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THE MORNING NEWS.
r> '.islied ;S5O. - - Incorporated 1888.
J. H ESTILL, President.
BRITISH MORE DETERMINED.
~ol*o ROBERTS’ FORCE U ILL BE
INCREASED AT ONCE.
E,*'!ybod> Agreed Thnt More Men
M i-l Go—Casualties at Spion Kt>i
I’iil Dotvii at Nearly I,soo—Writer
suyn Spion Kop Was **A Perfect
ll,.ll"—HrUisli Swept by Storm ot
I Ituller* Report of ( nxual.
ii'N \ iii oii g Officers.
] ion. Jan. 30, 4:15 a. m.—History
j - for a time in South Africa. It is
or , o! those unsatisfactory pauses that
H i . ,iiy : o trying to British nerves as
H M i.ii-c of reverses, and apparently will
n rmir .iie only when Lord Roberts gives
\ w j..;r the movement imo
t State, which, according to the
u ~. eerful view, he will be unable to
tlo lorn fortnight.
i; . r he will permit Gen. Buller to
ir ik a.other attempt to relieve Lady
piMth is quite outside the knowledge even
, i • . losely connected with the war
oit'e With the troops due to arrive next
n he. may think himself strong
ei u to try two large operation.'.
Combining t lie forces under Gens,
yi, th_ij,- m, French and Gatacre. and adding
t<. i tn th- arriving troops, Lord Roberts
v. , l have 70,000 for the invasion of the
1; - State, with 40,000 to 50,001 guarding
c ornmuni ations and 40,000 trying to rescue
L;i lysm.ith. <j|
j.i n.‘ turns with impatience that
fom-diirg should be done, but there is
i g to do but wait on preparations.
,jns of ink are poured out in advice.
Ora; is are at work in the provinces, tell
ir.2 the people that England has ‘"set her
р. h ; grim determination to see it
through.
Tin* government’s declarations in Par
ham* it. the counter-suggestions of hos*
outsii tie government and the conse
quent discussion in the press and on the
platform will immediately enthrall public
interest.
More Men Must Go.
The thing on which everybody seems
agree*l is that more men must go. Twenty
taoiis.iii*l. two hundred and twenty-two
men and 155 guns are ot sen. Eleven
thousand infantry and 9,000 cavalry, in
- di g .VoOO yeomen, are pratically ready
to embark. Therefore the government,
w ‘ doing more, can place ot the dis
-1 ~ Lord Roberts 40.000 additional men
and 155 guns.
The fur;her purposes of the war office
ar opposed to embrace somewhere in
th, neighborhood of 50.000 more men. As
th* 1 indication is that candidates will be
iat her scarce, the war office will issue
< • rs for those reservists who were found
n ; t at the previous mobilization exami
; s to report for further examination,
''p, at ns for cavalry service are still
!: offering as yeomanry.
1 bulb r s operation has cost 912 men
fc far officially reported within ten days,
ng to the 200 Spion koi> casualties
t -day, the rule of iff)portion.
t . • !"sses of officers indicate probably 500
■ h: s y, t to come. The total casual
■ af, c mpiled from official re
' are ;< >23, nearly a division. Of these
“ ' hi Id, 4,811 wounded and the
r,s * prisoners. *
1 ■ a-L;regate British home troops in
'h Afr a number 116,0C0. the Natalians
' * f and eipe Colonians 21,000.
hat Fight at Spion Hop.
from Frere Camp, dated Fri
d" -lii. 26, 9:10 p. m., says:
*''• just ridden in here, having left
r ’ - force* Jn the new positions
outr. tTugela to which they retired
•■■i'lence of the reverse at Spion
i; " lighting. lx)th heforesand after the
' of the*mountain. was of a des
iracter. Spion kop is a precipi
-1 •' n iMiain overtopping the whole line ,
•dong the Upper Tugela. On
Hide the mountain faces
and Potgieter's Drift, stand
ingles to the Boer central po
' 1 Lyttleton's advanced position.
’ n point descends in abrupt
• lower line of kopje*. On the
opposite the right outposts
-v forces, it is inaccessibly steep
boint where the nek joins the
' main range. Then there Is n
• which allows easy access to
,nt * > mmit.
1 K was strongly held by th*'
Al ‘" also occupied a heavy spur
VVl, h the kop, where the enemy
- lin no fewer than thirty-five
•i wii inis enambled to bring
"> our m?n a damaging cross
" i\ possible point for a British
the southern side, with virtu
• 1 Ipices on the left and right.
vv foot path, admitting men in
lt ' n 'y to the summit, opens into
1 Mat tableland, probably of
yards area, upon which the
1 * bastliy commenced to make a
ch. (>ur men w ere able to
v , fort her end of this tableland,
v 1 idge descended to another flat.
f aga n succeeded by n round.
F ' ° n( e held by the Boers in great
lt n “Perfect Hell.**
* "r i ...
) bold by our men was faced
■ r of strong little kopjes a
с. . whence the Boers sent a eon
1, , !l,v ffom their rifles, supported
■ r’ (l . m-Xordenfeldt and a big long
r:, " Mot, with the rifles, the
mi? l,n 'l l ' le big gun, the sum
verted into a perfect heM. The
• '><bd continually in our ranks,
e : bre, from an absolutely un
yvas perfectly appalling.
nVnts wore hurried up by
but ihay ha i t<> ctos3 a
11:11 ground which was literally*
le flying lead of the enemy
V l ' 1 tfench on the summit gave
shelter, as the enei
u • r ® so aocuratily trained
plac ® that of'en sixteen sheila
' ■ trench In a single minute.
