Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905, June 12, 1902, Image 5

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THE TERMS.
Bears Give Up Arms, Cm nrhtkag
and arc to bo Restored to Home
on Recognition of Edward.
Indn. (Special.) The complete
tet of the terms of peace agreed to by
the Boers and British were read by A.
J. Balfour, government leader, In the
house of common. The terms are as
follows:
First The burgher forces in the field
will forthwith lay down their arms and
hand over all their guns, rifles and am
munition of war in their possession, or
under their control, and desist from
further resistance and acknowledge
King Edward VII as their lawful sov
ereign. The manner and details of this
surrender will be arranged between
lord Kitchener and Commandant Gen
eral Botha, assisted by General De
Jarey and Chief Commandunt Dewet.
Second All burghers outside the lim
its of the Transvaal and Orange River
colony, and all prisoners of war at
present outside of South Africa, who
re burghers, will, on duly declaring
their acceptance of the position of sub
jects of his majesty, be brought back
to their homes as son as means of
transportation can be provided and
means of subsistence assured.
Third 'Burghers ro returning will
not be deprived of their personal liber
ty or property.
Fourth No proceeding, civil or crim
inal, will be taken against any burgh
ers surrendering or so returning for
any acts in connection with the prose
cution of the war. The benefits of this
clause do not extend to certain acts
contrary to the usages of war, which
had been notified by the commander-in-chief
to the Boer generals.and which
shall be tried by court-martial after
the close of hostilities.
DUTCH LANGUAGE IS ALLOWED.
Fifth The Dutch language will be
taught In the public schools of the
Transvaal and Orange River colony,
where the parents desire It, and will be
allowed In the courts of law, for the
better administration of justice.
Sixth Possession of rifles will be al
lowed In the Transvaal and Orange
River colony to persons requiring them
for their protection, on taking out a
license, according to law.
Heventh The military administration
of the Transvaal and Orange River
colony will, at the earliest possible date
be succeeded by a civil government,
and, so nn as circumstances permit,
representative Institutions leading up
to self-government will be Introduced.
F.lghth The granting of franchise to
natives will not be decided until the
Introduction of self-government.
Ninth No special tax will be im
posed upon landed property In the
Transvaal or Orange River colony to
defray the expenses of the war.
LIBERAL FINANCIAL AID.
Tenth As soon as the conditions per.
mlt It, a commission, on which the
local Inhabitants will be represented,
will be appointed In each district of
the Transvaal and Orange River col
ony, under the presidency of a magis
trate or other official, for the purpose
of assisting In the restoration of the
people to their homes and supplying
those who. owing to war losses, are un
able to provide for themselves, with
food and shelter, and the necessary
amount of seed, stock and Implements,
etc.. Indispensable to the resumption of
their normal ocucpatlons. Ills majefl
ty's government will place at the dis
posal of these commissions tne sum of
$10,000,000, and will allow all the notes
Issued under the law of 1!W) of the
South Afrl an republic and all receipts
given tip to officers In the field of the
late republics, or under their orders
to be presented to a Judicial commis
sion, which will be appointed by the
government, and if such notes and re
ceipts are- found by this commission
to have been duly Issued In return for
valuable considerations, they will be
received by the first named commis
sions as evidences of war losses suf
fered by the in-rsor.s to which they
were originally given.
In addition to the a' ove named free
grant of tir,,000,Oi. his majesty's gov
ernment will be prepared to make ad
vances, on loan, for the same purpose.!,
free of interest for two years, and
afterward repayable over a period of
years, with 3 per cent Interest. No
foreigner or rebel will be entitled to
benefit under this ciaune.
CHICAGO TEAMSTERS' STRIKE SETTLED.
Chicago, 111. (Special.)-After an all
Bight conference, a settlement between
the packers and teamsters was reached
at i o'clock next morning. The settle
ment was a compromise, but the union
scored an Important victory. The wage
scale provided for In the agreement
Is:
Cart drivers, 18 cents an hour; sin
gle wagons, 20 cents; two horses, 2JV4
cents; our horses, 2VA cents; six
horses, 30 cents.
