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will still further emphasize our leadership in
this class of merchandise.
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at $1. U 5.
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MILITARY WORKS IN CANADA
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WASHINGTON, Match 20. When tho
house, met today Hull of Iowa, chairman of
tho eommlltro on military affairs, reported
bnfck rom that committee tho following
resolution Introduced by Stilzcr of New York:
"Resolved, That the heerotury of war Is
hereby directed to Inform tho house of rep
resentatives an early its possible what forti
fications (Jrcnt tlrltnln In erecting, construct
I tiK mid completing along tho northern fron
tier of tho United State, especially at I'ugot
pound and other places on tho Pacific ocoan
contlguoun to tho state of Washington and
tho district of AlaBka."
Tho committee recommended that It llo
upon tho table. The resolution had been re
ferred to tho War department, Hull said,
and camo back with tho following endorse
ment! "Tho Information the department possesses
on this nnd like coses has alwayH been hold
to bo confidential and for good nnd suf
ficient reasons has not been made public.
"It Is remarked, however, that Great Hrlt
aln, so far as tho department Is Informed,
Is In no Instance erecting fortifications tres
passing on our rights.
"II. V. COHIIIN. Adjutant Uencral."
Acting Secretary of War Melklejohn sub
mitted an endorsement culling attention to
that of the adjutant genera).
Sulzer of New York took the floor nnd de
livered a scathing denunciation of tho ad
ministration alleged pro-lCngllsh couttic!
charging that It did nothing without tho con
sent of Downing street; that tho recent ac
tlwi of Secretary Hay wn taken upon the
request of Iird Salisbury and defeated a
concert of tho Kuropcan powers to Inter
vene In South Africa and charging generally
that the. English" wcro erecting fortifications
along tho Canadian border that menaced tho
veacoand wolfaro of tbU country.
Tho' notion to lay the resolution on tho
tablo TVas passed, 91 to S3. On the demand
of Sillier the yeas and nays wero ordered.
Tho resolution wuh laid on the table, J 10
to 97. .. ( ''.. . , :
Thahou'd hill, relating to ..ecoijd-c'laa.
mall matter., .whs" called up."lt,.waji agreed
that a vvotti should bo taken on' tho 'measure
Thursday-itt .o'clock. Loud explained' the
provisions of tho bill.
l'KTTIIilllSW AMI WISH KAYIMJS.
Compiles Hook or A.ln.rl,niM (y
(MlM-rn) nnil AVautN It Print,-)!.
WASJIINOTON. March O.-Dlscusslon of
tho Porto Itlco government and tariff bill
wan resumed In tho s.enato today, Morgan
nt Alabama presenting a speech dealing
with some, of tho constitutional phases of
tho measure. Hq maintained that as the
treaty of Paris was' tho supremo law of the
land It was Imposslblo for tho United States
to nbandon olther Porto Itico or tho Philip
pines. Ho held also that tho constitution
extended, to r certain extent nt least, over
tho acquired territory and that tho Inhab
Itnntn of Porto Itlco wero citizens of the
United Elates.
An Interesting colloquy aroso over a re
quest of Pettlgrew for tho printing as a
document of a collection of sayings and
writings of prominent statesmen of this
country. Ho read some of tho sayings,
which ho referred to aa political axioms.
"Whoso aro these- wlso sayings and aphor
isms?" Inquired Halo of Maine.
"I'll road another of them," responded
Pcttigrow, "and doubtless tho senator, with
fall knowledge, will recogttlze the author."
He then rend a paragraph relating to the
changing of coats by political parties.
Still Hale failed to recall the author and
Inquired whether this collection of wise say
ings was by ono person ot by Severn).
','Tho ono I havo Just read," said Pettl
grew, "was written by Abraham Lincoln In
a letter to tho republicans of Doston In re
sponse to a request to participate In a cole
bration of Jefferson's birthday."
"I'm not going to object," said Hale, "but
I'd llko to know who compiled this valuable
collection of sayings."
, Psttlgraw replied that ho himself had'pre
pared the collection.
Sowell of New Jersey Insisting that the
matter should be passed upon by a senate
committee, Pettlgrow withdrew his request,
declaring that th committee- on printing, to
which the document would have to go, was
n "graveyard."
mils wero passed as follows: To pay (10,
000 to William C. Dodge for a cartridge
loading machtno nnd rights thereto; pro
viding for tho uso by tho United States of
devices Invented by Its naval olllcers whtlo
cngnged In Its Bervlco and covered by let
ters patent; to reimburse certain persons who
expended money and furnished services and
biipplte in repelling Invasions and suppress
ing Indian hostilities within tho territorial
lliults of the present state of Nevada; for
the relief of William A. Richards, lato sur
veyor general of Wyoming.
KlKlit f Seott to Ills Sent.
