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PORTO Rill QUESTION
It u a L> Demand the Attsatixi of
the Senate.
m IlfCfii TO DTUY ACTION
T'-.mm* for ! roe Tra.lr to Kcreli**
■ ••r* I <iicMr«(onrul I'ratu t lie ( nun
It). That « atMUug Tbnu to Postpone
tulr A Iketrrtoliiatloii for Auirutlninit.
WASHINGTON. March 2t'» Again
this week the sc Date will give the
crratrr slum of its line to the Porto
Ku u question, and the outlook is for
a t■•ntintuition of the animated scenes
of last week.
Porto Kiro. bowe\er. according to
present tndt* ation>. w ill step aside
temporarily at the beginning of the
week Hi order to afford Senator Car
tr t an opportunity to secure consider
ti r. for his \la.-kan code hill. The
j:«s. nt < mdition of affairs in Alaska
. cd the prospect of a still greater in
.% off the people into that territorry.
-i ak> the Alaska legislation very im
- ortant. and the < .mdition of Porte
u 1* g.»lattve altair- i> such as to
r ak* it ixinienteut to five Alaska the
_.ui b d >irrd opportunity.
i ht republican cau«u> w ill take the
i to Hi. u question m hand again to
• r«»» and until it a* ts the senators I
he ring charge ol th« measure w ill not
d* -ire to pres> it. The rtpublican
«i.ator> who support th«* house tariff
ill h< i*r to get the measure out of the
a a ui. after only one >iuing. but the
!i,r tra»l* j. are not so anxious on
flat * re and th. Utt* r element may
.* iai matter!, there, as they are dis
j ,d to do in the senate, with the
. . ! further emour
,* u* n: from the country at large,
gone of the members of the free
t. > republican element declare their
urp* ... to vote against the hill if rc
f.-l wither.it amendment. They |
t|. * * n to offer us:.tty amendments
..ni to make rpe. che - in opposition
.otd otherwise to do all in their power
it. j.ret* at the passage of the bill as
u stand.-. but the caucus of course may j
.• .J.i' J'. ’ » ' uui.p, uns u
i .pt.ire. At any rati* strong elort
t:;I *» m.♦<}»- in that i»r*«tiun.
Tt* ■>*tilth ratjr senators will sup
's- t a fr« ■* tra lr amendment whfa
; • n?*-i. bt« they prefer to have the
t»,|| vi i i upon uoannMM.
According to a cirtain man the
* ultimani*n of itymitn to be appraiser ,
X~m York should tie taken up in
• • uti»e s* -Mon tomorrow, but
* • .•"»*•! * *: i • in eau< us may cause post
pnprmrnt for a day or two. The dm*
• ti l i-adt r> »ill oppose ronfirma
tkd».
I he ronin.itt* • on privileges and
• ,«<*; tt will bear the argument of
.• *1 in the i'iN of Senator Clark
• at.un.m on Wednesday. The report
t - .i*e if not expected for several
* * avy appropriation bill will be
taken \p sa the house tomorrow ami
;.:-tl« -s w ill erve as a text for a
* .lie latitude of die. u--*u.. on military
tlain in general and the oust of niil
si::.rjr e-tabtishnent tinner 'he new
t. :.tof alair- In anticipation of
tbiii an understanding may lie reached 1
t! j! tt.ri* days will l*e given to the 1
iite Tfse hill Sts* If covers no legis- I
!at:« n n the organization of the army.
1lit is -trotlv a supply measure for
the army on it* present basis.
Th« latter part of the meek mill be j
i devoted to the naval. the agricultural
<• the fortification- appropriation bills. :
il 1 - hough no exact order has yet been •
i"d for taking them op. The naval |
toll and report are ready and Acting !
chairman Plata is rat hi r deairhms of
l at lag *h» naval dl-< us*ion follom- that
or the army, that the agricultural lull !
•*n he taken ip on -hurt notice. The
r alrtady on the cal
endar
BOtRS St NO SOI NOt 0 BACK.
INBrtn Him Uiiturnt Irum Itltniiton
ion Krturii.
HLCEXPrjVTEIN. March 2d —The
Boer-. mhc yesterday killeii Lieuten
;*nt Lygon of the Grenadier Guards and
mounded Lieutenant Colonel Crabbe,
Lieutenant Colonel Codrington and
t teptam Trotter of the Coldstream
Guard*, mho had ridden eight or nine
m. ie* tf-youd their camp on the Mod
der river, muthout eju-ort except one
troupe; mere members of the Johan
nesburg mounted police.
