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UESSAGE ON RECIPROCITY. rYniiiat tesmtt fcxiife Tkat Cn pes Tiii Sist Actits. ffco Choif Eioootivo Again Urgoa a Twenty Par Cont Reduction on Cuban Goods. Washington, D. C (Special.) Presi dent Roosevelt sent a special message to congress reiterating his former rec ommendations for the passage of a law creating reciprocity with Cuba, and presenting additional arguments there on. The message contains no reference to the recent disclosures regarding the appropriation by General Wood of Cu ban funds for the circulation of reci procity literature. Vae text of the mes sage follows: "I deem It important before the ad journment of the present session of congress to call attention to the follow ing expressions in the message, which, in discharge of the duty imposed upon me by the constitution, I sent to con gress on the first Tuesday of December last. (Here follow extracts from that docu ment.) "I received by cable from the Amer ican minister in Cuba, a moot tamest appeal from President Palma for leg islative relief before it is too late and his country financially ruined. "The granting of reciprocity with Cub, is a proposition which stands entirely alone. The reasons for it out weigh those for granting reciprocity with any other nation, and are entirely consistent with preserving intact the protective system, under which this country has thriven so marvelously. "The present tariff law was designed to promote the adoption of such a reci procity treaty, and expressly provides for a reduction not to exceed 20 per cent upon goods coming from a par ticular country, leaving the tariff rates upon the articles unchanged as regards all other countries. Objection has been made to the granting of the reduction, on the ground that substantial benefit would not go to the agricultural pro ducer of sugar, but would inure to American sugar refiners. "In my Judgment provision can and should be made which will guarantee us against this possibility, without havirg recourse to a measure of doubt ful policy, such as a bounty in the form of a. rebate. "The question as to which, if any, of the different schedules of the tariff ought most properly to be revised does not enter into this matter in any way or shape. We are concerned with get ting a friendly reciprocal arrangement with Cuba- This arrangement applies to all articles that Cuba grows or pro duces. It i not in our power to de termine what these articles shall be: and any discussion of tariff as it af fects special schedules or countries other than Cuba, is wholly aside from the subject matter to which 1 call your attention. "FEARS ARE BASELESS. "Some of our citizens oppose the lowering of the tariff crt Cuban pro ducts. Just as. three years agt, they opposed the admission of the Hawaiian islands, lest free trade with them might ruin certain of our interests here. , In actual event, their fears provedbaseisss as regards Hawaii.and their apprehensions as to damage to any interests of our own because of the proposed measure of reciprocity with Cuba, seem to me to be equally base less. In my Judgment, no American industry v. iii be iiUit, and many Amer ican indulrie Will be benented by the proposed action. It is to our advan tage as a' nation, that the gn.wir.K Cuban market should be controlled by American producers. "The events following "the war w ith Spain and the prospective building of the isthmian canal, render it cervain that we must take, in future, , far greater interest man hiiheriu in wui happens throughout the West Indies, and the Central American and adjacent coast and waters. "We expect Cuba to treat us on an exceptional footing, politically, and we should put her in the same exceptional position, economically. The proposed acticn is in Une with a course we have pursued as regards all the islands with which we have been brought into rela tions of varying intimacy by the Span ish war. WILL BENEFIT US. "Porte Rk:o and Hawaii have bwn included within our tariff lines, to their great benefit as well as ours, and with out any ol the feared detriment to our own destinies. The Philippines, which stood ih a dir. rtt rbitn, have heen granted substantial tariff concessions. "Cuba, hs an independent, republic, hut 2 republic which has assumed cer tain special obligations a regard her international position, in compliance with