WASHINGTON, March :o. Seuator Mc
Comas, from the senate commltteo on privi
leges'1 and elections, today presented tho re
port of that committee on tho matter of pro
test against the continuance of N. I),
Scott of West Virginia lu his seat as a sen
ator from that state. The report Is concurred
lh by all the,, members of tho commltteo ex
iopt Senator Pettun, and It rccommunds tho
adoption of the following resolution:
"Hcsolved, That Nathan I), Scott has been
duly elected n a benator from the state ot
West Virginia for the term ot six years,
commencing on the 4th of March, 1899, and
that he Is entitled to a seat lu the senate aa
BUCb."
The oommlttee discussed nil the abjections
of the nrotcstants, but the greater part of
ffoadache
Ulllonsncss, sour stomach, constipa
tion and all liver Ills ore cured by
Mood's Pills
The iiondrrllntlng cathartic. Price
23 cents of all itrueplsts or by mall of
C. I, Hood itc Co., Lowell, Mass.
Bee, March 19, 1900.
the report Is devoted to tho charges that tho
two holdover senators, Messrs. UcUendanncr
and Pearson, voted for ..Mr. Scott, while they
held commissions In tho volunteer army, and
that tho agreement whereby contests in the
legislature- were siifpendpd while u Joint
ussembly for the election of a senator was
held was "void ns against public policy."
The flrjt of these points is dismissed upon
tho ground that tho statu senate paused fa
vorably upon the qualifications as members
of tho two soldier senators.
TAXABILITY OF CALL LOANS
A-mlatniit Ulornry llnil It i-mlrrx it it
Opinion In the Seeretury of
(In- Trenmiry.
WASHINGTON. March 20. Assistant At
torney General James K. Uoyd today ren
dered an opfnlon to the secretary of thn
treasury which Is approved by tho attor
ney general, on the question as to the tax
ability of transactions known aa "call loans."
Mr. Uoyd holds that, In order to bring
these transactions within tho provisions ot
tho paragraph of iichediilo A of tho war
revenue net, levying a tax upon mortgages
and pledged as security for tho payment of
money, the property, whether real or per
sonal, conveyed In the mortgage or pledge,
ti uit bo domitoly described thereto, and must
aUo bo made as security for tho payment
rf a definite and certain sum of money
loaned at the time or previously due and
owing or forborne to bo paid, being paya
ble; that thero Is no document, paper, or
instrument executed, made or Issued In thn
transaction? described as call loans which
comes within the abovo requirements, and
that such transactions arc not, therefore,
stnmpabhi as mortgages or pledges of prop
erty to secure the payment of money.
The socond point treated of In tho opinion
Is iik to tho liability of such transaction to
stamp tax, under thu first paragraph ot
schedule A of the war revenue- act, as 4
delivery of stock to secure tho future pay
ment of money. The assistant attorney gen
eral decides an analysis of a-portion of the
said paragraph pertaining to this matter
1 pails him. to tho conclusion that Its con
struction should be; as, follows:
"On. nil sales mad-, by .any delivery to
secure t-tbo future payment, of money, on
oach $100 of face valuers cents."
Tho result Is that n mere hypothecation
of shares of stock as collateral security, ot
as a basis of credit unaccompanied by agree
ments or contracts of sale or stipulations
which make such sharos security for thu
payment of n definite and certain sum of
money loaned nt the ttmo or previously due
and owing, or forborne to bo pnld, being
payable, In not a taxable transaction under
tho provisions of the war 'eventio act.
in the opinion the general proposition la
laid down that the tnx required by schodule
A of tho act referred to Is paid by tho use
of documentary stamps, and that, In order
to collect tho same, some document, instru
ment or paper, written or printed, such as
Is contemplated by the statute, to'whleh the
stamp can bo affixed, must 'be mndo, signed
or Issued.
PLEADING FOR A BIG STAKE
IIuu M. Dleklnann rrcaenm flalui
for nix Million of
Itelittte-i,
WASHINGTON, March 20. The ways and
means commltteo held a special session to
day to hear ox-Postmaster General Don M.
Dickinson In support of the bill allowing
thq recovery of rebates, amounting to about
$0,000,000 on alcohol used In the arts and
manufacturers. The Wilson tariff bill al
lowed a rebate of tho revenue tax on this
article on the Issuance ot regulations by tho
secretary of the treasury. Hut as tho then
secretary of th' treasury, Mr, Carlisle, did
not Issue tho regulations, tho courts have
hold against allowing the rebate. Tho pur
pose of tho bill Ih to do away with the
want of regulation) as a bar to the rebate.
Mr. Dickinson said It was the manifest pur
po.10 of congress to grant the rebate as an
encouragement to the trade In this country
as against that In Europe, where alcohol
was extensively employed In manufactures,
and ho maintained that this purpose should
not bo overcomo by tho Inaction of an
oxecutlvo official.
liiiiMHiruwIiiK1 .Invention In ileriuaiiy.