~: # n ecu ‘d not pe m.inently hoi l
; ,io,K Our gallant Mows h Id
1 , ‘' r twenty-four hours, and
fr K: . ru: advantage of the dark night,
1 and to the enemy.”
'*'> Olllcem Killed.
■ ‘ I 2ft.— Gen. Buller wires from
r mp. Jan. 29, that the ras
• ril the officers of thp Flftli
Mounted Brigade at Spion
‘• Killed, 22; wounded.
v, . K ; : 1 Starr Captain M. H.
I: \j , , I ' l M. Stewart. Ueuts. F.
' • ... , Fraser, Second l^an
iMoers; Cnpt. C. Muriel,
<r..i y . ' w|oy and H. A. Wilson. Scc-
Kirk n A * J ‘ Ros,, • Capt. M.
111 J Ucut. A. H Wade, Secood
IPje JHofmng
Lancaster Regiment; Lieut. Pipe Wolfer
s an. Second King's Scottish Borderers;
h Pt ; G ‘ Birch and Lieut. F. M. Ra
r-, ae *; First South Lieut. H.
u <jarve y. First Borderers; Capes, the
Hon. W . H. Petre and C. 8. H. Knox-
Gore end Lieuts. C. G. Crenfeil, I*. F
Newman, P. S. McCorquedale and Hill
irevor, Thornycrofts Mounted Infantry;
Ueuts. Randall and Knochshand, Imperial.
Light Infantry.
Wounded: Col. Blomfield (taken pris
oner). Muj. W. F. Waller and Lieuts. R.
s. Wilson and L E. Charlton, Second I*ati
cashire Fusilleers; Maj. E. W. Scott-Mo
enef end Capts. C. W\ Saville, R. Deh
Burton, G. \\\ Bentley, Second Middlesex;
( apt. W. Sanbach and Lieuts. A. Dykes,
J. A. Nixon and G. R. Stephens, Second
Gen. W'oodgate (*lngerous
l.v); Capt. F. M. Carlton and Lieuts. A.
W . Forster and J. W. Baldwin of the
staff; Capt. R. A. Bettington and Lieut.
Howard of Thornycrofts Mounted Infan
try; Capt Coleman, Imperial Light Infan
try.
Missing: Capts. W. G. Flmslie, Hicks
and G. B. French, Second Lancashire
Fusilleers; Maj. G. A. Carton. Second
Royal Lancashire?; Lieut. Power-Ellis,
Thorneycrofts Mounted Infantry.
OVkv 150 W'EHE CAPTVBEiD.
\ Hoor Ho|ort Sent to Loren/,o Mar
que* Wan Not Correct.
London, Jan. 30.—The correspondent of
the Times at lyorenzo Marquez, telegraph
ing yesterday, says:
“Gen. Gourko, the Russian at 1 ache, has
arrived at Pretoria, and the French .at
tache, Col. ViHevois-Mareuil. has left Cos
lenso for Colesburg.
"How the Boers disseminate false news
has just been illustrated. Herr Pott, the
Transvaal consul here, received telegrams
from Pretoria announcing the capture of
2.000 British prisoners on the Tugela.
These he officially communicated to the
consular authorities. It is now admitted
that only 150 were capture*!.
"An officer who was interviewed after the
capture said he was the only officer still
in action at the time of the surrender.
He did not order the hoisting of the white
flag, but having been exposed in a fierce
fight for eight hours, they thought that
only twenty of them remained.
"Among the slain at the Tugela is
Lieut. Brusewitz, a German officer, who
joined the Boers two months ago.
"After a week of uncertainty British
residents of the Transvaal have been in
formed that there Is no desire to expel
any except a few undesirables. President
Kruger, however, has given a significant
warning that if the Boers are forced to
starve, the Britishers will have to share
the same fate."
STEYIV GOES TO PRETORIA.
President of Orange Free State Wa#
Warmly Welcomed.
Pretoria. Friday, Jan. 26.—President
Stcyn of the Orange Free State, and A.
Fischer of the executive council of that
republic, arrived here this morning. They
were met at the railroad station by Presi
dent Kruger and other officials and were
cheered while driving to the residence* of
the President of th? Transvaal.
The Volksstem. the official organ of the
government, in welcoming the guests of
the state, says:
"But for the courageous attitude of the
Free State the conditions of the present
struggle would be changed. It would have
been impossible for the Transvaal to have
taken the course followed with such sue
cess."
SITUATION AT KIMBEBIEV.
lloer Slm-ll* Were Klrr.l That
Failed Explode.
lon ',on, Jan. 30.—The Times has the fol
lowing heliograph message via Modder
dver, from Kimberley, dated Jan. 20:
"The bombardment continues. It is now
directed toward the inhabited portions of
the town rather than the fortifications.
Between mi'night and 1 p. m.. yesterday,
145 (?) Sheds were tired. They seem to
have been of Transvaal manufacture, not
bursting widely. One child was killed and
four people Injured.”
\fl A'OOSMEAT OF I.ADYSWITH.
That Advice Snid (o Have Been Giv
en b> Lord Kobert*.