Aftej dressing theii wounds, they
** nt them to the British tamp in an
ambulance.
1/IXIiO.V. March 81.—Except for the
unfortunate o rumnre," as I»rd I
K< lerts iJi-m ribes It. which resulted in
fki ling of Lieutenant Lvgon and !
* he m ounding of Lieutenant Colonel s
CrahU . Lieutenant Colonel Codring
t'rti and Captain Trotter, the campaign
prement* no new featu.es. The mis
i a; to the Guards’ officers is a testi- j
n. ony to theii bravery, but not their
discretion. They met a party of five j
iJoem m horn they tried to capture. The
Boer* took refuge on a kopje, where
thrt-* cjI their i^mirades were hidden.
j aad within five minutes eve-y member
of the British party mas hit.
*hr € oMittag ( unimrn lal ( <in;rrtn.
li( STON. T+\ . March 26.—Assur- I
tn< • have l<een from every state and
| tertit<*ry w*-st of the Mississippi river
that delegates will lie present at the
Tran*.-Mississippi commercial congress
t< t- held here April 17-21 inclusive.
W tii!* the program has not been finish
es repiter have been received from
manv dirtinguished men accepting in
I vital tone.
sin mm 30.030min.
I New Vert. Marklalao l.ikcljr to lio Out
Itanog Ttit* Week.
NEW YORK Marrh 26.-A strike of
30 otsi menilters of the International
Marb.msts and the Amalgamated En
1 r»neer» in the New York district may
be precipitated this week by the action
of the New York and New Jersey Ma
chinery Manufacturers’ association in
organising to resist the demand for a
cme-bour day. which was to have been
made on April 1.
ImHmi VI 13.100.
WASHINGTON March 26—The
e*« hatige for the 2 pei cent issue au
thorized by the new currency law up
to date aggregates $143,870,400. Of
this sum $ 130.530.75*) were offered by
national banks and $13.21)0.650 by in
dividuals.
4 or ( uIhii School Ma'am*.
HAVANA. March 26—Alexis E.
Frye, superintendent of the Cuban
sthooi*. left today for Boston. He
will go to Harvard to make arrange
ments for the trip of the Cuban school
teachers to the t’nited States.
CUSH TO BE AVO.DED
Adjutant (trnrriiU of l»u*l Military Forert
at I'milk fort Confer.
FRANKFORT. K>\, Manh 2C>.—Not
withstanding that troops recognizing
the dual governors were quartered
within two squares of each other, the
republican troops at the state house
under orders from Governor Taylor,
end the democratic troops at the court
1 ous«*. guarding the Goebel suspects,
Rowers, ("niton and Davis, under or
ders from Democratic Governor Reek
la ro. the day was quiet. The repub
lican adjutant general. Collier, and
Democratic Assistant Adjutant General
Murray were together some time this
morning.
General < oilier called to disclaim re
sponsibility for the mine before the
state arsenal, which some of the sol
uierr. made a pretense of laying, but it
.s understood their talk took on a
wider scope and that they discussed
and mutually agreed upon plans to
avoid possibility of any sort of a clash
between the troops.
The examining trial of Towers, it is
believed, will bo completed cither Tues
day or Wednesday, and that if Powers
is held over the other defendants will
waive examination. Wharton Golden,
the state witness for the common
wealth. whose illness on the stand yes
terday forced an adjournment of the
court twice, is reported by his physi-t
cian as very much improved tonight
end in better condition to go into the
witness box than he was yesterday.
If Witness Golden really goes on the
stand for the cross-examination to
morrow the defense hopes to conclude
the examining trial on Tuesday,
('.olden is the last of the prosecution's
witnesses, so it has been understood.
Yesterday afternoon and today he has
bt( n set'll on the streets. It was stated
ti day that he went to Georgetown.
It is the general impression that the
defense may make no effort to contro
\. rt Golden's statement in the examin
ing trial. An examining judge needs
to have only a reasonable suspicion of
guilt to hind a prisoner over to the
grand jury and as it is evident Judge
Moore has this, it would l»e s llv for
the defense to show its hand before
the real trial.