WASHINGTON, March 20. Inventors In
Gorman factories havo a hard tlmo to profit
by their brain work, according to a report
to tho Stnto department by Consul General
auenther at Frankfort.
Ho cites the csbo of a foreman who In
vented a substance used In finishing velvet,
Ilecause he Imparted his Invontlou to per
sons outside of tho firm for which ho worked
the foreman was tried and convicted of re
vealing n trado secret, nlthough this secret
was his own. Tho Gorman court took the
ground that It was a duty of the foreman
to make experiments; that his Inventions
belonged to his employers and that ho bad
no right to expose them.
Ueeilr Ilenoinlnnted for Conn rex.
HAYS Cm', Kan., March 20. Congress
man W. A. Reeder was renominated here
today by the republicans of tho Sixth Kan
sas district. Opposition to Heeder having
doveloped It wuh decided to hold a secret
caucus and avoid a fight In open session.
In tho caucus Itcedor secured 7-1 votes
,ugalnat 57 tor W. H. Haskell of Smith
county and in tho caucus later ho was nom
inated by acclamation.
Miller IK'iioniliiiilril for Conirree,
I3MPOUIA, Kun., 'March 20. Congressman
Japes M. Miller of Council Grove was today
rnnnmlnntpH w n..lttin.Hnn I... . t.
. HvvmniHiiuii v) hid repuu-
llcnn convention of the Fourth district. S.
H. Hohrer and Frank I). Hunshor were
elected delegates to the national conven
tion and H. G. Larb was named ns elector,
AriverNr to l'oxtnl Illll.
WASHINGTON, March 20. The house
commltteo on postothecs and post roads to
day voted advenely, four to flvo on a motion
to report the blU known as the e-ononilc
postage bill, providing for the ue of a
putented device for pretal cards.
CUBA TO TARE A FIRST STEP
Island Yet in tbe Swaddling Clothes of
Popular Government.
TOWN ELECTIONS THE FIRST EFFORT
Scci'ftnr)- Hoot (live HIn Opinion of
I lie llumlfrn' Ability to (lovcrn
Thenixrl I'l'n-Inbuilt titnt
.Nut Impatient.
WASHINGTON, March 20. Secretary Hoot
this afternoon gavo to President McKlnley
the results of his objcrvatlons ot affairs
In Cuba during his recent trip to the Island.
Subsequently thu secretary consented to talk
for publication as to existing conditions lu
the Island nnd tbe possibilities cf tho peo
ple In tho direction of self-government. Tho
secretary's views on many important mat
ters nffectlng the Island nnd Its people wero
very fully given through dlspatclus before
ho left Havana.
During Root's trip he visited the provinces
of Havana, Mntunzas nnd Plunr del Hlo.
His Inquiries and observations covered a
largo branch of subjocts and gavo him 11
fund of Information which w'lll bo qf value
,(( thepr'esldeJit,Jand'.to tho Wnrdepa'rtiiient
lu IU future dealings with the CubntiH.
Naturally, tho question of thu ultimate
Independent of tho Island came up for dis
cussion during tho secretary's visit to Cuba,
but ho was not prepared to say Just when
tho United States government would bo will
ing that this should be it reality. In
cidentally to this matter, which Is upper
most in tho Cuban mind, are the formatlvo
steps that will bring It about. The first of
these, viz: tho holding of the municipal
elections at an early date, was 11 subject
that Secretary Hoot dlscusac! freely, par
ticularly with tho United Stntes officials
on tho the Island nnd the arrangements for
cnrrylng Into effect this first step toward
an Indopendont government were matters
Into which he looked very carefully.
I'll U 1 11 U llir I'M rut Mlrp.
"These elections," said the socretnry, "will
be tho Cubans' first effort toward popular
government. Unnrcustonicd aa they aro to
these things, they are us the batio unborn
and have everything to learn. The whole
plan for making effective the scheino of
municipal suffrage hnR to be very carefully
worked out and the people Instructed In
nil tho details. This Involves a vast amount
of labor and Inkej considerable time, btlt
ultimately will bo accomplished and the
elections tako place. I hardly believe, how
ever, that the authorities will be quite ready
for holding the elections by the 1st ot May."
Secretary Hoot was not prepared to ven
ture an opinion as to Just when this gov
ernment would grant complete Independence
to tho Cubans, Tho declnratlon In tho Joint
resolution of congress, however, granting
them full Independence, would bo carried
out. He pointed out how It would be neces
sary that tbo municipal governments should
bo firmly established on a working basis,
after which attention would bo given to
tho selection of a constitutional convention
for tho purpose of framing a constitution
for tho Island and Its adoption by the peo
ple. Following this, nnd the estnbllshmont
of a firm government In tho Islnnd, .the sec-
rotary felt would bo time for the formal
recognition of tho Independence of tho
Island nnd the withdrawal of the awhtance
nnd pupervlslon of tho authorities of the
United States.