Teamsters shall be paid from the
time they take up their time checks
Until they return the same, less half
an hour for lunch. No work to bo per
formed on Labor day. All strikers to
ho reinstated without prejudice. The
packers stuck to their refusal to em
ploy only union men, but agreed not to
discriminate against them.
The labor organizations Joined In a
Jollification over the settlement. Scores
of wagon left the stork yards manned
ty the men who were on strike. Cheers
greeted the men at every step. The
boycott on the butchers was declared
eff, as was that of the coal and Ice
drivers, and everywhere rejoicing ns
sumed the place of riot and bloodshed.
By the new scale the stock yards
teamsters enfc earn a minimum for n
gull week of seventy-two hours of J12.60
nd a maximum of 121.
Five Man Shot
Edwnrdsvllle, Pa. (Special.) In a
fight between several hundred strikers
and nonunion employes nt the plant of
1he American Hteel A Foundry com
pany. It Is said that five men were
hot ,two of them fatslly. The two
Who were worst wounded are said to be
Strikers. A second account of the bnt
Wa says that but three men, John Buf
flngton, B. B, Medford and Alexander
Matthews, r wounded, none of them
ertowety.
DATE SET FuR TIE IIAUAK3 CUE.
Lincoln, Neb. (Special.) The U
preme court has assigned the man.
damus case of the Bee Building com
pany against the Stat Board of Equal
ization for tearing at a special sitting
ca Julf t al. P. Harrington of O'Neill
wa cva ptraaisrlca to appear In
tn rasa aa eo-relator with the Ike
BotMlag company. John N. Baldwin
of Cwrartl BinaTa, representing the Un
to Partite railroad; Ben' White of
Oaaa&a. representing the Elkhorn and
Omaha roads, and J. K. Kelby of
Omaha, representing the Burlington
road, were present when th case was
called In its regular order on th docket
and Informed the court that they
wished to be heard on the Issues pre
sented. Mr. Baldwin end Mr, White
agreed that they did not know whether
they would come into the case as
friends of the court or as attorneys
for the taxpaying corporations they
represented. E. W. Slmeral of Omaha
appeared in behalf of the relator, the
Bee Building company.
The court Intimated that all of the
attorneys would be given a hearing,
but made no order to this effect. Leave
was granted, however, for the filing of
brlefg.
The attorneys first proposed July 12
as an agreeable time for the hearing,
but the Judges thought an earlier date
should be agreed upon, and suggested
July 4. TheVttorneys consulted and
recommended an intermediate day.July
S. This day was satisfactory to the
court and the hearing was according
ly assigned.
The railroad attorneys evinced no de
sire to hasten consideration of the case,
but rather intimated that they would
prefer to have It put over unti the
September sitting.
BILLS FOR PUBLIC LAND LEGISLATION.
Washington, D. C (Special.) The
senate public lands committee favor
ably reported Senator Bard's bill au
thorizing the secretary of the interior to
grant rights of way across the public
domain, through forest and other res
ervations and all national parks, save
Yellowstone, for construction cf dams,
reservoirs, canals, for irrigation, min
ing, manufacturing, power, public wa
ter supply and domestic purposes, also
rights of way for telegraph and tele
phone lines, for trails and wagon roads,
these rights of way to include all nec
essary lands for the purposes speci
fied. The privileges granted by ths
bill shall not be construed as interfer
ing with the control of water for irri
gation or other purposes under the
authority of any Htate or territory.
The house public lands committee
considered Representative Miller's bill
authorizing land-grant railroads now
holding alternate sections of land re
ceived from the government to consol
idate their holdings by relinquishing
title to half of the holdings and ac
quiring In their stead lands adjoining
sections retained. The bill In modified
form has been Indorsed by the secre
tary of the Interior and Is strongly
urged by western congressmen. Rail
road companies claim that under the
prevailing checkerboard system they
cannot lease their lands advantageous
ly because stockmen acquiring the
privilege of their use are now prohib
ited by the department from fencing
any but the leased sections. Under a
former ruling the lessees of railroad
lands were allowed to fence not only
the' leased areas, but the Intervening
sections of government land. When
this practice was stopped it greatly de
creased the value of railroad lands as
private pastures.