Oils SIPPiUSStS A PAPfR.
s|iatii«h Organ of the extreme Filipino
I’arty Too frit cnl
MANILA. March 2»J.— La Patria arul
El Liberal. Spanish organs of the ex
treme Filipino party, have recently
been publishing articles inimical to
the military government. General Ot
is has suppressed the formei journal
fc. sedition and imprisoned the editor,
at the same time issuing a warning to
the extreme party that it should exer
< is* greater moderation. Senor Pa
term*. at one time president of the
so-called Filipino cabinet, is expected
t<* present himself at San Fernor da.
province of Fnion.
The relwds in Young’s district are be
coming aggressive. The American bat
talion ganisoning the town of Nam
agapacan was attacked on four con
s* utive nightr recently. Reinforce
ments arc now arriving there. Gen
eral Young proposes to pursue the reb
els aggressively before the rainy sea
son sets in.
BOOM IN IMMIGRATION.
lurmilnK Number of Foreigner!* Com
ing to l!*e I'nitol state*
ALBANY, N. Y.. March 26.—The re
port of John Mt Mackin. state super
intendent of labor statistics, says:
Immigration returns for the quarter
ended December 31. 1899, show an in
crease of 19.914 arrivals at New York
ovei the preceding quarter, and 23.912
more than in the last three months of
189r. In the latter quarter the arri
val: numbered 51.880; in the same
three months of 189.9. 74.892, and for
the quarter ended in September, 1899.
56.9«8.
Comparing the returns for the clos
ing quarter of 1899 with those of the
< orresponding period of 1898. it is seen
that the largest proportionate gain
of these races retords at least 2.000
arrivals were made by the Slovaks,
whose increase was 3.418, 121.7 per
cenc.
The Polish race was second with an
increase of 94.2 per cent, or 3.105 in
numl*er; the Croatians and Slavon
ians being third, showing a gain of
1.845, or 85.4 per cent.
Tauaxii; (inrg to Manilla.
WASHINGTON. D. C., March 26
Commander Edward Taussig is to he
sent to Manila in April, to take com
mand ol the gunboat Yorktown in
place of Commander Sperry. The lat
ter officer is near the head of the list
of commanders and is about to become
a captain under the terms of the per
sonnel act.
Mormon* (iolne to Mexico.
CHIHUAHUA. Mexico. March 26.—
The several Mormon colonies in this
state have been increased in popula
tion by the arrival of over 5.000 Mor
mon immigrants from Utah during the
last two months. The colonies were
established tinder concessions granted
by the Mexican government.
To InrrfftM- Kcfund to State*.
WASHINGTON, March 26.—The ar
my appropriation bill will be taken up
by the house on Monday and in anti
cipation of this the house committee
on military affairs revised the bill Sat
urday. making some minor changes,
the most important being an increase
of $500,000 in the refund to states for
expenses incurred din ing the war with
Spain.
j MUST POUR IN SOLDIERS.
i Churchill Shows N>«*tl for England to
Have More Help.
LONDON, March 26. — Winston
Churchill, in a dispatch to the Morning
Post, says:
“It is imperative to continue ship
ping troops to South Africa. The
! s-tream should never cease until the
Boers surrender unconditionally. At
the end of the war Great Britain will
possess the finest army in her history.
This, however, must not lure the nation
irom the fertile fields of trade and
commerce into the stony wastes Of mil
' itarism.”
<»en. Moodeatr Die* of Wound*.
LONDON, March 26.—Advices re
; ceived here announce the death in the
i Mooi hospital yesterday of General
Sir Edward Woodgate, who was
wounded in the engagement at Spion
| kop on January 24.
Texas Populist Date.
WACO. Tex., March 26.^The state
I executive committee of the populist
; party of Texas today selected Waco
I and July 24. as the time and place of
holding the state convention. C. B.
{ Harris resigned as state chairman and
1 Hon. A. W. Cunningham of Waco was
i elected as his successor.
Senate Adopts Conference Report on Porto
Rico Mcisure.
STEWART VOTtS WITH MAJORITY
Tillman Occupies 'lost of the Time, but
is Culled Down by Some Other Sena
tors—^Tariff and Meet Sugar, and Other
Matters Touched Upon In Discussion.
WASHINGTON, March 24.—The
eenate today adopted the conference j
report on the Porto Rico relief bill j
by a vote of 35 to 15, practically a i
strict party expression. No democrat
voted for the report, but Stewart of
Nevada voted with tne republicans.