"ItetoliitlonliilH" Aot Imminent.
Koot made it n feature of his visit to talk
with the leaders of what has ibeen known
ns the revolutionary element of tho popula
tion and thoao who are opposed to annexa
tion to tho United States, and ho says they
are not Impatient oven what nro regarded
as necessary and reasonable delays In the
formation of a well established govern
ment, realizing that thtuo are u nocosslty.
When a stable nnd settled policy of rule has
been established, the secretary believes the
Island will havo n season of prosperity and
that outsldo capital, as well as much now
thero remaining uninvested because of tbo
uncertainty that exists, will nnd Its way
Into the channels of trado and agriculture.
REPORT ON PACIFIC CABLE
Illll I'rovlilcil for Coimtruetloii
Honolulu vl t li I'urnoac of
UxteiitliiiK It,
In
WASHINGTON, March 20. Tho senate
committee on naval affairs today agreed to
report the bill for n Pacific cable, which
Senator Hale waa authorized to draft at tho
last session of the committee and the report
was later presented to tho senate. The bill
provldca for the presont for a cable only to
Honolulu, but declares a purposo to extend
It lu the future, tho first section reading as
follows:
"That to tho end of establishing hereafter
telegraphic communication betweon tho
United States and the Philippine islands nnd
Japan under tho waters o thp Pacific ocean
thero shall bo constructed .under the super
vision of tho secretary of the navy a sub
marine telograph cablo, or cables, and con
necting lines from tho city of San Francisco,
Cal., to tho city of Honolulu, H. I., over
such routo as may bo deemed by the secre
tary of the navy to be the most practicable."
Three million dollars Is appropriated for
tho work ond further surveys nro authorized
to determine the most practicable rodte,
Tho secretary Is empowered to cause plans
to be prepared Immediately upon the passage
of tbe act and to employ naval vessels if
necessary in tbo construction.
Tho control of the cable when completed
Is to be. transferred to .tbo postmaster gen
eral, A. new provision In tho bill provides
that the cables, wires and Instruments, wires
and appurtenance necessary for the"' work
of laying tbo cable shall be' of American
manufacture provided that It can be pro
cured at a cost not exceeding 12 per cent
abovo what It could bo procured for in
foreign markets.
MACHINISTS TO BE AIDED
Hxruutlvc Council of (lit .Vnu-rlciiii
Federation of I.ulior Promises
AnHliilnnee.
"WASHINGTON, .Mnrch 20. At the second
day's session of the executive council of the
American Federation of Labor, M, D. Doug
las, vice president of tho Machinists' Na
tional association, made a report regarding
the dispute existing between tho machinists
and their employers at Chicago, Columbus
and other placoi. Tho situation was pre
sented In a comprehensive form, Indicating,
tho report said, the unfair attitude of tho
employers In InsUtlng that tho men should
first return to work before matters In dls
puto should be submitted to arbitration,
Asturancca of nsslstanco within the power
of tho federation were given.
The dispute betwesu the Machinists' Inter
national association and the International
Typographical union was taken up and, with
a view of adjusting the matter, a com
mltteo of threo wus appointed to meet llko
ccmmlttees of both organizations In the near
future.
An Interview of over an hour was had
with Speaker Henderson, when tbe merits
of tho eight-hour bill, antl-lnjunctlon bill
and the urlson labor bill wtrn anna intn
a request was made for a day to be set aside
soon lor me consideration of tnese bills.
Inf urination from "(irrrn (Jootla" Men,
WASHINGTON, March 20. The Treasury
department Is being Hooded with letters
quoting from various newspapers to tho
uUiivt that thu department Is paylug a pre-
mlum on certain $1 silver certificates with
tbe number 21 on the back, serios nt 1899, oti
account of tho plates from which tho certifi
cates wero printed having been stolen from
the bureau of engraving and printing. Thin
statement Is taken from n "green goods'
circular Issued by counterfeiters, or dealers
in counterfeit notes. None of the plates
havo been stolen, and canriot bo under the
system In use. The government neither pays
nor receive premium upon any of Its Issues,
either on coin or paper currency.
NATIONAL PARK IN VIRGINIA
Committee Furor 1'iireliuse of Ultrn
Where (Ircnl lliitllen
Were Fought.
WASHINGTON, March 20. Hepresenta
tlvo Hay of Virginia today filed tho roport
of the house commltteo on military affairs
on the bill establishing a national battle
Held memorial park of 0,000 acres on the
sites of the battles of Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsvllle, tho Wilderness and Spott
sylvanla court house.