MUST RESTRAIN THE BI6 TRUSTS.
Denver, Colo. (Special.) Governor
Cummins of Iowa was the guest of
honor at a. banquet given by the Roose
velt club of Denver, where he respond
ed to the toast, "True Republicanism."
Governor Cummins in the course of
his address touched upon the question
of organized capital and organized la
bor, declaring emphatically that he
stood for the union of both when the
united power is organized for the good
of the world, but pointed out that un
trammeled power for selfish Interests
will not be exercised for the good of
the people.
Governor Cummins declared the gov
ernment must lay Its hands on the
combinations of cardial and restrain
them within such limits as will permit
the gratification of ambition, the glory
of success, the tonic of profit, and, on
the other side, protect the weak against
aggressions and Impositions from
which, save by the mighty hand of the
government, they cannot escape.
RELIEF FOR THE BRAVE BOERS.
Pretoria. (Special.) The work of
raising funds for the needy Boers will
be begun shortly by Generals Botha
and Delarey and other leaders, who
will go to Europe for this purpose.
Acting President Bchalkburger and
General Delarey have Issued an open
Utter to the Boers, praising them for
their courage, and urging that they
now work as zealously for the good of
the country.
The matter of bringing the men to
their farms is one of difficulty. At
this time of the year shelter Is needed,
and sectional houses have been ordered
for each family. The government will,
for the time, support those unable to
cure for themselves.
Joo Gats A Job.
New York. (Special.) Since Charles
M. Schwab, president of the steel
(rust, rose to affluence, he has taken
cure that his brother "Joe" was given
good berths. It Is now announced that
Cliorles has selected Joe for president
of the American Steel Foundrys corn
puny, with an annual salary of $.',0,000.
Schwab, when he was draughtsman In
Brnddock, Pa., got Jloe a position.
Later, when he managed the Carnegie
mills, he put him In as manager of the
Daquesne branch.
HOLDS ALL
BONDSMEN.
Seirtsi Curt Rmrtts Dicltiu ii thi
Barttef Bmi Can.
Only On Point of Paot to Snttla,
That hi Whotkor Oof ale at ion Oc
currod first or Sooond Ton.
Uncoil), Neb (Special.) The u
preme court has delivered an opinion
in which it It held that if the shortage
of former Treasurer Bartley occurred
during his second term of office all ot
the six bondsmen, against whom pro
ceedings by the state are now pending,
are liable for the full amount claimed
by the state. These bondsmen are;
W. A. Paxton, Thomas Swobe, Cadet
Taylor, C. C. McNish, E. E. Brown
and John H. Ames. The case is re
manded to the district court of Doug
las county with Instructions for an
other trial, at which the only question
or Issue to be considered Is whether or
not the defalcation occurred during
the second term, or in whole or in part
during the first term. It is ordered
by the court that if the defalcation oc
cuired during the last term the defend
ants are liable. The amount claimed
by the state Is approximately J6O0.0O0.
The opinion in this case Is by Com
mlrsioner Roscoe Pound, the junior
member of the court commission. It is
an exhaustive treatise on all ques
tions brought before the tribunal in
this action and is one of the largest
handed down in recent years. Com
missioner J. B. Barnes concurs in the
finding, but Commissioner Oldham
takes no part, having appeared once
as counsel In the case In the capacity
of deputy attorney general.
SATISFACTORY TO STATE.
"The decision is decidedly satisfac
tory to the state," said Attorney Gen
eral Prout. "It means that the state
will recover a judgment against all of
the bondsmen who were defendants in
this action. There Is but one issue left
for consideration, and that Is whether
or not the shortage occurred during
the first or second term of the treas
urer. "The court holds that the records of
the settlement at the end of Hartley s
first term are prima facie evidence
that there was no shortage at the end
of the first term. This being establish
ed, the burden Is on the bondsmen to
khow that the shortage was In the first
term. If the shortage was In the first
term none of these six bondsmen would
be liable under the bond in question.
If the shortage was in the second term,
all would be liable. If we hold one we
hold all.
