VI-
I f..
f
UPRISING OF
:c; THE MOROS.
WJw1m U Auius Cur lilt Tlreattied
CMffictJi Kiiiaiii.
,eTW4fHbtl WUh aMWion Moham.
mordane. Soma Say," Would Con
, - . tinuo For Many Years.
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fniUac.i, III. (Special.) A Washing
ton disj-atch to the Recofd-Herald
say?w - . '
Is the -Vhited Stakes about to enter
Uhpii a. ar. with a mjllkm Moham
medan fanatics .In the far" east? In
tsubjugaiii-n of the Philippines to lead
to a struggle vlth the-Moslem hordes
of . Miniurao? These are queKlions
which have been most anxiously asked
in Washir gton Uuilng -tlitr last few
day, and by no one more anxiously
than by Fresidttit Roosevelt.
Opinions differ as to the probabili
tlu. - .GovernoTfTaft, who is here In
daily .conference with the president,
expresseV-the hHtef-that the trouble
i w iTl 'blitiv over. -Others with w hom
the president has adviked"' ' take a
gloomier view. ; j,
As was said before,, the -president had
wired General Chaffee to exhaust the
resources of diplomacy " berore tnvad-
ing toe territory of the Moros. But
late cablegrams from Manila informed
the authorities here that an expedition
hadalready started into the Moro
country and that it seemed absolutely
necessary to go on with the unwelcome
' sask' if American prestige was- not to
bfe sacrificed. Besides, General Chaffee
wires that it would be ruinous to pres
tige to withdraw all our . forces and
dangerous to withdraw a part of .them.
Under these circumstances the pres
ident felt he could do nothing else than
place full authority and discretion- in
General Chaffee's hands. This he has
done, 'though the. president continues
to urge upon General Chaffee the great
important" of 'proceeding with caution
' and of. .avoiding war if It can possibly
be' done11. Publication of the official
dispatch? was author bsed.
It in explained by Governor Taft
that the trouble with the Moros is not
.chronic except as to one tribe. The
preienVensis fas caused solely by the
murder of American telegraph linemen
by natives. The names of the mur
derers. are known and their surrender
by the dattos has been demanded. Gov
ernor Taft said he believed the .culprits
would be given up, and this would end
the .trouble. The governor hits advised
the president that it would never do to
withdraw he demand for these men.
fcuch a demand once made must be
persisted In or all respect for Ameri
can authority wiif be -lost.
Mr. Tift does not believe there is
serious danger of a general uprising or
of - a 'war of fanaticism. ' He said there
are three great tribe of Moroe-in M'.n-'
'danao. Inthesuuthwest inland, about
Zamhroanga. the Datto Maudl holds
way. Manfli is friendly to IHe United
Spates and his people are well disposed.
They have been making a good deal of
money, by selling gutta percha and
other supplies to American and foreign
buyers' and are more anxious to have
thls profitable trade continue than to
go to war. Datto Mandi showed bis
jfOCnl Will by freeing hi" elaves.
TXE SMITH MILITARY COURT DISOLVED,
, Manila. (Sjiet-lal.) By orders from
Washington the court-martial to try
General Jacob' H. Smith, who was in
command of the United States troops
, on the island of Samar on the charge
of "' conduct, prejudicial to good order
- and discipline has been dissolved. The
members of tfi" court which will try
Oeneral Smith will be named at Wah
jrgton. ' "
Washington. D. C (Special.) Al
"thjoughnb statement is yet obtainable
jttK-Xo tlie reasons for dissolving the
SmfchVerccurt-tnartfal, it is understood
that the president is! desirous that he
'himself should review the proceedings
of ttf court-maptial instead of having
then?, reviewed at Manila.' -as would
have-Wen the case had Kleneral Chaf
fee convened the court.
.''It' also Is understood that the court
will .consist of the same members
named by General! X.'baffee, so that
thiere is no reflection on that officer in
volved in the course adopted.
Later '"General 'Corbln stated that
there was no significance in the order
e smtp t" that It permits the president
to 'review the proceedings of the court
and will avoid any legal entangle
mer.tr that may have arisen if the or
der' of "General Chaffee naming the
court had been allowed to stand. '
An order was Issued convening the
dourt, 'ttwmemlwrs being named as e
Iwted by General Chaffee.
ACCEPTS TKE SENATE AEN5IENT.