Tho report states that more men wero
here engaged than In nny battle In the
world's hletory, aggregating at least 600,000,
with losses In killed and wounded on both
sides amounting to 129,838. Tho entrench
ments over tho ontlre field nro snld to be In
n remarknblq stoto of preservation. At
Fredericksburg also is tho home qf'.tho
mother of Was,hlngtot)i -still Intact, and a
monument erected b the Daughters of,tho
American Devolution. Here, too, Captain
John Smith anchored bis little bark and
fought tbo lndlanii In 1C0S nnd within sight
of tho city were born Washington, Monroe,
Joffereon, Madison, the Lees of both tho
revolution and tho civil wars, and Zachary
Taylor.
Tho report adds that In Virginia the great
war began nnd ended, and nbt nn ncro of this
soil, whero nioro men fell than on all the
other battlefields of the war, has yet been
dedicated as u national park.
ConiiiilHre AHu on Inilcinnlt; Claim.
WASHINGTON. -March 20. The Judiciary
commltteo of tho house today considered tbo
bill of Hcprcscntatlve Hltt authorizing In
demnity claims of foreigners to be prose
cuted In our courts nnd intended to apply
to such cases as those growing out of tho
riotous killing of Itullans, Chlncso and other
foreigners In various parts of the country.
Amendments wcro made restricting the right
to cltlzena of such foreign nations as
grunted like rights to citizens of tho United
Stutcs and limiting the suits to two years
from tho tlmo the causo of action occurred.
Final action on the bill waB postponed.
Hull t'lililnet Mertlnir,
WASHINGTON, March 20. Tho cnblnet
meeting today developed nothing of special
Intercut. Thp postmaster general, who hns
Just returned from the west, spoko of the
political conditions In that section nnd par
ticularly with regard to the feeling on the
pending Porto Rico tariff bill. Senators
Spooner and Foraker had a conference with
tho president before tho cabinet met, pre
sumably on thW hill, but ho far as could bo
learned no change In plunn was agreed to
or proposed.
Special Hole for Shriller.
'WASHINGTON, March 20. The Trunk
Line association has given a rate of ono
fare, single tickets, for round trip from all
partB of the United States and Canada for
tho session of the imperial council Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles of tho Mystic Shrine,
to be held In Washington the week of Mny
22, 1900.
MctJrenOr CotnniniiilN n Department.
WASHINGTON, .March 20. Colonol
ThomaB McGregor, Ninth cavalry, has been
assigned to tho command of the Depart
ment of tho Cplorado, during the temporary
absence of tlrlgadler General Henry C. Mcr-
riara, u. S, A
POLITICS IN KANSAS CITY
Dcmocrntio ICIeollon Judtre Henpiili
an IiivcHtlKntloii lluniilnK' IMatot
Filiht Follow.
KANSAS ClTi', March 20. A dozen shots
woro exchanged and there wa a lively
sprinting match In the north ond this after
noon, when three republican canvassers at
tempted to investigate alleged fraudulent
registration from tho rooming house above
Election Judge John Pryor's saloon. Pryor
resented tho request for Information nnd
opened fire, chuslng his callers Into the
streot, whero a fusillade of ten mlnuteo'
duration ensued. No blood was spilled.
In tho primaries last week Pryor acted
as one of the Judges In tho Second ward.
Claims of fraudulent registration had been
made and for two days canvassers havo
been Investigating the charges, Today Joe
Morrln, Edwin A. Scrogglna and W. W,
Noland, republican canvassors, with two
nawspaper reporters, ontered Pryor's place
to verify tho registration of twenty-two men
designated as' living In tho rooming bouse
kept by Pryar. Pryor refused to aid the
canvassers 'and, Instead, drew a revolver
nnd started t$r Scrogglns, who, followed by
Nojand, dnrhed Into the strest, while Can
vasser Morris covered Phil McCrory, Pryor's
partner, who had grabbed a gun and started
to mix in.
While Morris kept McCrory quiet Inside
tho saloon, behind the bar of which a dozen
loungers sought cover, Pryor, Scrogglns and
Noland emptied their revolvers without ef
fect at each other In the streot. Tholr am
munition , spent, Scrogglns and Noland
started for the pollco station and Pryor re
turned ,to tbo, saloon, pushing tho reporters
Into the street and threatening to shoot.
Pryor and JdcCrory have figured In tbe
police courts on several occasions. Pryor
was prominent .In- tho election riots of 1891
and In 1898 .was Indicted for murder, but
the case was dismissed. A year ago he nnd
McCrory were arrested, charged with a land
swindle but nolthor was tried. McCrory
fa a memberV tho democratic city central
committee.
MethoillNl fCiulornr- KxpniiMloii.