The time of discussion was con- |
turned principally bv Tillman, who j
made a fierce attack upon the meas- j
ure as agreed upon in conference, and ;
accused the republican senators and j
republican party of indiscretiqn, by- j
pocrisy and “dirty work.”
Gallinger followed with a temper
ate statement of those who not only j
favor the report but the passage of a I
Porto Rico tariff bill.
Spooner closed the debate with a
forceful statement in opposition to |
Tillman’s speech, in the course of '
which he took occasion sharply to j
criticise the South Carolina senator
for dragging the measure into poli
tics. His colloquial tilts with Till
man were immensely enjoyed by the
auditors.
Tillman sharply criticised the !
method adopted by the United States .
of extending hands full ot food to
the people of Porto Rico as a gratu
ity.
“As long as you continue to feed
these people down there,” declared
Tillman, “you may feed them. So
long as the freedmen's bureau was
maintained in the south the eolored
race there amounted to nothing.
1 hat's a race characteristic. This '
government will set itself up as an
elemosynary institution by the mes
sage or this dim ana i ao not Deneve
ve would stand on any such ground.”
Perkins of California inquired if
1 illman was in favor of free trade
with the Philippines, knowing that
those islands had the advantage of
peon and Malay labor.
Tillman—If we are to continue to ;
hold the Philippines I'm in favor of
free trade with those islands. Those j
who voted to bring into the country
those islands at their cneap contract,
peon and Malay labor were told of th°
results that would follow the ratifi- ;
cation of the treaty, and you could
not get the votes necessary to make
that treaty law until you had bought
seme men to vote for it. If it is now
proposed to send a horde of carpet- ;
baggers over there, backed by the
bayonet of soldiers, so long as I have
a voice I shall protest.
“The people," Tillman shouted,
“will teach you next November that
trade and the flag and liberty and
the constitution go together."
Disclaiming any authority to speak ;
for the president. Mr. Perkins of Cal- j
ifornia said that tne belief that the \
sugar trust had acquired a greater i
part of the sugar product of Porto |
Rico and his desire to build up the
l>est sugar industry in the United
States had induced the president, he
(Peikins) believed, to favor a tariff
it it were true that he did favor it.
TO INVESTIGATE COIER D'ALENE.
Senator Allen Introduce* a Resolution In j
tlie Senate.
WASHINGTON. March 24—Sena
ator Allen today introduced in the
senate a bill to provide for pensions
to certain prisoners of war: also a
resolution for an investigation of the
Couer d'Alene matter, tie called up
and at his request the senate passed
these pensions: Charles A. Perkins
at $26 per month. Oliver Roman $30
H. K. Willliams $30. J. W. Blake $72.
Hannah G. Huff $12. Marie Wilersang
$12. David Tolman $24, and John M.
McCord $24.
WANT TREATY DECLARED VOID.
Sioux Indian*. Claim that Only One-Third
of Tribe Signed It.
FORT YATES. N. D., March 24 —
The Sioux have ust finished
a protracted council at' Oak
Creek with Maor Bingenhei
mer, the Indian agent, over the
Black Hills treaty of 1876. The In- |
dians have long claimed that this i
treaty was signed hv only one-third
of their number instead of three
fourths. as required by law.
Major Bingenheimer corroborates
the claim. The Indians will employ
legal aid to have the treaty declared
null and void.
Middle Roatlrri Laying l'lnns.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. March 24.— j
Secretary Walter of the middle-of-the- ^
road populists is preparing to leave j
for an extended visit to tue various ;
state organizations. He is said to be
slated for national chairman and
says if lie is selected he will have the
national headquarters moved to this j
city.
“Tom Watson of Georgia can have
the nomination for president if he
wants it” said Major Walter tonight,
‘‘and I believe Dr. B. F. l ay of Min
neapolis will be his running mate.
He is a close friend of Ignatius Don
nelly/’
•lack Graham Put Out.
HOT SPRINGS. Ark.. March 24—Jim
Fcanlan of Pittsburg knocked out Jack
Graham of South Omaha in ten rounds
before the Hot Springs Athletic club
tonight, after both had made a hard
battle.
Argentine Slrr to Spain.
MADRID, March 24.—The president
of Argentine. Lieutenant General Roca.
through the minister at Buenos Ayres,
Senor Del Aleno, has cabled thanks to
the Spanisn government for the enthu
siastic reception given to the crew and
officers of the Argentine training ship
Presidente Sarmiento.