our request. I ask for her cer tain special economic concessions In re turn; these economic conc3iuns to benefit us as welt as her "There are ftw brighter pages In American hi-.tory thnn the page which tells of cur dealings with Cuba in the past four years. On her bt-half. we waged a war of which the main spring was generous Indignation against oppression: and we have kept faith absolutely. It Is earnestly to be hoped that we will complete in the same spirit the record so well bejrun and bor in our dealing with Cu'a that steady continuity of" the policy which It Is essential for our nation to establish In foreign affairs. If we de sire to play our own part a a world power. "I ask that an open-handed help, of a. kind which a self-respecting people can accept, be given to Cuba, for the very reason that we have given her nch help In toe paat. t Past. Minn. There te nothing In tkt MinnanoU law to prevent packers treat aatac preservative on the meat for ante tm Mm Mate. Takt i was dsctded v Uw apreaM court a Mat obbm aaataat i. H. Bassoon Ml C. L Wajiaaifc, Waaa at Ml erjaOa a4 appaalaf. altar m trisarg fc4 taw aawrfctai tm rt cratr aad Caaf C aaa f t f'Jt Cat C a-HM'nH to USERS FAIWFl'lY CIEYEI IY WALLEI. SanFrancisco, Cal. (Special.) Major Waller. V. 6. If. C. by far the most Interesting personage to reach here on the transport Warren, on which was brought the war-scarred remnant of the Ninth Infantry Into port, expressed emphatic views in the matter of the war In the Philippines. "You can't stop the revolution in the Philippines unless you take the worst measures," said Maojr Waller in an interview. "You would hate to see your wounded and dead mutilated. I cannot describe the fearful condition in which we found some of the bodies of the men under my-command who were murdered by Insurrectos. "I received both verbal and written orders from General Jacob Smith to kill all Insurrectos who were caught armed or who refused to surrender. It was the only thing that could be done, and I never questioned General Smith's orders with one exception. This ex ception I refuse to state. "A fair estimate of the number of, natives killed by the men of my com mand would be 400 or LOO. These were) all killed in battle with the exception of eleven carriers, insurrectos at hearti who were tried by court-martial and shot. There was only one woman shot and she was only slightly wounded. She happf ned to be In the breastworks of a fort my men were storming. "I have fought in every country in the world except Australia," said Ma jor Waller, "but Samar well, hell is a winter resort compared to Samar." The major spoke huskily through a deep cold that he contracted during the home voyage on the transport, but he was obviously sincere. His da'.k eyes snapped and his nostrils twitched at the mention of the island that Gen eral Jacob H. Smith had ordered hlra to convert into a howling wilderness. "I left Samar a howling wilderness. They tried to make it that for us. but we made it a howling wilderness for them." "Want any more of it?" was asked. "No, I'm getting to be an old man now." His face relaxed. "I'm in my 50s. Besides, they've surrendered, and it's all over. It's always oil ovef when they surrender In the Philippine?.," and a sarcastic smile curved under his military moustache. "Have you anything to say, major, regarding your court-martial on the charge of executing Samar natives without trial? Or was that tbe charge- "The charge against me," he said, "was murder. Yes, one plain word, murder. And as for having anything to say about the court-martial, of course I have. I objected to being court-martialed; it was not done at my pleasure. I was not consulted In the matter. I was simply court-martialed. "I know who caused that court mar tial; I know who brought It forward; I know who t was back of It all, and Washington knows as much." 6EKERAL WOOD JUSTIFIES HIS WORK. Boston. Mass. During his visit to this city General Leonard Wood, ex- governor of Cuba, expressed himself in ao uncertain terms regarding the ir regularity of expenditure of Cuban funds in the interest of reciprocity. He declared that, acting as trustee for the island, he had spent the money to good purposes and had done simply what any good administrator would do in like circumstances. Commenting on President Roosevelt's special message to congress on reciprocity with