- WaatrfciKton, D. C Special.) The
-boose sent the oleomargarine bill to
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amend menT with some modifications
" ntlgTtefted by the agricultural ?ommlt
e. -Th opponents of the measure of
fer'd' a number , of amendments, the
. MMnwAVATii-.a, aiinr 'i is ru , n tr , , ins unaia
prioviprtl our im-iu' u urriguru iu
pUe renovated butter on the same
foot ',n;'g with oleomargarine, but they
' ' ytTf, overwhelmingly voted down.
The (atter part of jthe-day was de
voted 'to the agricultural bill.
Mr. Wadswoi th of v New Yerk, in
charge of the bill, made a brief pre-
m "llnVftary statement of the blft, which
'he Axplatred carried. t5.15S.570, an in
crease of $5".!S0 over the current law.
- '1 he largest Increases ' were those for
' the weather bureau and the bureau of
plant Industry, each about 1 00.000.
Mr. Fox of Mississippi, availing hlin
relf of the latitude allowed in general
debate, dlscoseed the question of re
, fr)cted suffrage In the south with es
Iectal reference to the constitution of
his own atate, which be defemleM. Me
. argued that Miseiseippl had done the
wise and patriotic thing and deserved
ths commendation of the country. If
ft ban incurred the penalty of reduced
representation in congress.hc said Bl-
Pblp$l .would "Uke Its medicine' be
fort it would aurrender ite civilisation.
. fta sarii Mm4m a Charge.
Utile Ro:k, Ark.--("peclaI.)-At a
jwcUnf .of .the HecoitMi Baptist church
concrecattori the dlaclallne committee
jeeeinted rhargea against, Oorernor
. Jeftrrno Ioyt who la a member, of
the chorrh. The arcHM.t ions charge
tka governor with profanity, drunken.
ra an4 gambling. It was decided by
f a a BTtgaHan ta appoint a commit
I e at Mm to wait on the gwtremor
l 1 fnagaaj of Mm a ctaument aa to
t te etkargea art true or not
, r -w, xfMtad
U X teaJnaaJ. thJMII Ml
6Ei. FuxsTia cr,:E0 TO keep m.
.'Washington, D. C (Special. ) By or
der the president. General Funston
hnts been directed to cease further dis
cussion of public questions.
By direction of President Roosevelt,
acting Secretary of War Sanger has
adeli e ssed the following letter to Gen
eral Frederick Funston:
"War Department, Washington.
Sir: 1 am directed by the president to
Ipsnuct you- that he wishes you to
cease further public discussion of the
situation in the Philippines and also
to e press his- fegret that you should
mak- a senator of the fritted States
tho object of public criticism or dis
cussion. Very respectfully,
"WM. CARKY SAXGBR,
"Acting Secretary of War.-
"Brigadier General Frederick Funs
ton, commanding, .Denver, Colo."
The president has lel'-grapheil Gen
eral Funston not to. speak at the Mid
dlesex banquet In Boston.
At a banquet of the Colorado Sons
of the. Revolution,- General F unston is
reported to have said of Senator Hoar
"1 have only syniputhy for the senior
senator Horn .Massachusetts, w ho is
suffering from an overheated 'con
science." "
Probably, what caused the Issue of
this particular letter was an- applica
tion from General Funston for leave
of absence in order that he might at
tend the banquet to be given in Boston
by the Middlesex club. It wasn't un-'
derstood he was to deliver another ad
dress there, and as the president de
precates the discussion of public ques
tions In this fashion by United States
oflicers and officials, this letter was
sent. The request for leave of absence
was refused. A copy of Mr. Sanger's
letter was forwarded to Senator Hoar.
BILL IN THE INTEREST OF 6EN. MILES.
Washington, D. C (Special.) Sena
tor Hawley, chairman of the senate
committee on military affairs, has In
troduced a bill to "Increase the effi
ciency of the army." The most im
portant eection of the bill is the fol
lowing: "Subject to the command of the
president and general direction of the
secretary of war, thi. ' lieutenant gen
eral shall exercise general command
over the military forces of the United
States, snail issue army orders and di
rect inspections of the troops. lie
shall be charged with the instruction,
training, discipline and distribution of
the army, with the preparation and
maintenance of detailed plans for tiie
mobilization of the forces, with the
preparation and maintenance for
schemes -of offensive and defensive .op
erations and with collecting and com
piling military information. It will be
his dut yto see that the army is at ail
times suitably and amply supplied and
equipped and that the munitions of
war are of the best material and of
suitable character. He will recommend
suitable persons for promotion and for
military honors and rewards. He will
be assisted in his duties by and his
orders will be conveyed and executed
through the agency of the general of
ficers holding commands and the gen
eral staff ot the army."
i The above provision Is Intended to
give the commanding general a legal
status, which at present he has not.
and is understood to be in the Interest
of General Miles.