PHILADELPHIA, March aO.-The Phlla
delphla conference of tho Methodist Kpls
copal church toduy adopted a paper In
support of tho expansion policy of the
present national administration. The paper
Is In nil respects similar to the ono adopted
recently by tho South Kansas conferenco
nnd In In tho form of a call for volunteers
to co to tho Philippines for evnncollcnl
work.
SLEEPvS NOW.
Quit Uriiu; Coffee nnd i;e l'oxluui
Food Coffer,
"While, on a visit to a relatlvo In New
Hampshire, who runB a fruit farm, I found
on tho supper tnble what appeared to be
a strong cup of coffee. I usually drank
ten at night and they knew It, but askod
mo to try tho coffee, saying It was Postum
Food Coffee, and tho reuton they served
It was that they found when they got up
early In tho summer mornings nnd drank
a cup of coffee to brace up on, they gen
erally had a headache or sick stomach
along about noon, and that their grocer
persuaded them sometime before my
visit, to try Postum Food Coffee. After
a week's trial thoy adopted It for the fam
ily, and had never returned to the ordinary
coffee, saying that It had worked a
wonderful change In all of them no
more sick headaches, no more sick stom
achs, "For two weeks I used Postum, and when
I returned to Boston, I banished tea and
coffee from the toble forever. My complexion
has mnde a decided change for tho better,
and It goes without saying that I feel greatly
benefited. My nights are not sleepless now,
as they were when I was u coffee drinker."
M. H. Curtis, Canterbury St., Bosfon,
Mass.
GUNBOAT LEAVES FOR CHINA
WaUon RoporU ihu Wheeling H11 Been
8ent to Taku.
QUESTION OF PROTECTION TO MISSIONARIES
-Not Clenr lo Slnlr l)r piirt men t
Whether American Are Within
a (ieriiian or a I'lilnene
I'rcn luce.
WASHINGTON, March 20. The secretary
of the navy has received a cablegram from
Admiral Watson stating that the gunboat
Wheeling has proceeded to Taku. It
will bo relieved by the Concord about May
10 and will go aa usunl In the summer to
Unalaska on the Alaskan coast.
Tho State department Is In n quandary to
devise means to render effective protection
to the American missionaries at Shan Tung.
Tiio dimculty lies In the fact that tho mis
sionaries have In most cases gone as far as
two hundred miles Inland, nnd aro thtis be
vond reach of auy aid that can be extended
Trum a war ship. Minister Conger's advices
show that the matter Is further complicated
by tho fact that the location of the present
troubles Is sd far Ifiland as to mako It dim1
edit to determine whether or not the "llox
cr" are operating In Shan Tung or acrom
tho border In Ve Chi LI province.
. If tho threatened missionaries nro In
' western Shan Tung then a further question
nrlaes an to who Is chargeable with their
( protection, China or Germany. The exact
extent of tho German sphere of Influence Is
I not definitely known here. It Is 200 miles
from Klao-Chou. the German seaport, to the
western border of Shan Tung, but Inasmuch
ns the Germans havo claimed exclusive con
trol of railroad franchises nnd like con
cessions throughout tho wholo province, It
Is presumed that they hnvo areumcd mili
tary rcsponMblllty as well.
At nny rate the Chlneeo government haw
I been deterred from attempting to exercise
military authority In that section by tho
nttltudo of tho Gorman authorities, and that
is the retiison for the inability of the Pekln'
government to meet Mr. Conger's de-mand
for punltlvo measures against the "Hoxcrs."
The Gorman minister nt Pekln has In
formed Mr. Conger that his government Is
willing to extend to the American mission
aries within tho German sphere of Influence
tho samo measure of protection nu Is ac
corded to German missionaries. This, how
ever, Is not vory reassuring, In view ot the
fact that tho Gorman military forces In
Shan Tung havo not so far as Is known been
augmented to a point where they aro equal
to pollco tho whole province. Tho
Stnte department hns not been advised that
these Oorman forces havo extended their
operations Into western Shan Tung, whore
tho imperiled missionaries are located, nor
has thero been any assurance that nny ex
pedition is organized in that direction.
Coventor WnriiN the .tllkMloiinrlrn.
LONDON, March 21. The Shanghai cor
respondent of tho Times enys:
Tho North China Dally Nowb publishes a
dispatch from a correspondent In tho prov
ince of Shan Tung who says that while
tho Chinese government has not taken active
measures to suppress the anti-foreign
movement, Governor Yuan has warned tho
missionaries that the locnl authortles can
not bo held responsible for tho safety of
thoso traveling unoacorted Into tho Interior.
Tho position of tho native Christians Is
deplorable and if the anti-foreign move
ment continues Ignored and unchecked se
rious consequences art) Inevitable.
SPAIN CATERS TO ARGENTINA
Wnr Shin of I.atler Country VlnttH
llitrcelomi Crew (liven (irent
Hrcciit Ion.