"The only way now by which the
bondsmen can be released is for Bart
ley to go on the stand and testify that
the shortage occurred during the first
term, but he will hardly do that, as
his own sworn report, made at the
end of his first term, showed that his
accounts were square at that time.
"The case will be tried again in th?
district court of Douglas .county and
before a jury. Thr Is simply the
question of fact to be-determlned, and,
as I said before, the burden is on the
bondsmen."
The case has been three times before
the supreme court. In the first trial In
the district court a decision was given
in favor of the bondsmen. That Judg
ment was later reversed by the su
preme court and the case remanded.
At the second trial In the district court
the finding was In favor of the state,
but this Judgment was also reversed
and the case again remanded.
At the third and last trial of the case
In the district court a judgment was
given releasing W. A. Paxton, Cadet
Taylor and Thomas Swobe, and holding
E. E. Brown, C. C. McNish ana John
It. Ames liable. Tne slate appealed as
to Paxton, Swobe and Taylor, while
Brown, McNish and Ames appealed as
to the state. In the supreme court the
two branches of the case were Joined
and argued at one time. There were
several other bondsmen originally, but
all, excepting the six now appearing as
defendants, were released upon various
grounds,
VOLCANOES' MENACE NICARA6UAN CANAL
Washington, D. C (Special.) In il
lustration of his speech, and to com
bat the assertions of Senator Morgan
that there is no danger to be feared
from volcanoes on, the Nlcaraguan ca
nal route. Senator Hanna, In the sen
ale, produced a map, prepared by the
Isthmian canal committee, showing the
active and presumably dead volcanoos
In the Isthmian territory, from Mexico
to Colombia and Venezuela.
Altogether there are In Costa Rica
ten active and ten dead ones, and In
Honduras and Guatemala nineteen act
ive and twenty-eight dead ones. Hanna
proposes to dwell on the fact that the
supposedly dead volcanoes are, never
theless, a constant menace, as proven
by the recent eruptions of Mount Pelee
In Martinique and la Soufrlere In St.
Vincent, both of which had long sup
posed to be dead.
On the route of the Panama, cannl
there Is not a single volcano, either
active or dead.
List of British Losses.
London. (Special.) An official state
ment issued by the war office shows
that the total reduction of the British
forces In South Africa up to May 30
of the present year was 97,477. This
Includes killed, wounded, prisoners,
deaths from disease and men Invalided
home. Of these many have recovered
and rejoined their regiments, leaving
28,434 dead or permanently Incapacitat
ed. The total number of troops killed
In action, or who died of wounds, Is
7.712.
KS SIFT FM IXSJ UTCwEKEl.
London. (Special.) In accordance
with King Edward's message to the
house of commons, the government
leader, A. J. Balfour, asked for a vote
of 1200,000 to Lord Kitchener. Aa a
remarkable Coincidence, Parliament,
on this day three years ago, voted its
thanks and $110,000 to the same general
for his services in Egypt.
Mr. Balfour, in supporting the mo
tion, referred to Lord Kitchener's rapid
promotion. He said it bad been given
to few public servants to compaaa so
much work for their country in so
short a time as Lord Kitchener, who,
besides being commander In chief in
South Africa, was commander-in-chief
of India. He found the army in South
Africa in a state of - disorganization,,
consequent upon the ill-success which
attended the British army at the early
stage of the campaign ,and he exe
cuted his duty with admirable energy
and skill. But it was not till Lord
Roberts left that the claims of Lord
Kitchener on his countrymen reached
their present magnitude. Lord Kitch
ener had to meet with unique difficul
ties. He had erected no fewer than
4,000 blockhouses and in the conduct
of the campaign had shown the fertile
range qt his resources, bound by cour
age and resolution, and to these quali
ties Great Britain owed the termina
tion of the war. Few English generals
had contended- with greater difficulties
and emerged from them in a more tri
umphant and brilliant way. Mr. Bal
four concluded with formally moving
the vote of J200.000.
The liberal leader, Sir Henry Camp-bell-Bannerman,
who seconded the mo
lion, paid a warm tribute to Lord
Kitchener, as a soldier and a states
man. FOR NEBRASKA FORESTRY RESERVE.
Kearney, Neb. (Special.) The Unit
ed States forestry party which outfit
ted fiom this point last season and has
had its outfit stored at Watson's ranch
since last fall, has left for another
summer's work.
At the outset the party will consist
of L. C. Miller and C. A. Scott of
Washington, D. C, and J. W. Thorn
burgh of the Oklahoma agricultural
college. They will drive across the
country, their first destination being
Dunning, Neb., on the Hillings line of
the Burlington.
This point will be their headquarters
while surveying the proposed forestry
reserve of 86,240 acres in Thomas and
Blaine counties in what is known as
the Dismal country. This work com
pleted, the party will survey the Nio
brara reserve on the Niobrara river in
Cherry county, .which will consist of
U'6.240 acres.
These two reservations were set
aside by presidential proclamation
some time ago. The present party will
be joined by a forestry specialist from
Yale college, will survey these reserva
tions and make a plan for planting
several million pine and cedar trees,
seedlings, to be secured from a reserve
in the Black Hills.
WILL NOT FIGHT THE INJUNCTION.
New York. (Special.) A., B. Board
man of counsel of the meat packers
against whom Justice Chester at Al
bany granted an injunction, is quoted
In the Tribune as saying:
"We shall not attempt to vacate this
injunction. The order means that each
packer will henceforth carry on his
business independently of every other
packer and will not consult credits and
price lists of other firms before pre
paring his own. No attempt, direct or
Indirect, open or secret, will be made
to violate the court's order. The pack
ers will, of course, continue business.
The restraining order concerned only
their managers, agents, attorneys and
servants from fixing and determining
by a combination the prices to be
charged and the regulation of the
amount of meat to be brought by them
Into this state."
Not long ago Judge Grosscup of the
Cnlted States court granted an In
junction in Chicago. This order was
issued to packers and their agents
throughout the country. No attempt
has been made to vacate that injunc
tion. THE OUSTER ORDER IS SET ASIDE.
Jefferson City, Mo (Special.) The
supreme court, sitting en banc, In the
suit against the packers set aside the
orde.' of ouster Issued against the
Schwarzchlld & Sulzberger company
and suspended the case of that com
pany that it might comply with the
state corporation laws. The company
will now plead In the regular way and
the question ot ouster and fine will be
determined later by the court.
After the ouster order was Issued by
the, court," the company attempted to
file Its New York articles of Incorpora
tion and have a license Issued, but At
torney General Crow protested and
Secretary of State Cook refused to Is
sue certificate of authority to do busi
ness In this state. Then the company
Incorporated anew under the name of
the S. & 8. Beef and Provision com
pany of Kansas City. The supreme
court granted the packers three days
In which to file their returns in ouster
suit. This Includes the Schwarzchlld
& Sulzberger company.
Harried Stands by Sheriff.
Sioux Falls, 8. D. (Special.) After a
hearing lasting several hours, Governor
Herrled denied the application of Gov
ernor. Savage of Nebraska for the de
livery to the Nebraska authorities of
Shjerlff Lnwson of Union county, South
Dakota, who Is wanted in that state
for the alleged unlawful shooting of
the Turgen brothers -while attempting
to arrest them on disputed soil lying
on the boundary line. Governor Her
rled decided that Sheriff Lewlson did
not Invado Kebraak
VOLCANO
RUINS CITY.
Crater of Mount Tacoma Buries Retalbulcn.
Guatemala, Under Mass of Lava.
Town Which Stood at Foot of Mount
ain is Completly Destroyed by
the Eruption.
San Francisco, Cal. (Special.) An
other city in Central America has suf
fered almost complete destruction and
hundreds of its inhabitants have been
killed by volcanic eruptions.
The steamer Palena, which arrived
here from southern ports, brings the
news that the town of Retalbulen, sit
uated at the foot of Mount Tacona, In
Guatemala, has been buried under a
mass of lava, stones, and ashes thrown
from the volcanic crater and probably
1,000 of its people have perished.
