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duty.
Secretary of- State Marsh of Nebras
ka has decided to submit a constitu
tioanl amendment to the voters of tho
state this fall, regardless of the veto
of Governor Dietrich. This amend
ment is house roll No. 117, which pro
vides for a change in the majority nec
essary to carry an. amendment at tho
polls. A special dispatch from Lin
coln to the Omaha World-Herald dated
July 22, says: The present constitu
tion requires a majority of all votes
cast at the election, while the pro
posed amendment requires only a ma
jority of the votes cast on the propo
sition. The proposed amendment also
provides that, in submitting an amend
ment, the proposition shall be pub
lished "at least once each week in at
least one newspaper in each county
where a newspaper is published, for
thirty days." The present condition
requires publication ror a period of
three months. The proposed amend
ment also provides that the ballot
shall be prepared so that the voter
may vote by making a cross In a
square or circle at the right of the
words, "For or against," or by Indi
cating preference on a voting machine,
when such machine Is in use. Gov
esnor Dietrich vetoed the bill April 2.
He said in his message: "My objec
tions to and reasons for vetoing or dis
approving said bill are. that it will
cost over $50,000 to submit this
amendment. The new ballot law
passed by the late legislature contains
such provisions in regard to the man
ner of voting upon constitutional
amendments that there is no need of
submitting thi3 proposed amendment;
and, believing as I do, that a special
session of the legislature should and
will be called for tho purpose of sub
mitting other important constitutional
amendments to the voters at the elec
tion in 1902, I am of the opinion that
all proposed -amendments should be
acted upon by that body at Its special
session." Secretary of State Marsh
has done some figuring, and he be
lieves the total cost of submitting tho
amendment will be not to exceed $7,"
560. The proposition ought not to
exceed twelve 'squares," which, at tho
legal rate for thirteen insertions,
would be $84 for each newspaper pub
lishing it. Mr. Marsh has already
made out a list of newspapers, and has
informed the daily papers that the
proposition is to be published only
once each week. This will avoid any
misunderstanding as to the number of
publications each paper is to.be paid
for.
A Washington dispatch, dated July
22, says: Secretary Root today sent
to the president at Oyster Bay the
proceedings and findings in the court
martial cases of Major Edwin Glenn,
Fifth infantry; Lieutenant Julian B.
Jaugot, Eighteenth cavalry, and Lieu
tenant Norman E. Cook of the Phil
ippine scouts. Glenn was found guilty
pf administering the water cure to
natives, or permitting it to be done,
and was sentenced to one month's
suspension from duty and fined $50.
Lieutenant Cook was acquitted on a
charge of giving orders to kill three
Filipino prisoners. The testimony
showed that ho had given orders to
shoot tho.prisoners if they attempted
to escape. The Filipino scouts, to
which this order was given, thought
it meant to shoot tho prisoners. In
forwarding the case to the president
tho secretary recommends the sen
tences and findings be approved, but
no other action to be taken. It is be
lieved the president, who is reviewing
officer In these cases, will not make
comments, as in the case of General
Smith. It Is shown in the evidence
and reports that Major Glenn has per
formed excellent service, and has done
much to pacify the country where he
has been in command.
Some confusion was recently caused
by the announcement that tho pope in
tended to present gifts to Governor
Taft and memhers of his party, and
had asked if they could lawfully be
accepted. This raised a discussion as
to tho temporal powers of the pope, as
if they were to bo decorations or gifts
of largo value, they might not be re
ceived without authority of congress;
if tho pope be regarded as having
temporal powers. Secretary Root de
cided tho question by informing Gov
ernor Taft that the gifts may bo ac-.
cepted as mere souvenirs If they are
not of considerable intrinsic value, and
if that should bo the case, they may bo
deposited in the Smithsonian institute
at Washington.
A New York dispatch, dated July 22,
says: The press committeo of the
striking garment makers said today
that all the men employed in their
branch of the trade are now on strike.
It was also stated that auout eighteen
employers had agreea to the demands
of the strikers. The total number of
men on strike is about 40,000,
The unusual insurgent activity in
the West Indies and on the shores of
the Caribbean sea are taxing the re
sources of the navy department In the
matter of ships to look after American
interests. Three United States war
ships are constantly moving about
along the Venezuelan coast where dis
turbances are threatened. Minister
Livingstone at Cape Haytien in Haytl
has asked that a warship be sent there
to protect American Interests In the
event of another uprising In the Isl
and. Col. Thomas Ward, chief of staff to
General Miles, was appointed a brig
adier general in the regular army on
July 22, vice Jacob H. Smith, retired.