Cuba, General Wood spoke of It in the high est terms. Of the situation in Cuba, General Wood said: "There Is nothing In my administra tion of Cuban affairs that I wish to cover up. Talk of Investigation is welcome to me. Every expenditure that was made was free and above board. "I simply used Mr. Thurber' mail ing list as the best means of distribut ing the literature on reciprocity, and this was well known before the exam ination of Mr. Thurber by the senate committee. In my opinion the opposi tion to tariff reciprocity with Cuba has proceeded upon lines of misappre hension. MAY TAKE THE PLACE OF STEAM. New York. The Tribune ays that in connection with the acquisition of the Stanley F.lectricaJ Manufacturing com pany plant at Plttsfl Id. Mass., by Wil liam C. Whitney and his associates there i back of ihe purchase a pur pose to extend the works with the aid of Ganz & Co. of Buda Pest, one of the largest electrical concerns In Eu rop?. for the purpose of converting ueam railroads In this country into tUctrlcal railroads. The substitution of electricity fjr 'team on American lines Is not, ac cording to the Tribune, expected to be entered upon at once, but for the Immediate future. The Increased plant at Plttfl':!c1 Is to supply the demands of the street railways in this city, Thlladelphla, northern New Jersey anJ in Connecticut for lectrlea! supplies. Later, wherever t.iere l a congestion cf traffic on the stea.u roada In the cast, it Is believed there will be a dis placement of the locomotive by elec trical engine. Breafca Down Untfor VordloL Washington, Kan. Andrew Peterson, on trial for the killing laat January at Oreenlsaf, Kan., of Carl Holt and hi niece, Hilda Peterson, waa found guil ty of aiarder In the first degree. Pe terson atood up well until hi father began to weep, then k broke down and It waa necessary to support Mm oa tlM war to at estl. Tka evidence tkat rataraea had rotted ls had k&tod kadi to fnral ta' iPTfl QP.AUftAT. 1SIU UVillllXXU OVER CUBA. Tli Attrlcu Sugar Trtst His Apparently Bm lijfrtstt. Ii Reeiprtcitf. Thurbor'a Admisaion That Ho Waa Paid to Puah Raoiprocity Haa Croatod a Big Sonaation. Washington, D. C Special.)The sensation caused by F. B. Thurber's disclosures before the senate Cuban committee to the effect that President Havemeyer of the sugar trust con tributed $2,500 to a propaganda fur reciprocity between the United States and Cuba, and that General Wood, while military governor of the islands, spent thousands of dollars of Cuban funds for the same purpose, and thro' the same channels, has not yet sub sided. That the development of "these facts has disconcerted the administration Is shown by the fact that Roosevelt abandoned his announced intention of going from West Point to Oyster Bay on a two days' visit to his family. In stead, he haa decided to hasten back to Washington. STATEMENT IS EXPECTED. It is expected that an official state ment on the subject will be issued soon. When recently the fact was published that General Wood had been paying a pension to Gomez from the Cuban treasury, the reply was made by Sec retary Root that the president was responsible for every item of expend iture made by Wood. If, therefore, there is anything wrong in Wood's ap propriation of nearly $3,000 to promote the cause of reciprocity with Cuba, Root and Roosevelt are admittedly re sponsible. Unquestionably they will come to Wood'a defense, with the claim that it was perfectly proper for the military governor to use the funds of the Cuban government for the purpose of promot ing the best Interests of the Island. INVESTIGATION IS IMPROBABLE. Although the democrats In congress would like to have an investigation Into all of Wood's expenditures while governor of Cuba, bringing him as a witness, it is unlikely that a motion to that effect from democratic sources would be accepted by the republican majority. Whether the beet sugar re publicans have courage enough to pro pose such an investigation has not yet developed. Because Havemeyer, when ques tlcned.absolutely denied that the sugar trust was specially interested in the proposed Cuban reciprocity legislation. It is quite likely that he will be recalled to explain this statement THURBER SAYS HE WAS PAID FOR IT. Washington, D. C (Special.) The testimony given before the committee on Cuban relations by F. B. Thurber, showing that between $8,000 