Cannibals I>«voor Seamen.
VANCOUVER. B. C., March 24.—
1 he steamer Warrimoo today brings
from Dutch New Guinea the shock
ing account of the devouring of three
officers of the steamer General Pell
by cannibals, who caught them while
on shore taking photographs. Ern
esa Wiegan, one of the party, was
wounded by arrows and while hiding
saw the barbarians tie his three com
panions to trees cut off portions of
their living flesh and finally roast
and devour them. The Dutch man
of war, Sumatra, is reported as pro
pared to avenge the atrocities.
STEYN ISSUES A PROCLAMATION
Warns Hurgher* Who Lay Don n Their
Arms to Help the English.
BOER CAMP, Kroonstadt, Thursday,
March 24.—Affairs are being put in
proper shape and the Free Staters who
Pad to leave are returning in crowd?.
The president's proclamation has
shown the butghers that the govern
n-ent is standing firm.
The commands are mobilizing in
great numbers and the nun are more
oetermined than ever.
President Steyn has issued a procla
mation in which he warns the burgners
who lay down their arms and help the
English that they are liable to the ut
most punishment as traitors.
LONDON. March 24.—The war office
has issued this bulletin:
"CAPETOWN, March 22—The fol
lowing telegram has arrived from
Nicholson. Buluwayo. March 16:
"The following is from Plnmer:
"LOBATSI. March 14.—The Boers
advanced lrom the south in consider
able force this morning. They first ad
vanced from Goode's Siding. After a
sharp little engagement Lieutenant
Colones’ advanced post was compelled
to retreat. The retirement was excel
lently carried out as to our main posi
tion. The casualties Included Lieuten
ant Chapman and a corporal, prisoners,
and two missing, probably prisoners.
Five troopers were wounded. Chap
man’s horse fell with him close to the
enemy, who immediately surrounded
h:m. The exact Boer casualties are un
known, but several were shot at close
range. In the afternoon the Boers
advanced further north and shelled
our position from a ridge on our left.
Our twelve and one-half pounder re
plied. the artillery duel continuing un
til sunset. Lieutenant Tyler has since
died of wounds. One native was
killed.”
Colonel Plumer apparently has retir
(d to Crocodile pools, and Mafeking
items further off than ever from re
lief. This news was contained in a
dispatch from Buluwayo, dated Mon
day. March 19, and published in the
second edition of the Times. These ad
vices add that the base hospital has
been brought back to Gaberones,
though the correspondent further says
it is thought the object of the Boer
demonstration on March L"> and 16 was
t'v cover the removal of the siege guns
lrom Mafeking.
COURT GUARDED BY MILITIA.
I’rrlimimtry Examination of Sfcrft»rjr of
Mat» <'alt-b rower* Begins.
FRANKFORT, Ky., March 24.—The
preliminary examination of Secretary
of State Caleb Powers, charged with
abetting the assassination of William
Goebel, began today before Judge
Moore. The court house was guarded
inside and out by miiita and scores
or deputy sheriffs armed with Win
chester rifles to prevent possible inter
ference from "mountaineers” who
were reported on their way to Frank
fort, but their presence was unneces
sary, as the mountaineers failed to
appear and no disorder occurred.
The witnesses today included War
den Eph I.iliard. Detective Doc Arm
strong. Sheriff Bos worth of Fayette
county, who arrested Secretary Powers
and Captain John Davis and Silas
Jones, who is now under bonds,
charged with complicity in the mur
der. The testimony tended to show
that the shots came from that section
of the executive building in which
Secretary Powers' office is located, al
though no one swore that the shots
were, from the secretary’s office.
BRYAN'S NEW YORK FRIENDS MEET
Lincoln Platform Adopted by Executive
t oll) miner nt Albany.
ALBANY. N. Y., March 24 —The ex
ecutive committee of the “Chicago
platform" democrats of the state met
here today. After adopting the plat
form as adopted in Nebraska last
week it was resolved that the rank
and file of the democracy of the state
of New York demand that the dele
gates selected to attend the state and
national conventions be men who are
known and above suspicion and loyal
to the platform and ticket of 1896. and
that such delegations be instructed
to vote for the reaffirmation of the
Chicago platform and for the renom
ination of W. J. Bryan of Nebraska
as the Empire state's choice for pres
ident.