General Ward himself will retire in
the course of a day or two, when Col
onel Joseph P. Sanger, Inspector gen
eral's department, now in the Philip
pines, will become brigadier general.
General Frederick D. Grants at pres
ent in the Philippines, has been ten
dered command of the department of
Texas and it is thought here he will
accept it. This Is the department to
which General Smith originally way
assigned. The promotion of Generals
Ward' and Sanger will advance Lieut.
Col. H. C. Heistandt to colonel on the
general corps, and Lieut. Col. Charle3
H. Heyl to colonel in the Inspector
general's corps. The vacancies in these
corps will be filled by detail officers
from the line.
A Rome cablegram, dated July 22,
says: Cardinal Ledochowski, prefect
of the congregation of the Roman
church, died this morning, after a long
illness. Cardinal Ledochowski was
born at Gork, October 29, 1822, and was
the descendant of an illustrious Polish
family. With Cardinal Ledochowski's
death, Cardinals San Stefano and Pa
rocchl are the only surviving cardi
nals created by Pope Pius IX.
Advices from Manila under date of
July 22 report that Montallon and
Fellzardo, the Ladrone chiefs, have
broken through the constabulary cor
don In Cavite province and have es
caped to the mountains. This cordon
was composed of 1,200 constabulary
commanded by Captain Baker, forming
a complete angle-shaped cordon cov
ering sixty square miles. The La
drones, when surrounded, made a
break to escape, and in the first at
tacks fourteen of them were killed
and fifteen captured. They finally
forced a weak spot near Das Armas
and escaped-
A good deal of attention is being
dovotcd In both houses of tho Cuban
congress at Havana to the mattor of
loan. Tho lower house takes the po
sition that it will not voto tho small
loan of $4,000,000 which has boon pro
posed except as a part cf a largo loan
of $25,000,000 to bo used in paying the
Cuban army.
It is reported that a renewed offort
has boon made to have the Amalga
mated association of iron and steel
workers accept tho 25 per cent reduc
tion 'in wages in order that tho Amer
ican Tinplate company may secure an
order of 1,500,000 boxes of tin from
the Standard Oil company, but tho
men refused to rescind their former action.
Major James Parker of the adjutant
general's office In Washington has
compiled some interesting statistics
regarding the Insurrection in the Phil
ippines. There were 2.5G2 engage
ments with tho enemy, between Feb
ruary 4, 1899 and .pril 30, 1902. Tho
number of troops transported to the
Philippines up to July 1G last was
4,135 officers and 124,803 men, and
nearly five thousand officers and men
havo perished during the campaign, or
a percentage of killed and wounded
of 9.7 per cent.
A report from Paris calls attention
to tho agitation provoked by the ordor
of Prime Minister Combes to close
the congregationallst schools. De
monstrations in favor of the nun's and
teaching friars are taking place in
Paris and many places In the provinces
where the perfects presented them
selves at the schools and ordered that
tho institutions be closed. It is said
that in Paris alone twenty thousand
children need teachers.
The republican state convention ot
North Dakota met at Fargo, and nomi
nated a state ticket Lended ,by, Frank
White of Barnes as governor." "Ono
interesting feature of the conventloi
was the apparent popularity of th3
question of prohibition, but the only
reference to It In the platform adopted
was to favor the continued enforce
ment of existing laws.
An El Paso, Tex., dispatch dated
July 23 reports a daring hold-up on
the Mexican Central road on July 22
just after tho train left Berraejillo.
The. robbers secured $50,000 in cur
rency consigned to the Banco Minero
at Chicuahua. Tho robber eacaped
with the plunder.
Tho war department received a ca
blegram on July 23 regarding the
school teachers who have been miss
ing from'Ccbu, P. I., since June 10.
Tho four missing men were murdered
by the Ladrones, and their bodies were
recovered, the murderers being killed
and eight others captured by the constabulary.
A cablegram from Hong Kong, dated
July 23, reports the capsizing of a na
tive steamer in the West river, and
the drowning of 200 persons.
A London cablegram under date of
July 23, says: Lord Alverstone, tho
lord chief justice of England; Sir John
Bigham, judge of the king's bench di
vision of the high court of justice, and
Major General Sir John Ardagh, re
cently agent of the government on the
South African claims commission,
have been appointed a royal commis-
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