and $a,000 had been paid out of the Cuban treas ury under the direction of Governor General Wood for the promotion cf the effort to secure reciprocity between the United States and Cuba caused a sen sation in the senate. The news of Mr. Thurber'a statement reached the sen ate about the time that that body con vened and when Senator Teller, whose examination had developed the facts, appeared cn the floor, he was imme diately surrounded by .senators f ro.n both sides of the chamber, who pro fessed great anxiety to know all thut had occurred. COPY OF RECEIPTS. . The following Is a copy of the re ceipts which Mr. Teller submitted us having been given by Mr. Thurber of the Cuban government and which iiie witness admitted to be genuine: Form 8, Voucher No. 31, Abstract "B," Account Month of April, 1902. New York, April 2, 1902. The United States military government of the island, of Cuba, to the United Etat'.'S Export Association, Dr.: For sending third edition of the 8,000 circular let ters and accompanying-publications to leaders of thought In the United States advocating a reduction In the duties upon Cuban product and a reciprocal reduction In the duty on American pio ducts Imported Into Cuba. I2.SO0. Received Payment, I'nlt'-d State Ex pert Association, F. B. Thurber, Trus tor nt. April 2, 1S02: To service as p;r bill attached (see above) in Suppuit o the applications of the Inhabitants r.f the island of Cuba for reciprocal tariff relations with the United Slates, !2.Su. Under authority of General Wood. March 26, 1S02. The document bore the following In dorsement : Headquarters, Department of Cuba, Havana, April 10, IMC: The services herein charged for hav Ir.g been performed under the verbal instructions and authority of lae mili tary governor, thi voucher, j sub mitted. Is approveu and auditor Is au thorized to pay the same. By direc tion of the military government. Frank McCoy, Ald-de-Camp.Pald by check No. 4031M, April 11, WA. for I2.8S0, on Banco Noclonal de Cuba. Put WltnoMM Out of tho Way. Knoxvllle, Tenn. A special to th9 Kentlnel from Bneedvllle says: Orsnt Seal and John Davis have been found dead upon the public highway. Davis, It Is said, waa a kinsman of Clinton Leges r, with whose killing Governor and Drary twaon arc charged. It la aid that Davis and Saal would have keen :sportat witnesses against the Lawjoaa. Parry Myers has son ar notsd aad otkar arrests may follow. Tat locaaar H hnraotlfallM. tmtn Fes i:r:ATt:j is s9. Washington, D. C (Special.) Tho friends of national irrigation who have been working for years to Interest con gress in the arid lands of the west be gan to see light ahead when Repre senative DaUell, from the committee on rules of the house of representa tives, reported a rule for consideration of the irrigation bill. Instead of three days being given to consideration of the measure, as the committee on rules had originally agreed upon, but two days are to be given. Representative Mondell of Wyoming, who has the measure In charge, agreed to take the two days allotted by the committee rather than have the debate broken Into by consideration of other measures which the committee ha3 provided for. Mr. Mondell opened the debate in favor of the bill In a very elaborate and well considered speech. He traced the irrigation movement from Its gen esis down to the present time and said that the greatest Internal problem of our first century of national life was the bringing into close touch the tre mendously extended and largely unde veloped territory which was acquired In our first century and said one of the greatest problems of the second cen tury of our national life was the ques tion of national irrigation and the re demption of the arid and semi-arid lands of the west for the occupancy and use of homeseekers and home builders. Incident to his speech, which was listened to with marked attention by the house, he said during the course of its presentation that in the arid le gion the government is the owner ut this lime of from SO to 92 per cent of all the lands, and It Is from the process of sale of these lands that It is jro possd by the bill to provide for the reclamation of the irrigable portion thereof and the national government as owner of the lands has a source of revenue the states do not possess. Ac cording to a table which Mr. Mondell submitted showing the receipts from the