It was also resolved that a state
delegation of two delegates from each
congressional district be selected to
attend the convention and contest the
seat of any delegate who did not loy
ally support the ticket of 1896.
Train Holdup at Hamburg.
ST. JOSEPH. Ma.. March 24.—A
It ne robber, wearing a false face, with
a huge black moustache painted on
the mask, held up the southbound
Kansas City. St. Joseph & Council
Bluffs train four miles south of Ham
burg, la., at 1:30 o’clock in the morn
ing. The train was in charge of Con
ductor Billy McGee. Flagman Moore
was first accosted by the robber at
the rear end of the train. Using
Moore as a shield the robber went
through the sleeper and chair car. get
ting $200 in cash and a gold watch.
He pulled the bell cord and. when the
train slowed down, jumped off and
escaped In the darkness.
Mount Taylor.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. March 24
Governor Mount today issued a
requisition for the return to this
state from Kentucky of a man wanted
on a criminal charge. Governor
Mount decided W. S. Taylor was Ken
tucky’s chief executive and the pa
pers were accordingly forwarded to
him.
Mur runt Summoned to Testify.
WASHINGTON. D. C. March 24
Former Consul Macrum was at the
capitol today, having come from his
home in response to a telegram from
Representative Wheeler of Kentucky,
bidding him to appear before the
house committee on foreign affairs.
Mr. Wheeler says he will urge that
the inquiry take place before the full
committee. The Macrum evidence prob
ably will be taken early next week.
Forgery can usually he detected be
cause the imitator has certain charac
teristics of his own of which he is not
aware.
Sapho Not FI* far the Malta.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. March 24.—
Mr. Fitzgerald. (Mass.), introduced m
he house today a resolution directing
the postmaster general to exclude the
oook "Sapho” from the mails. A pre
.rable to the resolution says that an
indictment has been found against per
sons in the city of New York connected
with the play "Sapho as being im
moral and as against public decency.
Near Newtown. O.. live Mr. and Mrs.
Uriah Burdsal. They were both born,
christened and wedded on Christmas
day, are both 91 years of age and have
been married sixtv-eight years.
RELIEF IS HELD BACK
While Mafeking Suffers, Burghers Keep
the British Forces in Check.
COLUMN fROM KIMBERLY STOPPED j
Hus Its Hands Fall at VYarrenton and at
Fourteen Streams — Plummer Heine
Very Hard Pressed—Instead of Aiding
Harrison is Fighting In Self-Defense.
LONDON. March 23—Again there is
a persistent rumor that Mafeking has
been relieved. It is even asserted that
the war office has received a dispatch
announcing the relief, but that publi- i
cation is withheld because the form of
the message admits the possibility of
a mistake.
The war office, however, declares that
there is no confirmation of the rumor,
and no further news is on hand.
It seems certain that Mafeking’s on
ly chances for relief are by the column
supposed to be advancing from the
south or the possibility that Colonel
Psden-I’oweil is still strong enough to
attempt a sortie with a view of cap
turing the Boer guns at a time when
Commandant Synman has withdrawn
his men to oppose Colonel Plumer.
It is reported from Lourenzo Mar
quez that Pretoria is prepared to stand
a siege of two years and that the Boer
women, frantic at the reverses to the
Doer arms, are entreating to be al
lowed to shoot the British officers im
prisoned at Pretoria.
It is also announced from the Trans
vaal capital that the Italian govern
ment has declined to intervene.
A dispateth to the Times from Kim- ,
berley, dated Thursday, says:
' The date of the departure of the
Mafeking column from Warrenton has
not yet been fixed. The pont at Four
teen Streams is guarded by our troops.
Skirmishing continues around Warren
ton. The Boers are reported to have 1
ton guns, but tnis is aounuui.
KIMBERLEY, March 23.—There was
a smart artillery duel at Warrenton
yesterday. A battery under Major
Blewitt. supported by the Kimberley
Light Horse, located the Boers, who
had four guns, two of which used cor
dite, but ineffectively. The British
battery replied with effect and silenced
the Boer tire. The Boers sent two shells
near the railway station, which was
not damaged.
A scouting party get too close to the
bank of the river and encountered a
hot fire. The men were unable to get i
away and it was impossible to relieve
them without loss, the party being
obliged to wait for darkness in order i
to escape. The reconnaissance suc
ceeded. and Major Blewitt retired with
only one wounded.