The volcano is about twenty-five
miles from Champanico, and near the
town of Tapachulo, which, It is be
lieved, also suffered severely. The erup
tion occurred several days before the
Pelena arrived at Champanico. The
vessel's officers were informed by the
agent of the Pacific Steam Navigation
company at that place that the vol
cano had shown signs of the impend
ing eruption for several days previous
to the outbreak. In fact, Mount Ta
cona had been restless ever since the
great earthquake of April 18, which
destroyed the city of Quezaltenango.
For weeks a black pall of smoke hung
over its summit, and the glare from
the crater frequently illuminated the
sky.
Many of the inhabitants of Retalbu
len fled from their homes to places of
safety and these escaped frightful
deaths. When the eruption at last
broke forth In its full fury showers of
lava, ashes and stones were ejected
and covered the country for miles
around. The bay of Champanico was
a mass of floating pumice and ashes.
No details were obtainable by the of
ficers of the Palena, but the loss of life
was estimated at not less than 1,000.
The same steamer brought a letter to
Balfour, Guthrie & Co., agents of the
Pacific Coast Steamship company, from
G. M. Mellville, their agent in Guate
mala, confirming the report of the
eruption. He also stated that since
the earthquake of April 18 shocks had
been of almost daily occurrence. A few
days before the Palena sailed a email
village near Mount Tacona was de
stroyed, but no details could be ob
tained. The volcano of Santa Maria is also
said to have been in a state of erup
tion. GENERAL CRONJE IS VERY RETICIENT.
Hamilton, Bermuda. (Special.) The
Boer officers who have been living in
the prison camps on the islands near
here have been allowed their liberty
on parole. Several of them came
ashore here and were interviewed.
Generals Cronje, Weasels, Botha and
others were very relic-eat, but they
cald they were glad the war was over
and would be delighted to get back to
their homes.
It is understood that the rank and
file of the Boers will be allowed ashore
In batches of ten. The offlers have
been Invited to an "at home" at Gov
ernment House.
London. (Special:) The war office
has cabled congratulations to Lord
Kitchener on the energy, skill and pa
tience with which he conducted the
long campaign In South Africa, and
has asked him to communicate to the
troops the government's profound
sense of their spirit of endurance,
bravery and discipline, and also of
their humanity, shown throughout the
trying peiiud. Lord Kitchener replied,
in behalf of the army In South Africa,
tendering his sincere thanks for the
congratulations of the government,
which, he was sure, the troops would
receive with great satisfaction.
PROPERTY DAMA6E VERY HEAVY.
Emporia, Kan. (Special.) The los3
to property by the overflow of the
Neosho and Cottonwood rivers amounts
to several hundred thousand dollars.
There has been no loss of life and both
rivers are falling. East of here, where
the Cotonwood Joins the Neosho, farnid
for miles around are completely sub
merged by from one to six feet of
water. Standing on a hill In the north
pait of town one can see a waste of
water extending for miles north and
cast.
In several places swift currents
leave the main course and cut ncro.is
the country, devastating hundreds of
acres ot corn and wheat In their
paths. South of here a swift current
leaves the main course of th-j Cotton
wood and Joins Dry creek, about thre
miles south, surrounding a territory
of several square miles with deep run
ning water. In some of the homes
near the river bottoms families have
been rescued In boats.
Thinks Boors Got Too Much.
London. (Special.) A. J. Balfour,
the government leader In the House of
Commons, In a speech at a conserva
tive banquet In London, referred to the
South African war, He said the load
was only now thoroughly realized and
pence had been bought by unnecessary
concessions. The contention of the lib
erals, he continued, that peace might
have been secured a year ago, was un
tenable, because General Botha then
demanded Independence.
DEWtT tXHOftlS THE BUfibHtRS.
Vredeford Road, Orange River Col
ony. (ffpecial.) General Christian De.
wet, addressing the Inmates cf the con
centration camp here, explains the cir
cumstances leading to the termination
of hostilities and urged the burghers
to do their utmost to show Great Brit
ain what good colonists the Boers
would make. The speech made a fa
vorable effect.
General Dewet's wife will join him
here.