sale of public lands for the years 1S59, 1900 and 1501, sales in Nebraska were as folohvs: SALES OF PUBLIC LANDS. In m. V.iZi; 1900, $8S.SS: 1901, $103,- 040. In South Dakota, the tales were as follows, according to years above given: IliJ.OOO, $159,177. $113,475. Wy oming for the same years showed the following rece ipts: $73,185, $168,694, $20G, S63. The total receipts from the sixteen states and territories included in the bill from the sale of public lands were In 1J93, Jl.800.000; for 1900, $2,600,000, and for 1S01, $3,100,000. MR. ChOKER IS OUT FOR ALL TIME. New York. A statement defining the position of the advisory committee of Tammany hall has been given out by Thomas F. Smith, secretary of the tri umvirate. The statement says: "There has been so much criticism and misrepresentation regarding the present status of the leadership cf Tammany hall that we deem it proptr to state at this time precisely what is the position of the' advisory com mittee on this subject. "It is stated once and for all that Richard Croker is not the leader in or of Tammany hall and that he wiii never again be that leader. "He has gone out and shall not re turn. His friend and former associ ates who regarded him as the one hav ing the highest capacity for leadership are all agreed to this. 'We shall devote our best effort to th? welfare of the democracy of the city of New York and injhls connec tion we will consider the advice of ev ery true democrat." THE BOERS 6R3W1H6 MQrlt FRIENDLY. Pretoria. Reports from all the di:' tiicta say that the burghers are in creasingly friendly. The only bitter ness observable atnor.g thy leading Boers here is against Fiance and Ger many. They declare the war was pro tracted unnecessarily owing to hope held out by the French and German press. , Some of the Boers are so incense! that they have expressed the hope that some day they will fight on the side of the British against one of these pow er. The anticipated frit Hon between the surrendered Boers and thfir former comrades of the national scouts has not maiei ializcd to any extent. The Hcer admit they received am munition thrr.ii-rli Portuguese territory. Uiiieriil Dcwct says the youngsters were his bet fighters and frequently (Kid positions after the ol irr burghers had cleared out. The lioera of the Orange River col ony are handing In or.ly a small per centage of their ammunition. They ex- lahi that they used meet cf It hunting ;am since the peace agreement was rtjrncd. Addresrlng the surrendered licer at KioonFtadt, Orange Klver colony, Gi-n-:ral Elliott said the only wish of King Edward, his government and the Unt Ish people waa to help lha burgher and get them back to their farms as soon a possible. Th9 king, the gen eral added, had telegraphed c'ongratu-' lailor.s to the burgher on the good rtand they hade made. This announce ment wn greeted with luty cheers for the king and for Lord Kitchener, Noaloy Cota Out of Prison. Havana. C. F. W. Neelty, who on March 24 wa sentenced to ten years' Imprironment and to pay a fine of $M,701 for complicity In the Cuban pos tal frauds, wa released today under the bill signed by President Palm June t grsnting amnesty to all Ameri cana convicted of crimen In Cuba, dur ing the term of American occupation and those awaiting trial. Ta 1104 half dollar la vary rare aad procured for Isaa than Mat, IJASSACRE OP YAQUIS. Milieus, Ua.tr Geunl Tines, Slai&Mer Mini fcj tli Scon. Vietima Numbered Throo Hundrod, ol Whom but Faw aro Spared by tho Msiicsns. Tucson, A. -T. (Special.) Colonel William Christy, president of the Val ley Bank, Phoenix, arrived here from Brietas, Sonora, with details of a ma sacre of Yaqul Indians, men, women and children, in the Santa Rosa can yon, sixty-five miles from Mlna Prie tas Mines, by a detachment of Oeneral Torres' troops. It appears that the Yaqul forces that were operating In that section had moved forth Into the mountains, leav ing their women and children in Santa Rosa canyon under a guard of eighty men. The Mexican troops came upon this canyon and without any warning opened a terrible fire, sparing neither women nor children. After the first volley the troops charged down upon the panic-stricken victims and massa cred all within their reach. Of the guard of eighty Yaquis, not a single one survived and over 100 women and children fell victims to the Mexican bull-ts and