Other portions of the bill relate to
detajls of the administration of the af-
faiis of the army. One Of these pro
visions authorizes the president to di
rect that the funds appropriated for,
the quartermasters' subsistence or
nay departments may be placed to tr.'
ciclit of the disbursing oflicers of
either of .these departments.
AMERICANS WIN BLOODLESS VICTORY.
. Manila. (SpeeialJ Lieutenant Colo;
nel Frank D. Baldwin, who Is operat
ing against the Moros on the island:Of
Mindanao, telegraphs that the Capture
of Sultan I'ualos Korthas had' a most
si lutary -effect. The datto. are sub
mitting. White flags are taking the
place o flhe red -battle flags. The sul
tan, of Annutbak urges that time be
given him in which to give up the
assassins of the American soldiers, and
says that the advance of the Ameii
ttais will mean Impassable barriers,
with God judging the right.
Colonel Baldwin has received orders,
to suspend operations against the dat
tos: General George W. Davis, in
command at Zamboanga, lsalnd ' ' of
Mindanao, believes that the majority
of the dattos are friendly and that
they have not had time to co-operate.
He thinks their alarm may cease and
practically a bloodless victory has
been accomplished. f
CAPT. CLARK DECLINES THE HONOR,
Washington. D. C (Special.) Cap
tain Charles E. Clark has declined the
appointment of special naval repre
sentative at the coronation of Kfhg
Kdward and the president has named
Hear Admiral Watson for that mis
sion. .
The declination of Captain .Clark is
viewed with general regret. However,
which Captain Clark was slated in
volves personal outlay for the enter
tainment and exchange of courtesies
of a very formidable character and en
tirely beyond his private means-
RATKS3IE SATS TRIAL WAS ROT FAIR.
Havana. (Special.) E. G. Rathbone,
convicted of Cuban postal frauds, now
out on the flOO.000 ball furnished by
Senator Hanna, said to a World cor
respondent: "Senator Hanna has proof that Gen
eral Wood's oflicers retained private
papers which proved my Innocence of
some of the charges against me. Gen
eral Wood revoked Secretary Uool's
order barring ex parte evidence at my
trial. In this way fifty foreign deposi
tions were admitted against me with
out cross-examination. General Wood
almost daily conferred with the judges,
wno went out of the court and per
sonally sought evidence against me.
"The posioftiee department officials
withheld material and vital evidence
in my behalf when the court had or
dered Its production.
"'1 have been constantly misrepre
sented In the American press by two
correspondents holding government po
sitions and two others who were afraid
to send the truth because they were
afraid General Wood would withhold
ail news from them." - .
Saorot Confaranoa li Maid.
Balmoral, Transvaal. (Special.)
Secretary of State Kelts of the Trans
vaal, General Lucas Meyer, commander-in-chief
of the Orange Free mate
forces, and other members of their
party who arrived hat Friday night
butt, have concluded their conferences,
with the burghers composing General
Lucas Meyers' command. Nothing has
leaked out regarding the result. Sec
retary Kelts returned hero and aro
caadod to Petersburg.
A lion In a. tangto will Jump twenty
tvs fast or thirty feet
tart.
KNOX OH THE
BEEF TRUST.
Attorney General Directs lijmtim Suit Be
Filed ii Federal Circit Court.
Action Will Bo Brought Undor Attor
ney General' Charf in North
District of Illinois.
Washington, I). C (Special.) Attor
ney General Knox has made the fol
lowing statement, regarding the so
i call' d bet f trust;
I "in Apr II i this department dlrect-
'led W. A. Day, esq., of Washington to
examine into, as far as practicable,
the public charges to the effect that a.
comnlnation of the large nv -at dealer"
had been effected contrary to the pi o
viMc lis of the laws of the United
j States. This preliminary 'examination
resulted in Instruction to Mi. Day
and Mr. Bathea. United States attor
ney at Chicago, on Apiil 7. to prosecute
sirntiltanef.usly and the east and more
particularly to examine into the alle
gations and proofs alleged to -xlst in
supiiort thereof. From their reports 1
am satisfied that sutttcient evidence m
In hand upon which bills In equity for
an injunction can be framed to re
strain the combination mentioned
from further proceedings under their
arrangements which clearly: appear to
be In restraint of trade. 1 have, there
fore. In compliance with the law, which
provides: 'it shall be the duty or the
several district attorneys of the Unit
ed States in their respective districts
under the direction of the attorney
general to Institute .proceedings in
equity to prevent and restrain vio
lations of this act.' directed the dis
trict attorney at Chicago to prepare a
bill for an injunction against the tor
porpatinn and persons who are par
ties to the combination mentioned to
be filed in the United States circuit
court for the north district of Illinois."
