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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."
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