London. (Special.) In a " dispatch
from Pretoria, the correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph give? conversations
with some of the Boer leaders. Gen
era Botha in speaking of the surren
der said the Boers would loyally ob
serve the agreement. It depended.Gen
eral Botha said, on the administration
of affairs for the next few months
whether or not the country would re
turn to prosperity and lasting peace
ful conditions. Personally General
Botha said he was confident that ev
erything would be done by the authori
ties to avoid friction and assist the
people.
Judge Hertzog similarly expressed
his deelre for the effacement of all bit
terness between Briton and Boer and
his readiness to help In the restoration
of the homes and the promotion of
prosperity in the countries under Brit
ish rule. General Dewet, according to
the correspondent, appears to be little
affected physically or mentally by the
cares of war. He said he was going
to return to his farm to resume work
there.
Throughout the war General Dewet
has never been hit once nor has his
horse been touched by a bullet, but his
adjutant has been twice wounded, and
has had six horses killed under him.
ARE CAU6HT BY THE LADRONES.
Manila. (Special.) A sergeant, two
corporals and four privates of the Fiftti
United States cavalry were decorating
the graves of American soldiers at
Bigargoran, in Rizal province, Luzon,
on Decoration day, when a large num
ber of ladrones attacked the town and.
captured the men of the Fifth cavalry,
as well as the president of Bigangoran,
his secretary, a doctor and other prom
inent Filipinos.
The prisoners were hurried north
ward through the mountains. Later
two soldiers and four Filipinos man
aged to escape from the ladrones and
made their way to the town of Mo
rang. Troops and constabulary were
at once sent out in pursuit of the ban
dits. The ladrones who attacked Bi
gangoran have also captured a large
quantity ot dynamite which was stored
at some quarries.
SOUVENIRS OF VISIT OF HENRY.
Berlin. (Special.) A number of the
souvenirs of the visit of Prince Henry
to the United States have just been
given to the Hohenzollern museum by
Emperor William.
The collection includes a New York
address, lithographed on silk, a num
ber of landscape views, with auto
graphs of donors, copies of resolutions
passed and addresses of welcome at
various cities, gold framed menu cards,
cartoons, pictures of the prince and a.
number of other gifts.
The principal cartoon of the collec
tion is that showing the prince dressod
in the uniform of a United States army
officer, and President Roosevelt in ths
regalia of a German aide. Each is
bowing to the other, and beneath the
picture are the cablegrams between the
emperor and the piesident, telling of
the prince's coming and the president's
reply.
NO VIOLATION OF NEUTRALITY LAWS.
Washington, D. C (Special.) Presi
dent Roosevelt sent the report of Colo
nel Crowder on the British mule camp
at Port Chalmette, La., to the house.
A letter from Secretary Hay said aa
effort had been made to ascertain
whether the most serious charge, that
of enlisting men in this country, was
true, but It could not be substantiated.
The report shows that there were
thirteen officers engaged in buying, in
specting and shipping horses and
mules. All employes were Ameilcan
citizens.
Port Chalmette was not a British
military camp or base of military au
thorities, as defined in standard mil
itary works, and after an elaborate
presentation of the fact, the report
concludes that there Is no excu::e for
any claim of a violation of neutrality.
DAVID B. HILL TO ATTEND MEETING.
Albany, N. Y. (Special. ) Robert E.
Dowling, Henry D. Ilotchklss and John
C. Calhoun, a committee representing
the Tilden club of New York, had an
extended conference with former Sen
ator David B. Hill and at its conclu
sion announced that he had accepted
the invitation of the club to attend a
meeting under its auspices In Now
York City on June 1!) and deliver an
address.
Former President Grovcr Cleveland
has also accepted an Invitation to be
present and speak at that time. An
Invitation has been mnt to Hon. Wil
liam J. Bryan, but no reply has as yet
been received. Senator Hucon of Geor
gia has accepted an invitation to make
an uddress.
Col. Lynch To Taka His Seat.
Paris. (Speclnl.) Colonel Arthur
Lynch, elected to the English pai llu
ment from Galway. has signified his
intention, since the Boer war Is over,
of going to London to take his seat
and stand the conspquences
'Colonel Lynch look the field with the
Boers, and his election was due to ih
denlre of the Irish to show their sym
pathy with the Boers. It was stated at
the time he was elected that lie would
not be allowed to take his seat.