MADRID, March 20. The visit of the
Argentine war ship PreBldento Sarmlento to
bpanish ports l giving rise to renaated
Hlspano-Americau demonstrations. The
Presldente Sarmlento Is now at Darcelona,
where a bull fight and a municipal banquet
navo uten given In Its honor and toasts
expressing mutual sympathy wero drunk.
The crew of the Presldente Sarmlento has
been Invited to Madrid, whero a series of
fetes has been organized. The queen regent
and Premier Sllvela will entertain them at
banquets, while Senor Sllvela, tho minister
of the Interior, the minister of war, the
minister of tnarlne and tho municipal
authorities will meet them at tho station.
Tho Spanish government Is ovldently
anxious to strengthen tbe ties between
Spain nnd Spanish South America.
Tho Presldente Sarmlento, nccordlng to the
descriptions of the naval registers, nlthough
a cruiser, Is really a training ship. There
fore It Is not likely that the vessel's visit
has tho political significance which Is ap
parently attached to It in Spain.
THOl'HLU AT A HUSH IlNUFr.
Police Cnllvd In After To nut lo Ireland
Ih Proponed,
LONDON, March 20. At a nationalist ban
quet at the Hotel Cecil In- London this oven
Ing, John Redmond, leader of the national
ist party In tbe House of Commons, who
presided, said ho regarded tbe last nlno
years of public llfo In Ireland as a hideous
nightmare.
"There la nothing, humanoly speaking,
which the elghty-elx Irish members of Par
liament cannot obtain from the exigencies
of tho British parties," ho said. "It Is in
credible that English statesmen can be so
blind to the teaching of history as to
Imagine that serious political grievances can
be mitigated by n royal visit to Ireland or by
a British celebration of St. Patrick's day.
lldward Blake-, member ot Parliament for
South Langfard, who proposed the toast,
"Iroland, a Nation," was greeted with hts
tllo crlee, A disturbance ensued nnd the
pollco were called In to restore order.
Hnalalii l)nl)'M PonIIIoii,
LONDON, March 20, Justice Kekewlch
delivered Judgment today In tho suit of Daly
against Edwards, giving tho plaintiff pos
session of Daly's theater. The Judgo held
that Mr. Daly never parted with nny part
of the theater nor with his Intorest tnereln,
us was alleged.
The suit was the outcomo of a dlsputn over
tho lease of the theater by tho lato Au
gtiHtln Daly of which Mr. Edwnrds Is tho
owner. The latter took possession of the
building and placed a guard nt the doors
In order to provent the entrance of Mr.
Daly's employes.
KulAcr'H Kpereh U Crltlclnril.
BERLIN, March 20. The Vorwaerts, the
social organ, severely criticises the speech
of Emperor William yesterday ot the open
ing of tbe ccremonlos in celebration of tho
bt-centenary ot the Academy of Sciences.
It says:
"The emperor's speech may foreshadow
tho future of tho academy, but It cortalnly
docs not' describe the Institution's histori
cal past."
Sultnu lu nn RiMlnir Mood.
LONDON, March 20. The Conitlntlnople
correspondent of the Times says: Eight
women of the palace have been sent Into
exile for machinations in connection with
the sultnn's fugitive brother-in-law. Mnbmed
Pasha. The palace secretary, Klamll Bey,
was suddenly exiled to Hedjaz laei Haturday.
Tho reason has not been made public.
IIiiIioiiIc Plnuiif la Incrrualnjc,
CALCUTTA, Mnrch 20. The bubonlo
plague is fast Increasing. In Bengal 4,725
deaths o.-curred last week. These Included
7U In Calcutta and 2,011 In Pattia. The
viceroy, Lord" Curzon of Kedleston, yester
day vlalted the medical college, which Is
one of the Infected districts ot Calcutta.
Devolution In Full .tunj.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 20.-The
Drlttsh cruiser lAlert arrived hero today
from Colombian ports. It reports the revo
lutlon Intro In full nway and that Drltltb
subjects are In need of protection The
Alert u codling hastily and will return
to Colombia.
Itonlnnil III In I'nrln.
PARIS, March 21. M. Hgetnnd, tho artist
author, is 111 with congestion nf the lungs.
Ho Is much run down In consequence of
the lutois connected with supervising the
rchenrsals of "I'Alglon," produced the other
evening at Mmo. Uornhardt's theater.
Tliomnk IMiich ('limn l'rlncc.
STOCKHOLM, March 20. William W.
Thomas, the. United Stntes minister, nnd
Mrs. Thomas gave a dinner this evening nt
tho United States legation, with tho crown
prince of Sweden as the guest of honor,
Sultan NpI.I lo lllivc Yleliteil,
LONDON. March 21. Tho Constantinople
correspondence of the Times announces that
the sultan has ylcldoj In "nil essential par
ticulars" lo tho Russian demnnds respect
ing railway concessions In Asia Minor.