New York, Jan. 29.-A special cablegram
from J.ondon to the Evening World says:
It is learned from a reliable source that
Field Marshal laord Roberts has advised
the abandonment of Ladysmith. At the
war office, the dispatch adds, no confirma
tion could be obtained of the advices said
to have been given by Lord Roberts.
>\nr Office Denies Report.
London. Jan. 29,-The war office denies
a report that Ladysmith has surrendered
and announces that a very heavy list of
casualties will be issued to-night.
Dundnnnltl’H Men Are Safe.
London. Jan. 29. 3:2 p. tn.-Urcat anxi
ety has been removed by the announce
ment that Lord Dundonald s cavalry
forces, Which it was feared were isolate,
among th,' hills in th" neighborhood of
Acton Homes, are safe on the south bank
of the Tugela river.
Report Is I nfonatleil.
Berlin, Jan. 29.-A semi-official dispatch,
from Lisbon, says the report that Ih •
Doers have crossed the Mozambique fron
(kr i unfounded.
the ill u a TO PARI.IIMEVT.
Will lie Only a Short Reference .
the t\ ar In Her Speech.
London. Jan. 29-It has been learned by
the Associated Press that the Queen's
speech at the reassembling of Parliament
to-morrow will be colorless. There will be
a short reference Jfo the war, chiefly con
f n and to r grets a! the terrible bloodshed
and encomium* of the men who have laid
down their live, for their country. The
whole pr elamation indicates that there
Is not the slightest Id,a of giving up the
war until Great Britain's ends arc gain
' 'v cabinet minister who wus interview
ed by a representative of the Associated
not believe the session opening
to-morrow will materialize Into anything
serous Some of our Irish friends may
trv to expire on the floor, but I And In
moments of serious national crises Dish
" cobtinutd oo FiXlb Paa*.
SAVANNAH. GA.. TUESDAY. JANUARY 30. 1 >OO.
SPECIAL BILL FOR SAVANNAH.
SIKH I,I) THERE BE NO R! YEH AND
HARBOR MEASFHE.
Fob I.eater Prepared to Look Ont for
Satnnnnli'M Interests In Any
Event—Many Members AYant a
Bill at Tills .Session—Need for I 111 -
I> rovettients at Sa mi until, and nt
Florida Ports—Wliat Judge Griggs
Did—Atlanta's Military Park.
Washington, Jan. 29.—Representative
Lester says the Committee on Rivers and
Harbors will decide to-morrow whether
they will report a genera, river and har
bor bill at the present session.
There is a very strong desire among
members, without regard to party, for a
rlvtjr and harbor bill this session. Since
the origin of the system of internal Im
provements hy the government, it has been
customary to pass a river and harbor bill
during the first session of every new Con
gress. Sometimes similar bills have been
passed at the second or short session of
a Congress.
Col. I,ester is perfectly willing to re
spond to the appeals made to his com
mittee In behalf of a bill which will in
clude liberal appropriations for Savannah
harbor and other great waterways of
equal or relative commercial importance.
Should the administration send forth the
edict that economy in public expenditures
shall begin by the defeat of a general
river and harbor bill, Cos). Lester will en
deavor to secure a special act for the ben
efit, of the Savannah, river and Savannah
harbor. He has in contemplation two or
more plans of securing the much-desired
and greatly-needed improvement of Savan
nah harbor. One plan is to have anew
appropriation to carry out an entirely new
project to give Savannah a 2S-foot chan
nel from the Ocean Steamship Company’s
docks across the bar at Tybee.
Col. Lester realizes' that he is in a meas
ure handicapped by the different views
entertained by Capt. Gillette, the engineer
officer in charge of the improvements in
Savannah harbor.
Necessity for tl.e Work.
At the war department the engineer of
ficers and those officials who visi.ed Sa
vannah during the heavy transport busi
ness to Cuba and Porto Rico dur.ng the
Spanish war, understand and appreciate
the necessity for giving Savannah the very
best waterway to the sea possible.
Should Col. Lester fail to secure provi
sion for anew project he will endeavor to
have the existing law modified by which
the money appropriated to carry out the
work on the breakwater at the outer bar
may be expended in deepening the ehan
nel. With the war department officials
friendly disposed toward the improvement
of Savannah harbor, Col. Lester will go
into the fight with the same determina
tion and indomitable energy he di-played
in securing an additional appiopriatio t
for the Savannah public building several
years ago. Then his task was apparent
ly hopeless, but bis wide tx|>erlence In
Congress, his legislative ability, and his
personal popularity on both sides'of the
chamber enabled him to pull off a victory
when defeat seemed a foregone conclusion.
Th'e great commercial interests of Sa
vannah and the steadily growing trade be
tween the United Stales and the West In
dies justify an immediate appropriation
by the government to increase the har
bor facilities of Savannah.
Workman of Sparkman anil Dm is.
Representatives Sparkman and Davis
are doing some effective missionary work
among their associates in the half of the
passage of a river and harbor bill during
the present session. Mr. Sparkman is a
member of the River and Harbor Com
mittee. and he is confident a majority of
■ his colleagues favor a general bill. There
is a number of waterways in Florida
greatly in need of improvement, and a
vigorous fight will be made to force a
bill through tlie House if the Republican
members of the committee are ordered by
the powers that be to make an adverse
report. If the bill can reach a vote it
will surely pass unless it is made a party
question. Even then there are many Re
publicans who declare they will not bow
to the party lash under the circum
stances.
