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THE MORNING NEWS.
Established 1860. .- - Incorporated 1888
J. H. ESTILL, President.
PORTO RICO TO HAVE TARIFF.
INDICATIONS THAT THE MEASURE
WILL GO THROUGH.
proposition to Strike Out the 15 Per
Cent. Seetioi4 Voted Down !>y 1< to
Oacon Wanted Free Trade*.
Beveridge Haw Modified His Views
and \Vill Vote for the Bill if lie
Cannot Get the Free Trade Sub
stitute.
Washington, March 29.—A direct vote
tv as taken by the Senate to-duy on the
proposition to strike from the Porto Rico
measure the provision levying 15 per cent,
oi the Dingley law duties upon Porio
.Rico products. The proposition was de
feated by a vote of 16 to 33.
While the vote is regarded as presaging
ihe passage of the pending measure, it is
r.ot regarded as indicating the final vote
on the bill.
The feature of the debate to-day was the
sp. ech of (Mr. Beveridge. While he ad
vocated reciprocity between the United
S:ates and Porto Rico, he announced that
it ail efforts to secure free trade should
foil, he would support the pending bill.
The bill was under discussion throughout
the session, several important amend
ments being agreed- to.
Speech of Mr. Beveridge.
Mr. Beveridge addressed the Senate in
support’ of the proposition for free trade
between the United States and the Isl
and of Porto Rico. He said, in conclu
sion :
“I favor immediate reciprocity, and I
shall go on record as vo'ting for amend*
meats giving immediate and unrestrict
ed freedom of trade to our Island of Por
to Rico. But if w** in the Senate who
believe that Porto Rico should have re
ciprocity at once, are not able to so amend
the bill here, I shall, after voting for
reciprocity amendments, vote for the civil
government bill, as modified by the com
mittee, because we must not deny civil
government to the people of Porto Rico a
moment longer, and because the bill as
modified insures free trade with Porto
Kieo as soon as the civil government of
that ls’and provides a system of taxation
of its own. So that the sooner Porto
Rico gets civil government the quicker it
*ill get free trade under modifications
which the committee have made to the
bill.
"I should be glad if the bill could be so
■fPirated that we might vote for civil
government without the revenue feature,
n'rhough the committee has modified that
feature so as to insure early freedom of
trade. But as the bill stands, unlese we
• an amend it we must vote for it os mai
iilf-d by the committee or else vote against
civil government altogether, and civil
government must no longer he denied to
the people of Porto Rico. Delay of civil
government to these people is denial of
justice. And so I shall vote for the civil
government bill because it docs establish
government at once and because under
t ie modification by the committee It algo
establishes absolute reciprocity in the
near future.
Ought to He Free Trncle.
“It ought to establish unrestricted trade
Instantly, and it may be that the House
will so amend It. if we should not so
amend it here. But if we are not able
<<* so amend it hero, and if the House
should not so amend it, but adopt the
ni Miifiod civil government bill," the com
mittee’s mollification does give us the ab
solute certainty of unrestricted trade at
no distant date.
“The bill as a whole, while not what I
would have it. in its failure to give imme
diate and unrestricted trado to Porto Rico
nd in other particulars, nevertheless does
‘publish civil government which may not
be delayed another moment, and does in
sure- early reciprocity, end so is a step
in the right direction.in our progress as
>n administering nation, and is a recogni
tion of those great principles on which
that progress depends.”
At the conclusion of Mr. Beveridge’s
uddress, Mr. Foraker asked that the Sen
a * proceed with the consideration of
amendments.
The Coffee \men<lment.
The first amendment was one imposing a
duty of 5 cents a pound upon coffee im
l-orted Into Porto Rico.
Mr. Pettus of Alabama moved to strike
out the amendment and demanded a vote
on his amendment, which involved the
question whether a tax could be imposed
°n products lmjDorteti into Porto Rico
which was not * imposed on the same
products imported into “other parts of
th<* United States.”
Mr. Gallinger defended the amendment
r, f the committee. During the Spanish
regime, he said, a tariff had .been im
posed upon coffee imported into Porto
hi o because the coffee raised there is
regarded as the best in the world, and it
was desired to prevent it from being
spoiled by being blended with inferior
brands.
"If you have a free hand to mutilate
b'• constitution.” paid Mr. Pettus,
"then you can pass tnis bill; but if the
constitution means anything when it says
'hat taxes and duties shall be uniform,
then you have no such right.”
Mr. Pettus’ amendment was defeated,
18 to 32.
Huron Won tori Free Trnde*
Mr. Bacon of Georgia offered an nmend
rr'l 1 t in the form of a substitute for sec
• 2 and 3 of the committee bill e*tab
h ling the regular Dingley tariff rates
• f duty on articles imported form foreign
tries into Porto Rico and providing
r * no duties shall be levied on articles
imported into Porto Rico from the United
K’ai. s or into the United States from
i’oi o Rico. Mr. Bacon explained that it
"■ his idea to establish in Porto Rico
,h ‘ tariff system in vogue in this country.