Chicago. (Special.! United States
District Attorney Bethea refused to
make any statement about the action
that he will take under Attorney Gen
eral Knox's instructions. .
"I have absolutely nothing to say,"
he said, when the announcement was
raed to htm. ' .
A representative of the- packing
houses said that .packers welcomed a
full investigation of their relations
with each other and the conduct of
their business. In their behalf he cn
teied a denial to all charges that th-y
are in combination to control prices or
in restraint of trade.
LIVE STOCK EXCHANGE PROTESTS RATES
Chicago, 111. tSpeclall Formal com
plaint has been made by the Chicago
Live Stock ejCchange, cha-ging the
twenty-six railroads composing the
V.estern Trunk Line committee with
making unjust and discriminating
rates on live slock shipped from Iowa.
Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin to
Chicago. The document has been fib. d
with the Interstate commerce commis
sion and is sisned by T.-W. Tomllnson,
secretary of the commission.
Copies of the complaint have been
sent to the trallic managers of the
' lines imdet question, d-'inandlnt; an-
Srteii u,mei oUiii. i. lit: yi'-lr!' -m.
nearly every case is essentially the
same and denies the allegations.
Summarized, the charges are that
the roads mentioned aw making ran
on live stock to Chicago which are un
reasonable and unjust compared with
the rales published on lie stock prod
ucts. These rates, it l claimed, me
in. violation of the interstate couimei ci
acl, which prohibits rate discrimina
tion. It is further cha'ged that the
rates complained of operate to the dis
advantage and prejudice of the live
stock risers in the states named, w hen
liar i-poi ling from Kansas City, South
St. Jcseph, South Omaha. Sioux City,
Sol tti si. Paul and points east to Chit-ago.
Lastly, It is charged that the rates
now In force militate against the Chi
cago Live Stock exchange and against
Chicago as a market for live stock.
The principle contended for by th
Chicago Live Stock exchange, accord
ing to traffic oHlclals, would bit nine
Impossible of carrying out if applied
fi the entire country. It is claimed
by the exchange thut live stock coming
to Chicago should bear the same rate
a- the Chicago proportion of the
through rate on live stock destined for
the seaboard. For example, the late
on live stock to Chicago from Missouii
river potato is 23 cents. The propor
tion of the through rate taken by Chi
cago roads on live stock destined from
Mbf.ourl river points to the seaboard Is
IS'4 cents. If the rates were made the
same U would mean that all through
rt-;s would have to be combinations
of local rales, and under such a regime
th", seaboard markets would be pro
hibited to all the country west of the
Miicuri river..
THE GRAIN PRICES TO KEEP LP.
Ies Moines, la. (Special.) The sec
ond annual convention of the Iowa
Grain Dealers' association convened
here with nearly 200 members present.
The association is the outgrowth of
several recent meetings of grain deal
ers and a desire to get the business to
a better basis. Last year the national
convention of grain dealers was held in
Des Moines and the Des Moines Cereal
club entertained It. The program was
very t limited, except as to social fea
tures', the address of President King
and the report of Secretary Stlbbens
showing that the association has been
growing steadily and no numbers prac
tically all the grain dealers of tht
state. Secretary Stlbbens of the na
tional association lead a paper on ter
minal methods. The formal address ot
welcome was by Mayor Hrenlon. A
luncheon was served and in the even
ing the delegates had a smoker. The
business before the convention is large
ly in the nature of discussing various
technical matters of Interest to the
trade. The members are almost unan
imous In l he opinion that grain prices
will rule high the next year or two
and that the prospect for poor crops Is
now such as ot warrant a continuance
of high prices for small grain,
Canada Praia Boors.