Judge Griggs Scores a Point.
Judge Griggs of the Second District,
game to the f.ont in the House this even
ing, and was the chief instrument In kill
ing what was regarded the entering
wedge for a civil pension list. This was
one of the features of the bill for the
reorganization of the weather bureau, and
it came from the agricultural committee,
the weather bureau being a part of the
agricu.tural department.
The consideration of the bill had ad
vanced to a stage where it looked as if
there would be little opposition, when
Judge Griggs got into ihe fight. He point
ed out that it was but an effort to commit
the government to the civil pension idea
and that this would be followed by similar
bills from other departments. He showed
to Republicans that while they were cry
ing that the government should get out of
the banking business, they were here try
ing to put the government into the insur
ance business. His expose of the real
purpose of tills feature of the bill led nj
so many members on both sides of the
House coming to his assistance that the
consideration of the bill had to be pottl
ixua'd. anfl the indications are that It is
c< rtaln of defeat In its present shape,
ttlnntn Military Park.
Capt. H. P. Howell, who Is here paving
the way for-the bearing for the Atlanta
committee on the military park, is very
hopeful of success in Ihe endeavor (o se
cure the necessary appropriation* for this
park. When the Atlanta committee
reaches here to-morrow night, it will find
that Capt. Howell, Senator Clay and Con
gressman Livingston have prepared tilings
-o is to make their work as easy ns pos
si.de. This morning Capt. Howell first
, ~i. .i upon Gen. H. v. Boynton, tic I
of die Chlckamauga Park Commission.who
lias from the first been the syarm friend
of the Atlanta project. Gen. Boynton Is
Capt. Howell's persona] friend, and he
had a great deal of information of value,
which he placed nt the disposal of At
lanta’s representative. After a conference
of n couple of hours with Gen. Boynton.
Capt. Howell wont to the Capitol and had
talks with Col. Idvingston and Senator
Clay. With these gentlemen he went fully
over the ground.
The oniy opposition to the passage of the
hill for the park comes from two sources.
One of these Is the feeling among Repub
lican leaders that there must be the closest
economy possible by this Congress. The
other arise* from the fact that there are
several other bill* for national parks now
before Cocjrre**. Capt Uo.weU believes
that this latter objection can b* ou--i!y met
and that, indeed, It will rot be difficult to
impress the .Military Committees of the
Senate and House that of ail these propo
sitions the Atlanta one Is the most meri
torious.
After his conference with Mi s-rs Clay
and Livingston at the Capito! ' a|>i How
ell said he was most hopeful "1 favor
able action by Congress. He nil: devote
10-morrow to seeing different men, who
have interested themseives in ih" project
and others whose assistance i~ desired.
Senator Clay and Col. Livingston nil dine
with him at the Metropolitan to-morrow
night, and will meet the Atlanta delegation
upon its arrival. There will be confer
ence at the Metropolitan, then on Wed
nesday the delegation will be hoard
by the military committees of the Senate
and the House.
Senator Hatton to Speak.
Senator Bacon Is slated for a speech in
the Senate to-morrow, lo r< p y to some
of Ihe recent observations ot tins "boy
senator'' from Indiana, Mr. Beveridge.
The senior senator from Georgia will dis
cuss the general policy of ihe K- publican
administration In ihe Philippines, and
sound the key note for the Democratic
party in the Senate agains expansion.
Senator Clay has given notice that he
proposes to answer the constitutional fea
tures of Mr. Beveridge's blast next Mon
day.
BEATEN UNTIL THEY DIED.
Terrible Treatment of Negroes Sn*-
peettfd of Stealing.
Tifton. (ia., Jan. 29.—The act of iucor
potalien of the town of Doerun.in Colquitt
county, went into effect last week, and
a barroom was opened at once. Tito night
the bar was opened, an overcoat was
missed, frem the hotel, and three negroes,
strangers, were suspected of the theft,
and arrested.
Next morning, Sunday, the marshal of
the town, with a crowd of men, look tHe
negroes off Into the woods and beat one
of them unmercifully, then compelled him
to beat the other two, in an effort to
make them confess.
This alternate whipping and persuading
was kept up all day. and just before night
one of the negroes died, and a few hours
later another one died. The third Is still
lit ing.
Besides the beating, the crowd is said
to have inflicted other Indignities on the
negroes, which contributed to their death.
A coroner’s jury was empaneled, and af
ter an investigation, returned a verdict
that the negroes came to their death at
the hands of "VV. W. Beard (the marshal)
and others, and that the same was wilful
murder. A warrant was Issued for
Beard's arrest, but he has pot been found.
A great deal of ind4gnatlon Is felt by the
white people of the community in which
the beating occurred, and if the parties
are caught they will be promptly pun
ished.
The same Saturday night, at Smith's
still, a few miles south of Doetun, two
negroes became involved in a difficulty and
one shot the other through the mouth,
cutting his tongue in two. A white man
tried to interfere, and the negro threat
ened to shoot him also, but he summoned
a posse (Hid arrested the murderer and
placed him in Moultrie jail.
The negro that was shot is still alive,
although his food has to be given him
through a quill.
The names of the two negroes killed nt
Doerun are unknown, they having only
arrived (here the day the overcoat was
missed.
REPORT FROM ROCKEFELLER.
Tlie Missing Major Said to Have Been
Seen In Two Places.