This morning brisk firing was re- j
sumed at Warrenton at 6:30, but it has j
now slackened up. A detachment of
fusileers has arrived. A detachment
of Yryburg inhabitants who had been J
imprisoned by the Boers was sent in to
Warenton under a white flag after be
ing taken from laager to laager j
aiound the district. They say the big
gun from Kimberley has been taken
through Christiana to Pretoria. There
are women and children in nearly ev- j
ery laager.
L01D BILL IS RtCOMMITTED.
Decisive Vote Relieve*! to Have Knocked
the Measure Out.
WASHINGTON, March 23.—After a
spirited discussion extending over
three days the Loud bill, relating to
second class mail matter, was recom
committee on postoffice and post
loads.
The majority in favor of the mo
tion to recommit was so decisive that
it is regarded as unlikely that the
measure will appear again during the
present congress. Loud said after the
■vote was announced that this was the
“third time and out.” so far as he
was concerned. The vote on the mo
tion was 148 to 96. with sixteen pres
ent and not voting.
Ridgley of Kansas declared that
railroad companies were today tele
graphing members to support the bill.
He deemed this particularly signifi
cant of the interest the railroads had
in the matter.
A telegram from the Ohio Farmer,
saying. “Our 100.000 subscribers ask
you to support the Loud bill,” was
I resented by Burton, who declared
that it was high time special classes
which had grown up in the country
should be forced to pay their way as
other people did.
Cowherd of Missouri, speaking in
support of the bill, said every official
who had investigated the subject had
given his approval to the measure. He
held up to the view of the house a
copy of the “Velvet Hand, or the Life
of Injun Dick.” paper bound, which
he said was entitled to second class
rates, while a cloth bound copy of
“Rob Roy." which he had purchased
for 5 cents, could not be sent as sec
ond class matter. His argument elic
ited much applauso. A number of
minor amendments were adopted be
fore the final vote.
White Confers With flay.
WASHINGTON. March 23—Montagu
White, the Boer agent in this coun
try. called at the state department to
day and spent some time in conversa
tion with Secretary Hay. Nothing was
said about mediation, nor about the
fate of Johannesburg and it was inti
mated that the subject of the conver
sation was purely personal in charac
ter.
Oninitn I’»*h» Not Dead.
CONSTANTINOPLE. March 23.—
There is no truth in the report pub
lished in the United States that Osman
Pasha, the hero of Plevna, is dead. The
famous Turkish general has been sick
for a week past, but his health is now
improving.
Condition of the Treasury
WASHINGTON. March 23.—Today s
statement of the treasury balances in
the general fund exclusve of the $150.
000,000 gold reserve in the division of
redemption, shows: Available cash
balance, $160,460,843: gold. $90,294,315.
Affect* Northern Pacific.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 23.—
Senator Penrose (Pa l, today intro
duced a bill reciting the history of the
Northern Pacific railroad, especially
with reference to its recent reorgan
ization and declaring that the sale of
certain property was illegal and re
solving that “all transfers of land to
or by the said Northern Pacific Rail
road company to be illegal and void,
and that the committee on Pacific rail
ways be hereby empowered to send for
persons and papers, and are requested
to examine Into these charges and re
port thereon at an early date.”
VOTE TO BE ON THE BOISE BILL
Republican Peace Committee Deel«ie« to
Separate Measures.
WASHINGTON, March 23—The re
publican peace committee of the senate
met after the adjournment of the sen
ate today and practically ratified t ie
oiler of Senator Foraker in the senate
:o separate the house Porto Kico tariff
bill from the senate government bill
mid to take a vote on the house meas
ure. The peace committ^ is willing
that a vote should be taken upon the
house bill as it was passed by that
body provided it becomes apparent
ihat it is impolitic to attempt to amend
it but an eftort will be made, to ascer
tain whether the house will consent
to consent to any modification.
Some of the republican senators
think the bill should be so changed
as to provide for the continued exemp
tion from duty of the articles which
were exempted by the president s or
der. They also find the house bill de
ficient in that it fails to provide any
means of collecting the duty which it
imposes. There will be a conference
with members of the ways and means
committee of the house and if the
iatter does not discourage amendments
these will be offered. There is, how
ever, an acknowledged fear that if the
lull is amended in any respect it may
be difficult if not impossible to secure
its acceptance by the house on a con
ference report. On this account there
may be no effort to modify the bill.