Ottawa, Can. (Hpeclal.) In the
house of commons a resolution was
adopted stating that while British su
premacy had been maintained In South
Africa (to which end Canada cheer
fully contributed men and money) a
policy of magnanimity and mercy
may properly be extended to the brave
foe now opposing British , arms, and
that in the Interest of peace and fu
ture tranquility and homeogenlty. It Is
expedient to offer universal amnesty
as a condition of peace and submis
sion to British control, to ail persons
In arms against Orsat Britain In
ftouth Africa,
SEN. nAWllSSM PaiPfKE SITUATKX
Washington, V. C (Special.) Mr.
Kawlins of Utah concluded his speech
fn opposition to the Philippine govern
ment bill. As on previous days he de
voted muc h of his time to considera
tion of the testimony taken before the
I'hllipplne committee, lie analyzed the
testimony In connection with orders
issued b j-the war department and by
general oflicers in the Philippines. He
.as particularly severe In his denunci
ation of General Chaffee for the orders
he had Issued in carrying out the pol
icy of the government. He declared
in conclusion that the United States
would reap a whirlwind of misfortunes
and disaster as a result Of its policy in
the "Philippine Islands;
The senate passed several unubject-ed-to
measures of minor Importance
and a large number of private pension
bills.
A bill was reported from the judicl
.iiy committee and passed providing
that certain clerical delects In natur
alization cases in territorial courts
that have gone out of existence may
be remedied on proK-r hearing..
Hills, wi re, the n "passed as follows:
Fixing ihe fees of Jurors and witnesses
in the United States courts in Wyom
ing: t provide for the purc hase of a
ite and the erection of a public; build
ing thereon in the city of Washington
to be ued for a hull of records and
indicating an appropriation of Jl.OOO.WO
for the purpose; authorizing an in
crease of pension in cases involving
tot1 dVafncKs; authorizing cities and
tnwns of Indian Territory of 2,000 pop
ulation or more to Issue bonds and
borrow money for the construction of
water work, the 'building of school
houses, etc.; making the provisions of
the act of congress approved February
' relating to public lands appli
cable to the state of Utah: authorizing
the appointment of a commission to
distribute K.Mi.oofl of the funds of the
Choc taw and Chic kasaw nations of In
dians arming indigent members of
those natbms. Also thirty-six private
(elision bills. ' .
At 2 o'clock the Philippine govern
ment bill was taken up and Mr. Kaw
lins continued his speech in opposition
to it. He quoted from the testimony of
Cenc-ral Mac-Arthur before the com
mittee cm Philippines in accounting for
the disproportion of killed and wound
ed among the Filipinos. General Mac
Arthur's explanation was: "It arises
from the fact that our soldiers are
(mined In target practice. In other
words, they know bow to shoot. The
Filipino soldiers do not know how to
shoot.'
The explanation made by General
MacArthur was not satisfactory, in
the opinion of Mr. Kawlins. The sen
ator's explanation was this:
"Our troops were directed not to en
eumlwr themselves Vith prisoners and
not tci burden themselves with the
wounded. The Filipinos were swept
from the face of the earth. This was
in execution of the program to make
ot line Vihayan district a howling wil-rn-rtiess
and to exterminate all the
iieople over the age of 10 years."
REO OAK IOWA HAS A BAD FIRE.
Ile Oak, la. 'Special.) The most
disastrous lire In the history of Red
Oak swept the entire block compoFlng
the south side of the square, causing a
loss of l.'vKi.'KKi, with Insurance of J125,-
W. The lire originaed In the rear of
(he basement of the banking house of
H. C. Houghton, presumably In a
quantity of tobacco stored there by X
. ijtar niiiinilai miiT n lio occupied quar
tets in the bunding.
It was discovered at 8:15 by the
i Ifht watchman for the Murphy Cal
endar company, who turn-d in an
alarm. Owing to the valve In the ten
iik h main being only partially open
inc water pressure was insulllcient for
tsie dcpai Huent to make progress
,i gainst the flames, snd in a short
t me the entire building was ablaze,
'1 he ind. which was from the west,
chHhgfd to the southeast and the fire
Jlinped across the street to Jenkins
A Da vis' livery barn at the rear of
the block of business buildings. The
(-.Hire I'iit of the block being covered
with wooden building soon caught and
communicated the flames to the rear
"t h- business buildings, all of which
were burnid. '
Only a limited portion of the con
tents were saved. The occupants of
)'ie offices lest morn of their belong
ings. The Council Bluffs fire department
v as telegraphed to for assistance and
irpcnded with a detachment under
chief Temple ton. Before they reached
Led Oak they were notified that their
services were not needd, and returned.
EI6 CORNER IN THE POULTRY TRADE.