Washington, Jan. 29.—The following has
been received at the war department:
"Manila, Jan. 29, 1900. Adjutant Gen
eral, Washington: Rescued Spanish ma
jor reported that he saw Maj. Rockefeller
in Northern JCambales, Dee. 12. Another
Spanish officer in Southern Luzon states
that he saw him there a short time ag).
No satisfactory conclusion can be reached.
"Oils.''
Maj. Charles M. Rockefeller has been
missing since April 28 last, and his fate is
a mystery here. He strayed away from
Gen. Lawton’s command < n the date giv
en and until to-day nothing has been h.ar.i
from him, and it was not known whether
he was dead or a prisoner.
—a-. 1
I.EY - US* VISIT TO GERMANY.
Slated That It I YVltliont Any Offi
cial Sign iflcance.
Berlin, Jan. 29.—An official agency has
communicated the following to the press:
"In spite of official statements that Dr.
Ley.ls, the diplomatic .representative of
the Transvaal, is here by official invita
tion, hfs visit Is entirely by his own Initia
tive. and though he has received ordi
nary courtesy his presence is entirely with
out political significance.''
I.eyila Makes Denials.
Berlin, Jan. 29.—The Tageblatt to-day
says that Dr. Leyds, Ihe diplomatic rep
resentative of the Transvaal government,
and nies that he met Mr. Charles E. Ma
erum, the former United States consul
at Pretoria, in Paris. He also reiterates
Ills den al that Mr. Macrum Is the bearer
of a letter to President McKinley from
the Transvaal government.
TAYLOR TAKE* % NEW TACK.
*nys I.eg Is Ia 1 lire glands on the game
Fooling as He Does.
Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 29 —Gov. Taylor, It
is asserted on excellent authority, will
assume the position that if it is decided
he Is illegally the Governor of Kentucky,
the legislators who elected Blackburn and
who were declared elected nt the ram"
election at which he w s a candidate for
Governor, were also Illegally elecled im V
have not therefore power to choose a
United State senator.
The taking of evidence closed to-day.
Large Indemnity for England.
London, Jan. 30.—The Lisbon correspond
ent of the Standard says:
"I hear that the Indemnity to be award
ed Great Britain in Ihe JiJigagoa bay arbi
tration will be so large that Portugal will
be obliged to make over the railway and
the port of Lorenzo Marquez to the Brit
ish government.”
To Investigate Small-Pox.
Wilmington, N. C. Jan. 29 —Surgeon Gen
eral Wyman has ordered Dr. C. P. Wer
tenbaker, surgeon in charge of the Ma
rine Hospital here, to proceed to Winston-
Salem, N. C., and Investigate the small
pox situation there.
ATTACK ON MASON RESENTED.
SEN VTOHS DISCI SS IIMITISII VICE
< ON SI I/S LETTER.
S*mi torn Hoar nnri l.oilue Thotiftltt
tin* Senate Shoulil Take Coffnl
*ii nee of l—\ttmk Hruariled a*
H'lkJil.v linpro|M*r—Senator Mnaon
Iniliiliteil in Some Strong ReinarkN,
Senator Tillman on the I*lilll|>ilih'
and Knee Question*!.
Washington. Tan. 29 A newspaper in
terview with ti\e British vice consul at
New Orleans assailing 1 Senator Mason,
Republican of Illinois, for his pro-Trans
vaal attitude, was made the text to-day
in the Senate for a question of priviloKO
by Mr. Mason, who not only attacked the
consul, but the British policy in levying
war upon an Inferior nation. The con
sul's course was severely denounced In
several speeches.
A feature of tlie day’s proceedings was
a forceful pro-Filipino speech by Mr. Till
man of South Carolina.
M . Pett grew of South Dakota present
ed a resolution calling upon the l’resi
dertt. if not incompatible with public in
terests, to inform the Senate if the people
of Samoa had been consulted with refer
ence to the treaty regarding the Samoan
Islands. The resolution went over.
Under a special order, resolutions pre
sented by Mr. Allison of lowa, for the
election of Charles G. Bennett of New
Yo k as secretary of the Senate, and Dan
iel M. Kanslell of Indiana, sergeant-at
arms. were adopted without division.
They will qualify about Feb. 1.
Monoii liaised a. ({nestlon.
Mr. Mason of Illinois ro/e to a question
of personal privilege. l!e had read u
newspaper*clipping of an interview with
the British consul at New Orleans, who
was quoted as saying that the British
public was disgusted with the position
taken by the American people and some
of the senators in Congress on the subject
of the BrHish-Transvaal war. That posi
tion was assumed, the consul was quoted
as saying, simply because the American
people were mercenary. To-day they were,
favorable to the Floors, because they had
achieved a little success; to-morrow they
would be just as favorable to the British
when they had achieved victory. The
consul considered as particularly bombas
tic the utterances of certain senators of
the. United States, and declared, accord
ing to the interview, that when Senator
Mason adopted the role of a mounlel>ank
ami encouraged the "half-civilixed” peo
ple, lie did so simply for "show and for
votes.”
Mr. Mason said the consul’s utterances
were scarcely worth attention except that
he was one of the accredited representa
tives of a great nation to this country.
“It is not the first time,” declared Mr.
Mason, “that a British diplomat has at
tempted to run this country. So far as his
personal attacks upon me are concerned,
I have no concern. They do me honor.