bayonets. The bodies of the dead were left In the canyon and the remaining women and children were driven to Ninas Prieta by the soldiers and from that point will be taken to Hermoslllo. The Mexican soldiers and rurale have explicit orders to take no Yaqul men prisoners, but to. kill In all cases. This order was illustrated when a friendly Yaqul miner came down to Prietas for supplies and was killed by the rurales on the outskirts of the town. Colonel Christy says the massacre occurred at daybreak Monday morning. The troops were of Torres' command, but not under him personally, and numbered 00. The Yaquis, including men, women and children, were over 300. The canyon In which the Yaquis were camped was a long and narrow one. SEND SIX HUNDRED TROOPS. Word was brought to Torres at Mi nes' Prietas Sunday night that th- main body of Yaquis had left the Santa Rosa canyon and gone further Into the mountains, leaving their wo men and children in the canyon with a small guard of men. Torres dis patched 600 troops to block the mouth of the canyon and surrounded the Yaquis. His Instructions were to kill all men and boys capable of bearing arm. The men , secreted themselves along the sides of the canyon, having blocked the entrance. At daylight they poured a terrible and deadly fire on the un suspecting Yaquis. killing men, women and children Indiscriminately. Many of the killed were mere Infants. The slaughter,' Chr!'y '. wa fearful The Mexican troops only stoppr-d their fearful work of shooting and bayo neting their victims when exhausted from their labors. COL. LYICH IS ARRESTED IN LONDON. London. (Special.) Colonel Arthur Lynch, who fought with the Boers in South Africa, end who In November last was elected to represent Galway In the house of commons, was arrestej on his arrival at New Haven from Deppe, France. Colonel Lynch, who was accompanied by his wife, wa brought to London and was afterward taken to the How street police station. Subsequently Colonel Lynch was ar raigned at the Low street police court on the charge of high treason and was remanded until Saturday, July 1, after formal evidence of hi arrest had been presented. The prisoner, w ho was described cn the charge Bluet as a "JournaliM," tat In th; dock, apparently unconcernel. until the magistrate asked him If h ha anything to say in reply to the charge. Then he arose und replied al most Inaudibly, "No. sir." Hi d:d not apply for ball and was taken to the cells. The Irish nationalist In the huue of common heckled the ministers on the subject of the arrest of Colonel Lynch. They wanted to know why the colonel had not the. sannj right to surrender as other burgher. Tlr; government lend er replied tersely: "He 1 not a burgher." John Redmond, the Irish leader', ami J. (!. Swift .MutN. ll (naticiiullBt) then turned to the secretary of state, for home affairs, Mr. Ritchie, and aski J him why he had not fulfilled' his minis terlal duty in Informing the house of Colonel Lynch' arrest on the charge of high treason. Mr. Ultcakt, denied tliat it was his duty to so Inform iIIsms, but when the Irl.h members appealed to the speaker the latter upheld th nationalist contention that the usual practice was to Inform the house of common of such an Incident through the speaker. On Trial for Third Tlmo. Eldorado, Kari The third trial of JesHls Morrlsofi, who killed Mr. Olln Castle at th latter' home here In June, 1900, by cutting her throat with a raxor. has been begun here: Thf prisoner cried when Judge Alkman re fused a change of venue. Attorney for the defendant alleged prejudice. Miss Morrison, who waa given ten years' sentence on her second trial, . , stirsd a reversal of the verdict oa a tr. irKaTsg w rasa Wllkeabarre. aP.-"Well. the anthracite .trlke i. complete and we are going to win." . Thli emphatic statement waa made to the assembled newspaper corre spondent, by President Mitchell In his office at strike headquarters. With reference to the o. coal strike in West Virginia the national labor leader had this to say: "At present there are 2S.HW mine worker on strike In the West Virginia t'i,inia where field. Reports irom there are J.00 mine workers are In complete and I therefore cannot say anything a to the situation In that state I think we will win that strike, too. The suspension In West Virginia Will cut off a large amount of soft coal that i shipped to the Atlantic seaboard, but there is no cnn.. between the anthracite strike here and the bituminous suspension there." New Tork.