Chicago, 11). (Special.) The Record
Herald says:
Three firms practically have com
plete control of, the poultry market.
Through the ownership of two-thirds
of all the poultry In the country they
are said to be able to fix prices as they
please. The firms having control are:
Armour & Co., Sw Ift A Co., and Frtebe
Ar Semlter of Bushncll, III.
All over the western states, In
Omaha, Kansas City. 8t. Joseph, Chi
cago and hosts of small towns these
Arms, have cold storage plants. The
Houth Water street estimate Is that
thi-y have 800.000 cases of poultry of
shout 100 pounds each In cold storage;.
Their profit has already been Immense.
Fancy dre ssed chle kens have sold as
l.lgh as 11' cents, ngalns Sty cents
at this time last year.
THE ALASKAN BORDER CASE IS UP.
Washington, I. C (Specials-President
Roosevelt has transmitted to the
house a reply to the Inquiry as to re
ports that the British, and Canadian
official were encroaching on federal
territory on the Alaskan border' and
were de stroying landmarks. In an en
closure S'-cretary Hay states:
'"Ihe reports to which the resolution
lefers were brought last autumn to the
attention of the department of state,
hleh Immediately set on foot an In
vestigation to' ascertain what founda
tion there is for them. Hitherto this
Investigation has not elicited any proof
of the alleged transaction, but It will
be continued until the truth In regard
to the matter Is ascertained."
Conaidora War Inavotlbia. .
Victoria, B. C (Bpeclal.)-O. W, Lit
tle, editor of the North China Daily
News, In an interview given here, says
wdr betwen Japan and Russia la
considered inevitable, not only by tha
Japanese, but also by the Russians,
and all residents on the Bibsrtan coast.
F.normous preparations are being
made at Port Arthur and In Siberia
fortifications are progressing and
troops massed and Japan Is also ready.
Charles P. Dlggs aV Co., wholesale
coal merchants of Baltimore, Bled a
patltlon In bankruptcy, estimating ss
ata at WMU aad UaMUUaa at mi,.
WASHINGTON
NEWS NOTES.
Bill Ti Bpti Up til Risibii Agency Sou
Ti Bi Cmiiirei.
Waatorn Cattleman In 'tha National
Capital Looking Aftor Tholr
Various Intorosts.
Washington, D. C (Spec laT) The
senate has agreed to take up the Rose
bud treaty bill pending In that body
immediately after the completion of
the union station measure, which now
has the call. Senators Gamble and
Kittredge of South Dakota, who have,
labored Indefatlgably for the free
homes feature, are hopeful they will
be able to retain that clause in the bill.
Falling In that they will accept Sen
ator Piatt's amendment, which pro
vides for the sale of the lands in Greg
ory county, South Dakota, at the
price stipulated to be paiel by Ihe gov
ernment, namely, iZ.M per acre.
A favorable report was authorized by
the Fenate committee on public lands
on Senator Klttreclge's bill allowing
settlers on the great Sioux reservation
who made entry subsequent to March
3. lMt:e. but who were compelled lo pay
two prices for lands and then had
finally to abandon their clalms.to make
new entry In order to compensate ihem
for losses sustiilnil.
The secretary of the interior texlay
made a favorable report upon Senator
Warren s bill providing for a resurvey
by the gove rnment of sixty-four town
ships of land In the Big Horn Basin,
Wyoming. Resuiveys me dee-laicel
necessary on account of the inaccuracy
of the original survey.
Senator Clark of Wyoming reported
from the Judiciary committee the bill
Introduced by Senator Warren provid
ing that the circuit court of appeals
of the Kighth circuit court shall hold
at least one term annually in Denver,
Colo., or Cheyenne. Wyo.. on the first
Monday of September eac h year. Sen
ator Clark also reported favorably a
bill Increasing the fees of Unltvd
States grand and petit Jurors from I
to J! pe r day.
WHAT THE WESTERN CATTLEMEN WANT.
Washington, I). C. (Spi-clul.) A del
egation of cattle growers of Xcbtaska,
reinserting an ownership of upward
of .U'Ki he-ad of cattlp west of -the
1 i n.ciidlan, are in Washington for
trv- purpose of securing legislation
looking to the leasing of the public
eioiiiaic fc! cattle growing purposes.
Ue do not ask the privilege of
gi.iy.ing cuttle on the puhiic domain
with in tlo payment of some charge,"
rsaid Mr. Richard", who is acting as
spok-MYiisn of the delegation. We are
Willi! 6 to give Hi- government an
eqie'iible- return for the privileges
graute-d, but In doing so we want con
gress j give ys it status which will
e o e thlng like stability for our
enterprise."