The free trade senators say there is
r stronger determination now than
ever before to resist the bill as it
came from the house. It is asserted
there are eight senators who will not
support it unless amended. These are «
said to be Davis and Nelson of Minne
sota. Wellington of Maryland. Hoar of
Massachusetts, Mason of Illinois, Bev
eridge of Indiana, Proctor of Vermont
; nd Simon of Oregon. What they will
do in case the bill is amended cannot
he stated, but it is evident they ex
pect a compromise which they can sup
port.
GUARDING AGAINST PLAGUE.
Report of Several Suspicions Deaths in
San Franci«co.
WASHINGTON, March 23.—A report
has been received at the marine hos
pital bureau from San Francisco to
the effect that several suspicious
deaths have occurred in that city, but
tbat a medical examination gave only
i egative results and it was not posi
tively known whether the patients died
trem plague or some ether disease.
'1 he health authorities have placed
guards at the railroad and water exits
oi the city to examine Chinamen who
rrav attempt to leave.
No reports have been received in re
gard to plague at Port Townsend,
Wash., and it is thought there have
been no new cases there since the
death from that cause several weeks
ago of a passenger on the Japanese
\essel Nanyo Maru.
The British Columbia authorities
have decided to quarantine against
vessels from San Francisco.
ISLANDERS STARVING.
San ,1 uauan Merchant Talks of Condi
tions There.
NEW YORK. March 23.—A special
meeting cf the Boara of Transporta
Con to consider the Porto Rico matter
was held today. There was an attend
ance of prominent New York business
men that filled the room to the doors.
Nicholas' Oyangeren. a merchant of
San Juan. P. R.. addressed the board.
“Never in the history of the island
o* Porto Rico." he said, “has there
been known such extreme general
misery, such want of credit and abso
lute stagnation. The people are starv
ing there by hundreds daily in the in
terior districts."
A resolution was adopted declaring
that the policy of the United States
toward Porto Rico should be definitely
and immediately determined on condi
tions which relate to that island alone,
should not in any particular or degree
be affected by considerations which
may be involved in the relations ot the
United States to Cuba and the Philip
pines. and that due regard for pledges
given demand an extension to Porto
Rico of free commercial intercourse
with the United States and a civil
form of government.
('nilcress for All America.
WASHINGTON, March 23.—The
state department has been notified by
the government of Mexico that it ac
cepts the president's invitation to hold
r. second Panamerican congress and
will in turn invite the lepublics of
North. South and Central America to
send their representatives in such con
gress to the City of Mexico. Thus, it
b believed, the success of the move
ment is assured.
Now tha; Mexico has entered so
earnestly into the project it is believed
that all the republics of the three
Americas will send delegates to the
congress.
Claims Will Be Arbitrated
WASHINGTON, March 23—Secre
tary Hay and Senor Correa, the Nica
raguan minister, today signed a treaty
ptoviding for the settlement by arbi
tration of the claims of two American
concerns against the government of
Niearaugua.
One of the claims is that of Orr &
I.aubenheimer of New Orleans for
damages sustained through the tem
porary seizure by the Nicaraguan gov
ernment of some tugs belonging to
the firm at Bluefields. These tugs were
used to tow lighters laden with ba
nenas from the shore to vessels lying
out at sea. and in their absence a
stock of bananas accumulated for
shipment decayed.
Shoots Himself.
YANKTON, S. D.. March 23—Emil
Corson, a partner in the largest busi
ness firm in Gayville. committed sui
cide last night by shooting. His wife
died last fall and he has been in low
spirits ever since. He was seen in
Gayville at 11:30 last night, but soon
after must have started to walk to the
cemetery at Mission Hill, where his
wife was buried,, about six miles
away. He was found there this morn
ing. his feet on the grave of his baby
and lying on his wife's grave, with a
bullet hole in his left temple.
One Squadron Coming Home.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 23.—
By direction of the war department,
cne squadron of the Fifth cavalry, in
the department of Puerto Rico, will be
relieved from duty in that department
and sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mis
souri. This detachment will serve as
a depot squadron for the Fifth cavalry,
s»nd all officers and enlisted men who
ere unfit for duty with the active
squadrons, and enlisted men having
less than six months to serve, and
who do not intend to re-enlist, will be
transferred to it.