T(cnt-Iiur People llrimnetl.
IIUDA PEST, Murch 20. Jweuty.four
peasants wore drowiie'd ' today by ' the
capsizing of a boat In which' they wcro
crossing tlie Dnnubo river from' Kaloosa to
Pays during h gale.
DEGENERACY OF A NATION
Dr. Ilurlil Nlarr .Ionian Hlo.mciitl)
KilircfiHcN a ! 'I'IioiihIiU on
the Mulijec'l.
NEW YORK, MurchTo. Dr. David Starr
Jordan, president of the Lelnud Statifotd
unlvetslty. was the speaker at a meeting
of the Patria club hold In the banquet hall
of tho Hotol Snvoy tonight anil his eubject
was "The Blood of the Nation."
Dr. Jordan began by saying that it is
recognized that the blood of a nation In
a largo degree determines Its history, nnd
that In a similar fashion tho history of a
nation determines Its blood. Ho said m
part:
"Tho only way In which any race ns a
wholo has Improved has been through the
preservation of Its beat and loss of Its worst
example. Tho condition which faor this
Is democracy, equality before law, or the
conditions which equalize opportunity, and
glvo each man tho right to stand or fall
on tbo powers God has given him.
"The ohly race degeneration ever known
Is that which Is produced by ono or all of
democracy's arch enemies slavery, aristoc
racy, militarism and Imperialism the four
tyrants of human politics, not one of which
nppents without tho others.
"Degenerocy of the Individual Is quite nn
other thing and has Its own series of causes.
A lot of crnzy painters, drunken muslclatib,
maudlin poets nnd sensation hunters on
tho boulevards proves nothing ns to race
degeneracy. Any man of nny race may de
gencrata in an environment of vice, disease
and absinthe, but be may leave his rnco all
tho cleaner for his degenerating.
"War may seem to make men strong
wheu the hot passions arc on, but hot pas
sion is not Inherited, least of all. when the
warrior Is slain and leaven no Inheritance.
Wnr can only wasto and corrupt. If any
war Is good, civil war must be best. The
virtues of victory and the lentous of defeat
would bo kept within tho nation. It would
protect tbe nation from tbe temptation to
fight for gold or trado. The remedy for
most Ills of men Is not to be sought In war,
not In whirlwinds of rebellion that shake
tho world, but In peace and justice, equality
among men nnd tho cultivation of thoso vir
tues wo call Christian, because thoy havo
Doen viruiea ever since man nnd society
began and will bo virtues stilt when tho
era of strife Is past and tho redcoat bully
In hlB boots no longer hldeg the march of
man from us."
CALL TRADE UNIONS A TRUST
Tcitlmony Heard hy Subcommittee of
the CoiiKreNHlonnl Inilim
Irlnl Coiiuulsslon,
CHICAGO, March 20. Several large manu
facturers appeared before the sub-commlt-teo
of tho Congressional Industrial commis
sion, which met hero today to Investigate
manufacturing concerns In tho west, and
more particularly n 'Illinois nnd Chicago.
W. J. Chalmers of the llrm of Frazer .j
Chalmors was tbo principal witness of to
day's session. He characterized trades union
ism in this country as the most gigantic and
nrrogant trust ever organized and nleo bit
terly criticised tho methods of choosing tbe
Judlclnrr by popular voto In IlllnolB.
Mr. Chalmers claimed that manufacturers
In Chicago had for years been practically
without pollco protection and charged that
this condition of affairs was duo entirely
to politics.
Mobile A Ohio llrijn a Itoml.
MOBILE, Air.., March 30. President Run
sell announced tonight that the Mobile &
Ohio Railroad company had purchased tho
controlling stock of tho St. Louis & Cairo
roud, thus giving the former company own
erfhlp of n line from rft, Louis to the gulf.
The purchase hns been made Decennary by
tl1, rra,"!1 tnffeaKe of trade via this port
with Cuba and Central America.
"(ict-Hlcli-niilck" fieliemcr Fined.
CHICAGO. March 20,-Rlclmrd Oliver, a
broker, today pleaded guilty In the United
Stntes district .court to tho charge of having
used tho malls to defraud country people by
means of a o-c:tIlnd "got-rlch-uulck''
Sl'liS!1"- ,Jl"1?e' Kohluaat Imposed a fine of
J1.000 and ordered the defendant to refund
money amounting to nearly ,(0 which he
lmn received from IiIh victims.
Kmlnriit NiirMfcnu III.
RICHMOND, Va, March 2n.-Dr. Hunter
McOuIre, tho eminent Virslnla surgeon,
who was Stonewall Jackson's chief inert!"
leal offlcer.-was paralyzed today". Ilia con
dltlon Is critical.
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