The more venomous attacks by ihe Hr t-
Ish upon me and those* who think like me;
the more we are made the subjects of
British stupidity and asalnlty, the sooner
will all the American }>eoplo get on *he
right side of the controversy.
"('heap men who come lo this country
in diplomatic or consular capacity and mis
quote the utterances of senators only ;c
--centuate the arrogance and cowardice of
those people.”
Wniiftt tlie Treaty Hu 1 1 fleil.
Further along Mr. Mason said that ac
cording to the best information obtaina
ble, the people of Scotland, those of In
land, and 95 per cent, of the people of
Armrica were in sympathy with the Boers
in their contest with Great Britain. Af
ter suggesting that he needed no special
defense from the state department in this
matter, he wanted to know what has be
come of the arbitration treaty that was
submit/od to this Senate.
"I am told,” he said, “that the United
States government cannot mediate in this
war until that treaty has been ratified. If
that is so 1 want that treaty discovered
and ratified so that that barrier against
mediation shall be remowed.”
Mr. Mason then adverted to the resolp
lion of sympathy with the Boers which
had been offered early in the session. He
urged the Corn-milttee on Foreign Rela
tions, to which the resolution had been re
ferred, to make a report upon it. in order
that a vote might lx* bad upon* it. If it
was not fair, he urged the committee to
make it fair, but he did not want to be
lieve that it was buttled In the committee
as the London newspapers had announced
the morning after its introduction.
“Don’t take that child to the grave
yard.” urged Mr. Mason, "for I give you
notice now that there will be a resurrec
tion of lt every day after this week. You'll
have a chance to think about it at least
once every day unless you go to the cloak
rooms while i discuss It.”
Hour Books on It ** Serious.
Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts regarded the
utterance of the British consul as very
serious, "on attack, in fact, upon the
character of a United States senator and
upon the American people.” •
It seem<*d to him that inasmuch as the
matter had been brought officially to th<*
attention of the Senate, it ought to be re
ferred to the Committee on Foreign JtcD
tions. so thnt that committee might bring
it to the attention of the President. He
thought It might be a proper ground for
the revocation of the British consul’s ex
equatur and perhaps it might properly be
made a subject of representations to the
government of Great Britain.
Mr. Hoar then moved that the matter
be referred to the Committee on Foreign
Relations. Continuing, Mr. Hour express
ed his regret that Mr. Mason had made
hi* impassioned attack ujxm a friendly
nation. The Senate was a part of the
diplomatic power of this government, and
if such utterances were made here he
doubted the * ftieacy of any offers of medi
ation that might be made by the United
States.
"It docs not seem to me,” said Mr. Hoar,
“to be a logical position to assume. I
have hoped that the time would come
when either mediation between Great Bri
tain and the Transvaal should be offer
ed by the government or that the [Muni
tion of the. American people would be
made so clear as to bring about peace.”
Mr. Hoar eaid that if Great Britain were
wrong in the. present content she wan re
garde.i by patriot)* Americans precisely
us they would regard their own govern
ment if it were wrong.
S* Ii on I<l Take log nlsance of It.
In a brief speech, Mr. dodge said that
about three years ago the Spanish minis
ter, resident in Washington, had made
an attack upon senators.
“I regarded thut attack,” said Mr.
Bodge, "us highly improper, and I called
tho attention of the Senate lo it. Spain
was then engaged in pressing the life out
of Uuha. •but that vn ts not the t oson 1
sjMke. 1 thought the attention of the
Senate ought to be called to the su -
Jcct. becaiiN# i did not believe the diplo
matic or consular officials had a right to
at tuck senators in such a manner. I have
not changed my opinion. This is a mat
ter of which wo ought to take cognisance.
It U no better coming from it British
consul than from a Spanish minister.”
Tho mutter was 4hen referred to tho
(Committee on Foreign Relations.
The resolution of Mr. Pettigrew declar
ing food products not to he contraband
of war, wnn referred to tho Committee
nil Foreign Relations, after a brief speech
by Mr. Pettigrew.
Mr. Carter presented a conference re
port on tho census administration bill, and
It was agreed to.
Tillman on Philippines.
In accordance with previous announce
ment. Mr. Tillman delivered an address
upon the Philippines question. His dis
cussion of tho subject wus general.
Mr. Tillman deprecated tho idea that a
man is disloyal to the flag if he declare.--,
his belief that the prosecution of the war
in tho Philippines is disloyalty to the
Declaration of Independence and said he
was "ready to locate the responsibility for
tho blood that had been epilled. i im
pugn no man’s motives,” he said, "but
whether the President be most to blame
or whether the crimo rests on his dupes
and subservient party dependents, J say.
with all tho emphasis of my nature, that I
and none of thost* who voted against the
•♦ aly are responsible for the spilling f
one drop of this innocent blood thnt has
been shed and 1 will not endure patient
ly and without resentment any such accu
sation.”
Mr. Tillman then discussed at length
tlie race question as it rentes to the
Philippines, in the course of which he ex
pressed strong dissent from the statement
made recently by Senator Morgan th it
the civil War was pfeeiplt ited by design
ing politicians who desired to thrust the
negro with social and political quality
upon the whites of the South.