A kf-d it the cattle growers favor
the Howeisewk bill. Mr. Klehferds re
plico: "W i- are not lnre for llic pur
pose of iidvijc allr.g the- ISowcrsi k or
any other .measure pending before emi
gres'. The object ' cf I he -deb gation In
c uiiilr.g to VnshliiMori at this time Is
i.i luvseiit the fact conct-i nlng the
caiiie business of Nebraska as tiicy
ex int.
"We Intend to go before committees
of tin- Semite and house to ask that
h-nii hetioti be enacted w hich will re
suit in giving the cattle growers of the
west a stiitidirig before the Interior
!lep.crtnc in anil w lsb li will assure an
eqjltable- adjustment of our rlshls
without Infringing in any way what
ever the- rights of the federal govc-rn-miiil.
If this can be done through the
meciiiiii of the M illard-Bow e i sol k bill,
then we f;ivot that measure. If It can
be acccniplisf id through some other
h:ll, then we stand ready to pHe that
our undtvlde'd support. It Is for con
gress to say what the limitations
should be." The delegation will appear
before the senate subcoiiirutiee mi
public lands, accompanied by Gamble
id South Dakota. Dietrich of Nebraska
and Glhson of Montana. Duter th'-y
will be accorded a hearing before the
house committee on public lands, of
which Major Iicey of Iowa is .chair
man. OMAHA TAXPAYERS WIN CASE.
Lincoln, Neb. (Special.) A decision
on the taxation of corporations which
Is likely to be as far-reaching as thut
in the famous school teachers' case in
Chicago, has been handed down by the
supreme court of Nebraska.
It grants the application of the Real
Relate exchange of Omaha for a writ
of mandamus to compel the city coun
cil to reconvene as a board of equal
ization and hear complaints against
the alleged low assessment of the prop
erty of public service corporations of
that city, and declares that these c:o--poratlons
shall be assessed on the
same basis as private property.
That section of the general revenue
law under which corporations have
heretofore deducted ' the amount of
their bonded Indebtedness from the
value of their property for taxation
purposes, Is declared unconstitutional.
On the manner of assessing franchises
and corMiratlon property the decision
W distinc t and to.the effect that cor
porations must pay taxes in propor
tion to the value of the entire prop
erty, the same as other property.
, The opinion affects ihe entire slstt
and is not appealable.
CAMP NOT A BRtACH OF NEUTRALITY.
Washington, D. C (Special.) The
report of Colonel Crowder, who Inves
tigated the shipment of horses and
mules to South Africa from the port of
Chnlmett. Da., was laid before the
cabinet by the president.
While the report is Incomplete, It
Was developed that the conclusion was
reached by the president from what ha
had seen of It that there was not suffi
cient evidence to show past or present
violations of neutrality and conse
quently there Is no warrant for Inter
vention. Don't Quoaa at tho Time.
There Is no need to guess at the time
If for the small sum of 13.75 you can
purchase a durable, well made, stem
wind, stem set, 17-jeweied, 14-K Gold
Filled Watch. M. Stein A Co., the
great Chicago jewelers, have for sale
a very handsome watch at the above
price. Write lo them for their free Il
lustrated catalogue.
Editor O. W. Uttle of the North
China Dally News In an Interview at
Victoria, li. C said war between Rus
sia and Japan was considered Inevit
able. Both sides, he said, wtra pre
paring for fa "tru!
CHAPTER FROM PAST.
IT RELATES TO THE LOUISIAW A
PURCHASE.
Why Oen. Bernsdotte, Aftarwarda
King; of Sweden, Failed to Fig
ure in Territorial Transfer.
St. Louis ciftipatch: Impatient to
establish the French government once
more fn Louisiana which had Just been
receded to France. Bonaparte, the first
consul, offered In 1M2 the position' of
Rnvernor of this colony to a distin
guished person, whose ambition and
activity he feared General Bernsdotte,
the -future--marshal- of the fiaplreand,
later, king of Sweden. This Important
mission would have taken the latter out
of Fitrope In an honorable way. and thn
first consul had great reason to expect
that Rernadotte would feel highly grat
ified by this appointment and not hesi
tate lo accept it most readily. Berna
dotte, howf-ver, known as a mn of
firm, aggressive character: and -being
without fear, thniigb.1 It wise, ere he
would accept this mission, to provide
n safe basis for his sure success.