-Carroll D. Wright. Unit ed States commissioner of labor, was i inference with President Truesdal of the Lackawanna and President Fow. ler of the Ontario & Western. Later Mr. Wright said: I am Investigating those things In regard to the strike that the publlo does not know about and the solution of the question is not far off. I can not say If there Is any prospect of an Immediate settlement of the strike." MUST 6IVE UP WITHIN A MONTH. Capetown. An extraordinary Issue of the Official Gazette fixes July 10 as the limit In which the Boers or rebels who surrender will receive the benefit of the peace terms. All the rebels sur rendering before that date will be mere ly disfranchised for life and will not be subjected to trial or punishment. Exception Is made In the case of field cornets and justice of the peace, wh may be tried and fined or Imprisoned, but they will not be executed. Rebel who hold out after July 10 will be sub-' Ject to the extreme penalty for high! treason. , Mafeking, Bechuanaland-'Command-; ant Kemp, General Delarey' trusted, lieutenant, surrendered here yesterday. He looks worn and has aged consider-, ably. He said his command, consist- fner tf 1 &00 men. surrendrred At Doorn- kop, June 6. A few men were stllli out, but were coming In at once. He had been averse to yielding, but rec-. cgnized the opinion of the majority. 1 "I have given the burgher my rea sons for yielding," he add'-d. "One rea son was that the eastern part of the. Transvaal had no foodstuffs whatever. West Transvaal, however, had enough food for two years more." ALLE6ED SALE IN THE DARK. St. Joseph. Mo. The official of the St. Joseph & Grand Island railway are unable to learn anything about the al leged pale of the road to the Union Pa cific ana the prospective change in management at an early date. The Union Pacific officials In Omaha are In ignorance a to the intention of Mr. Harriman in regard to the Grand Isl and property, ' Information has reached here that the Union Pacific management, while' It eventually experts to come into con trol of the Grand Island, ha no Imme diate plans for operating that road and does iiot know when to expect the tak-, ing over of the property. If In fact It is taken over at all. The Grand Island' reaches a' very rich agricultural and live stock country. Under the present management it is a splendid paying. property. NO BLAME ON 6ENERAL WOOD. New York The Herald quote Fran, cis I. Thurber a saying In reply to tiitlriums brought out by hi testi mony before the senate committee In regard to tli; fund; used by "Hi lary government of Cuba In aid of reciprocity: "It as Cuban money and not that of the United States. The beet sugar people are attempting to make pollt .cul capital out of what was. In my opinion, a legitimate and proper use of Cuban mom y. , Everything , .was dime openly, and rfio fact was hidden. When called'.toU uBhington to testify before thf cwnltee I told them the plain truilUTlie committee of Cuban buMnewi'nefi recommended the ex penditure out of money paid by Cu ban In import taxes. General Wood actfd within his authority In disposing of "these funds, or portion of them, 4:art of the Island. , ' ENSNARED BY MEXICANS RUSE. Tuc.-on, Ariz -A special to the Star from La CVnai.ea tells of the shoot ing of fourteen Y')ui miners Tuesday by Mexican rurales. The mines had been wurking for the Green Consolida tion Mining company and w ere camped ' 'le below the works.. A squad of rurales marched to their ten and the officer In command told them that thera was a Muxicnn official two mile below thtir camp who wa to register I htm, tcijordlng to a recent order of the Mnictn government. They were man hd. down to a designated spot, where they were lined up and shot. ' Tltlaa for Auctionoora. Waterloo, la.-What rntltlei an auc tioneer to the prefix "Colonel" before his name was the principal discussion in the convention of the Stat Auction eers' association her. There has been much looseness In the application" Of ihe title of late and the association de cided to place definite limit on colo nels. Ths motion that an auctioneer must cry 1,000 sates before he 1a en titled to be called colonel waa at oaco adopted. This, It waa.argatd. would "atrlct U utla to the better elan - 'A,