1,1 said the amendment presented a
issue of the question now before
the Senate.
Mr. Gallinger said the bill as it stood
Infinitely more liberal than was the
a, n* ndment offered by Mr. Bacon.
Mr- Lindsay of Kentucky offered an
Mr n f-dnient to Mr. Bacon’s amendment
Dividing for absolute free trade betw* *n
tl'i- Gantry and Porto Rico, lie wanted
’ * afford the Senate opportunity to vote
directly f or f r cc trade.
II- then offered an amendment to Mr.
’‘“•on’s amendment, providing for ahso
" free trade between this country niad
h • inlands.
Mr• Bacon accepted the amendment,
bending action upon the Baron amenfl
ri 'U sections 2 and 3 of the bill, were per
'vl‘d by the committee.
‘ Pettus of Alabama, then moved to
►bk-out the provision in section 3, pro
” brig for a duty of 15 per cent, of the
(Continued on Fifth Page.)
fpje illimtutg fJeM.
the delagoa hay award.
Portugal Will Have to Pay the Sum
of 15,314,000 Prunes.
Berne, Switzerland, March 29.—According
to the Delagoa Bay Railroad award Portu
gal is condemned to pay 15,314.000 francs.
The award, which is. unanimous, was giv
en its long expected announcement late
this afternoon. Following is the text of
the decision:
“First. The Portuguese government, s
the defending party', is condemned to pay
to the government of the United States
and to Great Britain, the claimants, alto
gether, in addition to the £28.009 paid on
account in 1890, the sum of 15,314.000 francs
in legal Swiss money with simple interest
on this sum at the rate of 5 per cent, per
annum from June 1, 1889, up to date of
payment of said sum.
“Second. This sum, after deducting what
is necessary to defray the cost of aroi
tration, falling on the claimants, and in
addition to the balance of £28,000 paid on
account in 1890, shall be employed in the
payment of bondholders and other cred
itors. if there is need, of the Delagoa Bay
Railway Company, according to their
standing, the claimants to draw up a
scale of distribution for this purpose. The
Portuguese government will have to pay
into the hands of the government of the
United States the sum, which, according to
said scale, shall accrue to-MoMurdo, repre
sented by said government In her quality
of bondholding creditor of the first and
second degree. It will pay the surplus to
the government of Great Britain for the
benefit of all others having rights.
“Third. The delay of six months fixed
by the last line of clause IV of the ar
bitration compromise shall run from this
day forth.
“Fourth. The costs of the arbitration,
according to a scale to be drawn up in
accordance with clause V of the arbitra
tion compromise will be borne In equal
parts by the three parties to the suit—
that is to say, a third part by each of
them. m
“Fifth. The conclusions of the parties,
in so far as they differ from the above
award are set aside.
“Sixth. An authentic cOpy of the pres
ent award will be delivered through the
intermediary of the Swiss Federal Coun
cil to each of the three parties to the
cause.”
THINKS IT WITHOUT EQUITY.
Daily Mail’s and Other Views of Del
agon Hay Award.
London, March 30.—The Daily Mail com
menting upon the aw r ard at Berne, says:
“The boundless procrastination of the
tribunal, it is difficult to explain, for not
the smallest trace of equity can be dis
covered in the award of the beggarly £600,-
000 awarded as compensation for a con
cession valued af $6,000,000. We fear the
arbitrators allowed themselves to be’prej
udiced against British interests by the
irrational Anglophobia which has seized
upon the Swiss people. By their conduct
the arbitrators have struck a deadly blow
at arbitration.”
The Daily Chronicle says:
“The award corresponds with the gen
eral anticipation, Portugal is condemned
to pay, including interest, nearly a mil
lion sterling. Probably the ingenuity of
Pretoria was a fertile contributor to the
inexplicable delay of the arbitration. We
wonder whether the diplomatists at Lis
bon think they have had the value of
their money.”
The editorial then proceeds to reproach
the British government with doing noth
ing to stop President Kruger s open in
trigues in the Delagoa bay affair,and says:
“We would not be surprised to find that
President Kruger had thoughtfully banked
a nice sum to enable Portugal to pay the
indemnity and so to provide against the
contingency he foresaw so clearly in
March, 1888. On the other hand. President
Kruger has had all the value he is likely
to get. out of the Delagoa bay. and he is
not the man to pay for favors received, if
they can be had for nothing. In this state
of uncertainty we should he glad to have
some announcement from Lord Salisbury.”