He made the following conditions for
his departure: That he should take to
Ixmlsiana. In addition to three thou
sand soldiers, the same Dumber' of
French soldiers, and that, moreover, ha
should be provided with everything he
rpquired for a prolonged absence
which. Bt times, for a longer or shorter
period, might prevent him from com
municating with Paris.
Bonaparte replied to these propo?als:
"I would not do as much for one of my
own hrottiers." and. instead, in Septem
ber. Ift2. appointed (leneral . Victor,
capltaine-general, or military governor,
Ijiuasat prefet. and Ayme superior
Judge.
Being still troubled by Ilernadotte's
presence in Paris. Bonaparte decided,
nt'the beginning of 1M)3. to send him to
the I nlted States as minister pleni
potentiary of France. This wag a sort
of exile for Bernadntte, and in order to
sweeten Its bitterness he was told that
It was a question of ceding a portion
of s Louisiana to the Hnited States and
that the negotiations for such a trans
fer were entrusted to him. As a reward
for his success, personal advantages
were held out to the general.
Bernadotte accepted this mission and
proceeded to 1.8 Hoc-helle, and the
frigate, which was to carry him across
the Atlantic ocean, was about to weigh
anchor when he learned that a rupture
waa imminent between France and
Kngland. Thereupon he returned to
Paris at once without waiting for au
thority In do so. declaring that lie
would not take charge of any civil
function as long as the war lasted. H
even abstained from going to ace thi
fir consul, who expressed a great deal
of dissatisfaction with Bemadotte'g
willful return without having asked his
permission. Some considerable time
passed before mutual friends could re
concile the two.
Nor did (leneral Victor Bail for New
Or'eana. He was also prevented by the
commencement of hostilities between
France and England. Accordingly, only
the prefect, Mr. Laussat, set sail for
lyottislana Jan. 12, 1S03, coming without
ny formal authority ' to accept the
transfer of the government from the
hands of the Spanish governor, Don
Manuel Salcedo. who. therefore, con
tinued nominally in office. Ianf.sat re
mntned in New Ot leans, virtually with
out any authority, during nine months,
I'ecnme French commissioner on tho
."'Oh of Xuvf ruber, took possession for
France of IitiiKiana on Nov. 30, and
ii-uiajnr-d administrator sd iBterim fcr
ft month, when the territory was for
mally transferred to !ho I'nlted States,
Tims Bernadntte Just missed being a
party to the purchase, either as the last
governor of the French province or as
the negotiator of any treaty of cession
at Washington, and that great histori
cal transaction was consummated on
h other side of the ocean. Instead of
Bernadotte signing the treaty of ces
sion for France this w-aa done by Fran
cois de Bai'be Marquis de Marbois, the
tnlnlster'of finanoe at Paris, April 30,
15,(1.1. Robert R. Livingston and James
Monrun signed for the I'nlted State.
PAI L OEKER.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Sneers are the weapons of a hop
Icks fool.
Sound sleep Is usually the result of
soundless sleep.
Oil and truth are bound to come to
surface In due lime.
Some men have a mania for doing
nothing and doing It assiduously.
In this world of' strife a man must
be either an anvil or a hammer.
Knowledge and timber should be
well seasoned before being put to use.
Mind your own business unless you
are able to employ a private secre
tary. Some men sow a few seeds of kin 1
nees and expect to reap their reward
with a mowing machine.
Many a man breaks his bills down
town, then growls because his wife
want a little small change.
When a man postpones the plena
ore of life indefinitely he Is apt to
find them missing by the time he li
rcauy to enjoy them.
Charles B. Llttlefleld, the Maine con
rsmnan. Is a typical Yankee, Early
Sunday mornings be may be seen strid
ing to the capltol, where he knows that
Page, the restaurant man, will have
some fresh beans baked In the exact
way New Englanders care for them.
Tha Army's Greatest Victory.
Of all the victories won In the field
by the army created for the war of
1898 none reflecta upon It auch credit
is Us triumph In the ramnalra tnln.i
ilsease Of that triumph the war de-
partment reports particulars which
ilmost staggers belief. The army
:ook charge of Havana when ttti.
were occuring at, the rate of 11,211
per year. Now, wlta larger popula
tion, (h.ey are but 6,720 per year,
tmallpoi, which liad been for years
rpiuemic, is entirety stamped out, yel
ow fever Draetlcallv an Mae. Mk
oris. ' '