Scouting tho charge the Filipinos were
not capable of self-government, he said:
"If the Filipino leaders and their fol
lowers, those men of affairs, men so strong
in the fal-th of the right of men to govern
themselves after our great example, that
although illy armed and without artillery,
it has required 60,000 American troops over
a year to drive them from the field and
even yet they have not surrendered, but
have adopted a guerilla warfare—lf these
are not fit for self-government under kind
ly tutelage, let me nsk of those Republi
cans here, who in pari are responsible for
it, and who were and are now in absolute
sympathy with it, how dared they give
the control of the Southern states into the
hands of negroes as being fit no 4 only to
govern themselves, but also to govern
v Idle men? If the Filipinos are children,
what were and ore the ex-slaves of the
South? Ilow dared Republicans appeal
to ihe Northern masse** to compel the
South to grant the negroes a free vote and
a fair count when it Involved negro rule
pure and simple?
"Were the fruits of the war mere Sodom
apples to be turned lo ashes In mich a
brief span? Are tjie thirteenth, fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments to Im? nullified
In their very essence because they fulled
of their purpose in the Soutlt? Are they
for home use only? Is the flag to become
again a 'flaunting lie’ and float over u
military despotism, first in the Philippines
iiiki later at the home? Was the memor
able conflict between the slavery and free
dom useless? Have we gained nothing?
Is tin* commercial greed which dominates
in our councils and coerce# the President
lo do iiis bloody and dirty work, to make
of the constitution anew 'league with
death and covenant with hell’ In the in
terest of oppression akin to slavery? In
order to do all these things must we ‘camp
outside the constitution' and give the old
Interpretation of the Southern slavehold
er# to the Declaration of Independence
and nullify all precedents and decisions
of our Supreme Court? Did th is* nation
offer up of its beat and bravest upon the
altar of liberty tho blood of 700,000 tnen
and spend and destroy five billions of
treasure Hint we might have a ‘govern
ment of the people, by the [>eopJe, for the
people*.’ to find that In the brief spen of
one man’s life the sacrifice wa# vain, the
Civil War n mistake and that the colored
race has no rights we are bound to re
epeet at home and abroad?”
\ Shut nt n*v**rldgr.
Adverting to Mr. Beveridge's quotations
from the Bible, Mr. Tillman said:
"I have beard that the devil can quote
Scripture for his own purposes. Why. I
can quote Scripture myself (laughter.)
Verily, verily. 1 say unto you, Senator
from Indiana,” pointing his finger dram
atically at Mr. Beveridge, who sat with
in a few feet of him, “you cannot gather
tig! from thorns, nor grapes from tiiis
tl s "
‘ If we mete out despotism and bayonet
rule to that people, will It not be meted
hack to us? It need not be from a foreign
source, and it cannot be from a foreign
source that the government by bayonet
will ever oppress the American people.
Our danger lies in familiarizing our peo
ple with despotic methods, in abandoning
the American ideal and the principle# of
our fathers.
‘ The curse of bayonet rule will come
back to plague you as sure as there is a
God In heaven.”
In conclusion, Mr. Tillman said:
“l protest against the continuance of
this unholy war. The President has de
clared that upon Congress rests the re
sponsibility. He shirks the burden of
his mistake and crime and endeavors to
shift it to our shoulders. Let us give
those people n government of their own.
the only self-government, in whatever
form they might select, find be rid of
the lmrden as well as the shame which
must be ours if we do not. Let u# pro
tect them against outside Interference, and
in a small part compensate them for the
wrongs we hove done them.
"In the name of Washington, of Jeffer
son and Lincoln, let u# stop this war,
which was a hideous blunder in Its be
ginning. It is now n war of conquest, j
crime in the sight of God and man.”
At 5 o’clock the Senate adjourned.
PUNT EftTATB APIMUISBI).
Valued lit Ifll leaving Out
Florida Ileal Eitntc.
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 29.—Judge
Lyndc Harrison, one of tho executors of
the will of the late Henry B. Plant, 111**1
the Inventory of his estate with the ap*.
praiwa! in the Probate Court to-day.
it amounts to $16,962,500 and Include# all
of his estate except the real estate which
belonged to him in Florida, and which is
not subject* to appraital and Inventory
except in the courts of that state.
Are Free From tin* I’laune.
Rio Janeiro, Jan. 29—The ports of Bio
Janeiro and Santos have been officially
declared free from the bubonic plague.^
DAILY. $8 A YEAR.
S CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2 T'MKS-A WEEK $1 A YEAH
SULZER RESOLUTION PASSED.
MOIIK CH ITU ISM OF SECKfCTAR X,
4. ltd) IN I III: HOI tK,
Provide* for In ve*l ign Ilnur tti9
Tru umm ell on m t\li| fle Nfltlontii
< it> Hunk—Secretary finge'n Ho*
live* t filled Into <1 uc*f ion—Rlefi**
urtlMOti nod Sufr.er >inlo the At*
tuck*—Hill lo ({(‘oi'Kiuiixe Weiithetf
II u re:iu 110*1 Be nMI on llie Fni|lo> e#|
Itccrlicd ii Hlnck i;>e.
Washington, Jm. 29 A Ini! for the re*
organization and improvement of th3
weather bureau, which include# provision*
tor pensioning disabled and aged
ol the servl- **, received i black eye tn th*i
House to-day, and its opponent# believe id
is killed.
The bill was bitterly fought by the op
ponents .if civil pension roll#, on account
of its lifA tenure provision.
