army in the Philip pines. He tells also of other alleged horrors, including the abuse of Filipino women, and the massacre of Unresist ing tovvnfolk. O'Brien claims that the undignified action of ollicers in many instances was responsible for the brutality dis ployed by the soldiers. Telling of the frightful butchery of natives, encour aged and countenanced by officers, O'Brien recites the story of a visit of the troops to and the pillage of the town oi Barrio, Lanog, December 27. "Ae we approached the town word was passed along the line that there would be no prisoners taken. The first shot was tired by the then first ser geant of our company. His target waa a mere boy. "The shooting attracted the villagers, who came out of their homes in alarm. They offered no offense and did not display a weapon, but they were ruth lessly shot down men, women and children." O'Brien enlisted from Massachusetts and declares his willingness to testify as above. PLATT EXCLUSION BILL IS ADOPTED. Extends present exclusion law to De cember 7, 1804. Provides that the law shall apply to all territory under the Jurisdiction of the United States. Chinese laborers may not be Imported from American island territory to the American mainland nor to any other American island territory. Chinese laborer may be moved from Island to island of the same group, If under the jurisdiction of the same mate or district. The bill Is held to be within the bounds of the 1x94 treidy with China. The law is to remain In effect If a new Chinese treaty is effected until a now law can be passed. The provisions of the act are to be enforced by the secretary of the treas uhy. Washington, D. C (Special.) By a vote of 4(i to 33 the senate rejected the Mltchell-Kahn Chinese exclusion bill, and in It place passed the Piatt meas ure, which extends the . provisions of the present law and applies It to all Insular territory of the United States. The vote on the substitute, which was passed, was unanimous, save for the vote of Senator Hoar. The enacting clause of the bill was not adopted, so the bill will go to the house as an original measure. Some few alteration were made In the bill" a passed, but the substitute was adopted, pracl'i.illy, as presented by Senator Plait. Looks Over Reservation. Pender, Neb. (Special.) Inspector McLaughlin I looking over the Omaha reservation to determine how the $100.- (MXJ congressional appropriation shall be spent. The agency people were badly shaken by the visit of the last In- perl or, and have an eye open for another tremor. Evcleth, a small tejwn near Detroit. suffered two calamine In one nlaht. The city Jail was burned and a prisoner cremated and safe-crsckers In the nili way depot overestimated the amount of nltro-glycerlne required and com pletely wrecked the building. CUBAN BILL PASSES HOUSE. Measure 6ifing Reciprocity to the Isinders Goes Through the House. Chair ia Overruled by House and the Morris Amendmend ia Adopted Amid Exitement on Floor, Washington, D. C, April 22. The democrats and the republican lnsur irents rode-Touglr--shod-over-the house leaders when the voting began on the Cuban reciprocity bill. They over threw the ruling of the chair in com mittee of the whole or. the question of the germaneness of an amendment to lemove the differential from refined su gar during the existence of the reci procity agreement provided for in the hill. The vote to overrule the decision of the vhair made by Mr. Sherman was 171 to 130, republic ans to the num ber of thirty-seven Joining with a solid democratic vote to accomplish this re sult. Having won this preliminary victory the amendment was adopted in com mittee 164 to 111 and later in the houe by a still larger majority 19Q to l'Vj. On this occasion sixty-four repub licans voted with the democrats for the amendment. The bill was passed by an over whelming majority 247 to 52. An anal ysis of the vote shows that 124 repub liiians and 123 democrats voted for the amended bill and forty-two republic ans and ten democratc against it. The voting on the bill was the cul mination of a long struggle which be gan almost with the opening of this hei-sion of congress, and after two weeks of .continuous debate during which much bitterness was aroused. The debate was of an exceedingly lively character, the feature being echoes of the democratic caucus. To that caucus the defeat of the repub-lie-an leaders who sought to pass the bill without amendment is attributable. FLAN TO OVERRULE CHAIR. Previous to the holding of the cau cus the democrats were very much di vided and the opposition of the repub lican beet sugar men showed signs of disintegrating. When it Decame ap parent that the democrats would act together the beet sugar men decided at a meeting attended by thirty-two of thern, to take the bit in their teeth and overrule the chair. As soon as this combination was effected the repub lican leaders realized that they would be defeated so far as the removal of the differential was concerned, and Mr. Payne, the republican leader, contented himself with warning his beet sugar colleagues that In reviewing the differ ential they were taking off a bit of protection placed in the Dingley bill especially for the benefit of the beet sugar producers. One of the surprises of the session was the attempt of Mr. Roberts, a Masachusetts republican, to take the duty off hides. He offered two amend ments and appealed once from the de cision of the chair, but was voted down. The bill as passed authorizes the president as soon as may be after the establishment of an Independent gov ernment in Cuba and the enactment by said government of Immigration ex clusion and contract labor laws as re strictive as those of the United States, to negotiate a reciprocal trads agree ment with Cuba, by which in return for eepjlvalent coneesrlons, the United States will grant a reduction of 20 per rent from the Dingley rates on goods coming Into the United States from Cuba, such agreement to continue un til December 1, l'J03. During the exist ence of such agreement the duty on refined sugars and all sugars above No. 16 Dutch standard Is to be 1.S25 per pound. Mr, Dalzell, discussing the question of striking the differential from refined jugar, said It was place d in the Dingley law for the benefit of the beet sugar Industry. "If I am to have sugar from a trust," said he. "I want it from an an American trust, not an English trust." In conclusion Mr. Dalzell said: "We have pointed out to Cuba the way she must walk. We cannot aban don her now. We must and can give he-r not generous, but Just treatment, and fulfill the mission we assumed when we entered upon the war for hu manity." (Applause.) , HE ALLEGES BREECH OF TREATY. Chicago, 111., April 22. Peter Van Vllssinger, who has been one of the most active friends of the Boers In Chicago, has sent to President Roose velt an open letter advancing an argu ment against the British mule transfer. He declares that the transfer Is in violation of the treaty of Washing ton. "Article 6 of that treaty," the letter says, "lays down three rules, by which the arbitrators are to be governed. The second rule declares a neutral gov eri.rnent is bound to permit or sull'ei neither belligerent to make use of iti ports or waters as a basis of naval operations Bgalst the other or for the pur pose of renewal or augmentation ol military supplies or arms Or the re cruiting of men." Further along the le tter says: "Great Britain made no scruple of asserting the terms of the treaty oi Washington against this country on the first and only occuslon when our government was at war with a foreign state. April 28, IMS, the day after war was declared between the United States and Spain, yueen Victoria Is sued a proclamation of neutrality, In sisting upon the observance of the treaty. "In this proclamation Great Britain Insists that her ports and waters shall nof be used to abet the military activ ity of belligerent powers, and we now reepiest the enforcement of this rule." By the piassiricutiofi prepared by the ttate department, published by Secre tary Umg June 20, 1K9S, In his "In structions to blockading vessels and cruisers" (General order 492, paragraph St), horses are designated as "absolute ly contraband" of war. Two Natlona Now at Peace Caracas, Venezuela, April 2. Th :ongrss having adopted the French protocol providing for a renewal of diplomatic relations between Franc and Venezuela, the ratification of the protocol was signed by M. Quevreeurr, ;he French charge d'affaires fer France and fenor Pacha no, the Venezuelan minister of foreign affair, for Vene Rueln. Thl terminate the suspension of relation between France and Vene zuela, Ich were broken oft In 1893. Tha total receipts of the American Baptist Missionary union to March 1, 102. grt 234,32.M. REVISED CANAL PMTCS81 KEKX.TJ. Washington, D. C, April 22. The Co lombian canal protocol, which waa de livered at the state department April 1, and afterward recalled by Minister Concha for modification, has again been presented to Secretary Hay. The proposal as to the price la set out a follows: "One year after the exchange of rati fications of a treaty the United States shall pay Colombia the lump sum of $7,000,000. This figure will represent fourteen years" rental at $500,000 a year. At the end of the fourteen years period the price which the United States shall pay each year ia to be fixed by mutual consent of the two countries. In case the parties cannot agree on a sum, it will be left to an arbitrator selected between the gov ernments. The protocol provides for a Joint commission representing Co lombia a;id theJj.n.ited States, which will arrange anel provide for all mat ters pertaining to the administration of affairs within the proposed canal belt, including the membership or tne tribunals for the admission of Justice and other steps necessary to the joint occupation of the belt. VIRTUES OF THE CANAL, 'It is realized that the building of a Panama canal would bring great number s of persons of all kinds to the isthmus, and it is provided that the policing of the strip shall be performed by American and Colombian consta bles, neither of these nationalities, it is held, being efficient without the aid of the