The Daily News says:
“The sum awarded Is a great surprise,
as has been the time taken by the arbitra
tors In arriving at a decision. It has
been estimated at between two and two
and a half millions sterling at lea.-t
would be the amount of the award, and
upon the financial obligations thus to be
laid upon Portugal a great deal of political
speculation has recently turned. Thus
speculations will probably have to undergo
a good deal of modification."
The Daily Graphic says:.
“The award Is profoundly unsatisfactory,
for. if ever there was a high-handed and
unjustifiable raid on private property it
was the confiscation of the Delagoa Bay
Railway.”
The Times says:
“The company and Its creditors will
doubtless consider the sum awarded far
from adequate, but it is probably as much
•is (hey can reasonably have expected to
recover and as much as Portugal can
manage to raise without assistance.”
After commenting upon the needless de
lay in the proceedings, the Times goes
on to say:
“It is believed that Portugal some time
ago .made provisions for meeting the
greater part of the sum awarded. She
has done a wrong to British and Ameri
can subjects, but it is manifest that she
did not do it of her own free will. She
was acting under a degree of pressure
which verged upon duress—pressure con
sistently applied, it may be noted, for ob
jects avowedly politic and avowedly hos
t,iP to British influence, not from the time
of the Jameson raid, but from the time
when Mr. Kruger was negotiating the
London convention.
••Should Portugal in these conditions un
expectedly experience difficulties in mak
ing the necessary payments, there can be
no doubt that British capital would gladly
come to the assistance of our old ally.”
. The Standard says:
• It would be asking too much of human
nature to expect that the Aggrieved par
lics will submit to their fate cheerfully,
qhe hill of costs will make a largf* hole
In the award, and it is safe to say
for every sovereign the claimants will
receive, they hn<B*built hopes on at least
three and probably more.
••The whole thing is most unfortunate,
especially as there is no compulsion to
resort to arbitration. Great Britain and
the United States might simply have
presented a bill of damages at Lis
bon. and required Its prompt liquidation.
Resistance would have been out of the
question and our moral case was so un
assailable that no power would have pre
sumed to intervene.
“Lodklng at all side* of the South Afri
can qucation, tp sacrificed much for ihe
enke of supporting the principle of ar
bltration. It Is probable that Portugal
Will be able to raise Ihe sum awarded
without nllenatln* any part of her colo
nial possessions. SHil we do not ro<arl
the question flit tlnally settled. Friendly
diplomacy may yet achieve whot a re
course to arbitration haa failed to u-com
plin h.”
SAVANNAH, GA„ FRIDAY, MARCH 30. 1900.
BOERS NEAR BLOEMFONTEIN.
THEY MAY HE GATHERING FOIf A
DETE H >ll \EI) ATTACK.
Cord Roberta In Scmtiny Troops to
Enaase Them—lt Does Not Seem
Probable Than They NN ill Make an
Open Attack—Harrs Are Getting
Bolder and Are Making? Many
Hnids—Mafekinw Is Still Indergo
inifc Romhnrdment.
London, March 30, 4 a. m.—The Boers
are concentrating in force about fifteen
miles north of Bloemfontein in the rear
of Glen and Lord Roberts is sending for
ward troops to engage them.
The Seventh Infantry Division and part
of Gen. French’s Cavalry have been sent
up to join the Fourteenth Brigade, and
the two cavalry regiments that arq hold
ing Glen and its environs.
It does not seem probable that the Boers
will give serious battle in the fairly open
country'north of Glen. Still their evident
strength indicates mote than a corps of
observation.
In small affairs the Boors are daringly
aggressive in all parts of the field of war.
The Johannesburg mounted police, esteem
ed by the Boers to be their best mounted
commando, are raiding the country near
Bloemfontein, harrassing the farm
ers who have given up their arms to the
British and carrying off cattle.
There is a Boar report from Natal that
a Russian soldier of fortune, Col. Ga
notzki, with a hundred horsemen, is oper
ating close to the Biritlsh outpusts on the
western border.
The Boers have reoccupied Campbell
and are in strength near Taungs and
Barkley West. They shelled tho British
camp at Warren on Wednesday, hut mov
ed out of range that night. Y’eaterday
(Thursday) two British guns enfiladed the
Boer trenches, quieting their Mausers.
Methuen Ordered Hack.
Lord Methuen and the forces that had
been operating in the Barkley district have
been recalled to Kimberley by Lord Rob
erts. No explanation has been* given for
this, but the mounted troops are disshtis
tiv.i at having been ordered back.
The Boers and disloyalists? at Ken
hardt have been dispersed and caused to
retreat.
Gen. Parsons is about to enter the town
unopposed.
Lord Roberts is making expensive ar
rangements to police and safeguard all
the Free State towns in the territory oc,
cupled. Dispatches from Maseru assert
that the Boers who returned to Lady
brand from Olocan have taken up strong
positions and sent pickets far in every
direction to watch Basutoland in the ex
pectation that part of Gen. Buller’s army
will invade the Free State on that side.