The early portion of tin* day wa# devote*!
to a lively scrimmage over the Sulzer rea*
olution, to investigate Secretary Gage,
which th Committee on Rules recom
mended should I*.* sent to the* Ways an*!
Meins Committee, as the latter commit
ho has the response of the Secretary in
ii# possession.
There was no opposition to the pro*
posed action, but Mr. Richardson of Ten
nessee and Mr. Sulzer of New York u#e<|
li as i text for renewing their attack#
upon the Secretary. Mr. Gage was de*
fended by Mr. Hopkins of Illinois, Mr„
Mill of Connecticut and Mr. Dalzell ofl
Pennsylvania.
Mr. Richardson, leader of the minority*
while not opposed to the reference, nil |
he wjis decidedly of the opinion that art in
vestigation should be made. The govern
ment had taken a paper credit for $3,215,001
for the Cuatom House property, which lef!
the pitiful sum of $60,000 still due the gov
ernment. Why qotild the cerdit not hav<l
been for the full amount?
He Insisted that the reason had develop
ed. It had been the intention, of the Secre
tary of the Treasury,he said,to relieve til#
bank of its tax obligation to the elate ar.<!
eiiy of New York by retaining ihe titla
in the government. Tn# governm nt had
agreed to pay rent f*>r th*' property yes
tlie hank was not to pay taxes upon it.
He calk'd attention <o ihe letter of tho
Secretary of the Treasury asking Congress
to appropriate $109,000 for the property
so hi In the manner he had described f*i
prevent the bank from being liable for
taxes. *
"If that was the secretary # motive, '*
said Mr. Richardson, emphatically, “I am
here to condemn it and to insist that it
ill, become# the Secretary of the Tre-imiry
to go Into partnership with a private cor
poration."
With it# Interest on its nominal payment
to the government and Its deposited bond#
and with the rental charge upon the gov
ernment, rental 1m ing 4 per cent, on tho
purchase price, this juggling hud enabled
the hank to make $867,000 up to date.
Mr. Sulzer of New York, the author of
the resolution, said the Republican party
dared neither to smother 4 nor ignore the
resolution. Ever.since the present sec
retary had been in office, Mr. Sulzer suld,
he had been aiding the National City Batik:
at the expense of other national banks.
It had been making millions, “coming and
going." He declared that the people of
the country recognized that the Secretary]
of the Treasury was unfit and incompetent
to hold tho purse strings. The United
State# treasury wa# made the instrument
of th** Standard Oil trust. Aye. more, ha
hum, the |M-op’*‘ believed the Secretary
should be lmiwaehed.
In !>efeime of <>nire.
Mr. Hopkins of Illinol#, replying, said
all this discussion wa# premature and out)
of place.
"I fdtnp'y rise," said he, "to protests
against Oils unfounded, unwarranted and
untrue charge made by the gentleman
from Tennessee (Mr. Richardson). What
right ha# lie to impute false and fraudu*
lent motives to Hie Secretary of thq
Treasury?”
“Why did the $50,000 remain unpaid '!'*
interrupted Mr. Richardson.
"I’ll come to that," replied’Mr. Hopkins*
Proceeding, lie suid Mr. Richardson had
charged that the secretary had entered
into a fraudulent contract. “I affirm,” he
said ‘ that there is no support whatever
for the charge. The custom house prop
erty was sold to the National City Bank.
It took possession and made a lease. C
claim that the city and state of New
York can proceed to the collection ofl
taxes just as if the paper title had pass
ed.
“Under th** law the Secretary of 4ha
Treasury sold the property to the highest
bidder. The National City Bank bid $190.-
000 more than any other bidder. Wtiat la
Ihe next offense? That the purchase price
was deposited with the National City]
Bank. That bank is a government de
pository, selected by a Democratic admin
istration, because of its financial standing,
and a deposit in that bank was the same
as If it had been in the sub-treasury or in
the treasury itself.”
Mr. Hill of Connecticut declared that tha
resolution for an investigation was pure
buncombe, in tend <*<l for political purposes,
just as <i similar resolution directed
against the Democratic Secretary of the
Treasury in the last administration was.
As to holding back $50,000, Mr. Hill re
plied that the law under which the proi>-
erty was sold compelled the p.iyment of
only $750,000 cash, and the remainder from
lime to time. t
The Secretary was compelled to receive
any casii payment In excess of $750,000.
Furthermore, the city could not lose* the
tax*# upon the property, lie proceeded to
explain the tax law# of New York rela
tive to the national bank#.
"Therefore,” sai I h* In conclusion, “the
disreputable charge that the Secretary of
the Treasury did anything with fraudu
lent Intern falls to the ground.” (Ap
plause on the Republican side.)
Neither Mr. Hopkins nor Mr. Hill, said
Mr. Richardson, had made any answer
to Id# question as to why the Secretary
of the Treasury had not taken a paper
credit for $3,266,000 instead of $3,215,000. Hh
insisted tjmt failure to answer had lefC
open the question as to taxation. He also
questioned the right of the National City
Bank, with a capital of $7,000,000, to buy
real estate to tho amount of half it#
capital.
The resolution was passed without a di
vision.
A bill to require pilot# and officer# of
steam vessels to make oath to their ap
plications for licenses was passed.
The Weather Bnrenu Hill.
When 4lsp Weather Bureau reorganise
tlqrx bill was called up, Mr. Brown of Ohio
Continued on Fifth Lags.