other." lit Is stated positively In an authorita tive quarter that the modifications lor which the protocol was recalled were in no sense a retraction of any of the proposals embodied in it at its former presentation, but were in the nature of explanations which make certain points clearer, but do not change their errect. The retention of Colombian sovereign ty over the canal land is a point which has been consistently adhered to all through the protocol, and none of its provisions relinquish this sovereignty in any degree, it is stated. The pro tocol consists of twenty-seven articles and represents an exhaustive study of. more than a year, viewed as a siuay and as a comprehensive expression, it is regarded very favorably at the state department. CREAMERY MAN ATTACK PURE FOOD LAW Lincoln, Neb., April 23. The Ne braska pure food law is being vigor ously attacked In the supreme court on the ground that it Is unconstitu tional. The chief contention Is that the act Is in violation of that section. of the constitution which prohibits th creation of state offices by the legisla ture. The case Is one In which John C. Merrill of Sutton was convicted 'or operating a creamery without having first procured a license from the food commissioner. No question arises as to the facts, the only defense Interposed being that the law under which con viction was had is void. The suit Is being watched with unusual interest byr manufacturers of both pure and iBjl-" tatlon butter, df.lry and vinegar prod ucts. The question involved is one of far-reaching importance, however, for it will affect not only the dairy inter ests, but those persons who come within the meaning of various other laws which have- created or estah-. lish'id new state offices. Among these offices are those Qf the deputy labor commissioner and deputy oil inspector. The law adds to the governor the du ties of oil inspector, labor commission er, food inspector, labor commissioner, food commissioner and several other officers, but authorizes him to apolnt , deputies, who are required to do the work of their departments. Official pa pers of these departments are signed by the governor, but ail other business is transacted or conducted by the dep uties. Each office is provided for by a separate act of the legislature, but the general plan of operation Is the ame in all of them, so that the deci sion of the court in the pure food case may be held to apply to all other offices of like origin. FREEZE OUT THE MILITIA COMPANY Des Moines, Ia., April 22. Adjutant General Byers has, on recommendation of the chief inspector of the Iowa Na tional guard and on recommendation of the members of the company, mus tered out company L, Forty-ninth Iowa, the company which has been lo- ' cated at Oehvein the past two years. The company had fallen below the reeiuirements in numbers and there was. lack of interest on the part of those. :emaining. The reason given by thj members of the company Is unique. The big slrops of the .Great Western, railroad are located there and the city i is dominated by the union laborers connected therewith. The members of the militia company say that among , the. laborers there is strong opposition i6 guardsmen or any organized forces of the state, and this sentiment is i-o Urong that merchants and others' do not tare to give support to the local military company. As a result the members do not remain long and It is found Impossible to keep up the com-, pany. Therefore they ask to be mus tered out. Decorah and West Unldn ire candidates for the place that Is ihus left vacant In the Forty-ninth reg-, Iment. SAYS BRITISH ARE NOT CRUEL. New York, April 23. Rev. Dr. Joseph' -Hertz, who was a member of the Lord .Vlllner high or advlse ry committee In outh Africa and chaplain of the Rand ' lilts, has arrived In this city, his ormer home. When the war broke out !)r. Hertz was expelled from Johannes- , .)urif by Mr. Kruger being a Uitlande;r., He has since visited many of the British concentration camps in South ,' Africa. Of these camps and on kin dred subjects Dr. Her tz says: "The stories of BritlBh cruelty te ward the wives anel families In the concentration camps are absurd. It Is not the fighting Boer who make these harges, but the stny-at-home. Why, the! Boer In the Held sends his famhy to the British to take care of so th:it they will not be hampered by them while fighting. While there were but !),000 children nttc niilng school in the ' Orange Free State before the war started, there are now 14,000 at school under the British governmental rule. Cook Must Stand Trial. Manila, April 23. Lieutenant John A. Day of the marine corps testified it his trial by court-martial, charged with--executing native of Sarnar without I rial, that the presldente of Baxey. Hamar, and hi fellow plotter wer shot, a he believed, by the orders t i Major Glenn. Lieutenant Cook of the ' scout I to be tried by court-martial on charge similar to those brought against Major Waller and Lieutenant , Day. Philadelphia Press: "I suppose you own the house you live Inr' "1 need. 1 to." "Bold It, eh?" "No; got martied." J K 1