According to Pretoria advices, Mnfeking
was bombarded for seven hours on Tues
day.
It is reported in London in well informed
quarters, that Lord Kitchener will be of
fered the post of commander-in-ehlef in
India, succeeding the late Sir William
Lockhart, so soon as decisive successes
have been obtained in the Transvaal, and
that Gen. Sir Archibald Hunter will suc
ceed him as Lord Roberts’ chief of staff.
The Indian newspapers have been urg
ing Kitchener's appointment.
JOl BERT’S BODY iX STATE.
Will Be Ilnrleil on His Farm AN'llh
oilt Military Honors,
Pretoria, Wednesday, March 28.—Gen.
Jou’bert was taken 111 Sunday morning.
He was at his office the previous day. He
suffered great pain, but became uncon
scious some time before death. The com
plaint was acute inflammation of the bow
els.
The body will lie in state to-morrow and
will then be taken by special train to the
farm at Rustfonteln, near Wakkerstroom,
where it will be burled quietly, as Joubert
often requested, and without military hon
ors.
Michael Davitt has gone to Kroonstad.
TO RETAKE BLOEMFONTEIN'.
President Kruger Rousts His Inten
tion to Ho So.
London, March 20.-—'The Bloemfontein
correspondent of the Morning Post, tele
graphing Wednesday, says:
“President Kruger boasts his intention
to retake Bloemfontein within a week and
it appears probable that the Boers are ad
vancing in force southward.”
BOERS ARE CONCENTRATING.
Gen. Roberts Is Sending Reinforce
ments to Glen.
London, March 30.—A dispatch to the
Daily Chronicle from Bloemfontein, dated
March 28, says:
“The Boers are active north of Glen,
about fifteen miles from here. It is re
ported that they are concentrating in con
siderable force.
“Reinforcements of all arms are Itelng
sent up from Bloemfontein, including the
Seventh Division and a portion of Gen.
French’s cavalry.
"The Johannesburg mounted police are
still raiding catlle and harassing the dis
armed burghers, who are returning to
their farms.”
ROBERTS’ DELAY NECESSARY.
Reported Roers Are Reinforced by
Many Foreign Troops.
London, March 29.—A dispatch from
Bloemfontein published in the Times, dat
ed Wednesday, March 28, dw-elis upon the
necessity for not making a premature ad
vance from this capital. This corre
spondent. who on several occasions, seem
ed to have been chosen as the mouth
piece of Lord Roberts, cables:
"It should be clearly understood that
the present halt In the vicinity of Bloem
fontein is absolutely necessary as a mil
itary precaution. It should be borne in
mind that we are about to enter 'on a
new phase of the operations with the
main communications through a recently
occupied hostile country and that the
recent successes necessitated a great ex
penditure of horse power. Here and in
Natal we shall move on the commence
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NEW PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
linking Preparations to Sail on the
Hancock April 15.
Washington, March 29.—The members
of the new Philippine Commission spent
three hours behind closed doors in earnest
conference with Secretary Root at the
war department to-day.
At the conclusion, of the conference the
Secretary said that the discussion had
covered thb probable scope of the work of
the commission for the next two year's.
So far he had not been able to present
the commissioners Written instructions,
and what passed to-day was rather pre
paratory to the reception of those instruc
tions.
it was not the intention at this time lo
make the instructions public. But it
might be stated in general terms, tho Sec
retary said, that the new commission
would have much broader powers in
dealing with (he problems arising
in the Philippines than had
its predecessor. The primary
purpose was the establishment of local
civil governments throughout tho Islands.
In the selection of the civil officers tab
commission would have a free hand.
When asked whether the sivil authorities
would dominate the military, the Secre
tary contented himself with the reply that
as he saw it, no question was likely to
arise on that point; there would be no
chance for friction.
The commission will meet again to-mor
row and will continue the conference with
Secretary Root in the afternoon. That
will be the last meeting of <he full com
mission in Washington before the depar
ture for Manila. The members will dine
with the President of the United States
at the White House to-morrow evening,
and to-morrow night three of them,
Gen. Wright, Judge Ide and
Prof. Worcester, will go to their
home to prepare their private
affairs for a two-years’ absence in the
Philippines. Judge Taft, the chairman of
the commission', goes to New York Satur
day, but will return to Washington before
starting on his voyage. Prof. Moses also
leaves Saturday, going directly lo his
home in California. Thglcommisslon will
gather at San Francisco bn Anri! 12 and
will sail for Manila on Ihe 15th on the
army transport Hancock.
The personnel of the attaches and staff
lias been practically completed, but Judge
Taft preferred to defer the announcement
of their names until to-BKirnw in order to
comply with certain necessary formalities.
TO MAKE IT AN OPES GATEWAY.
Design* of Ollier Lines on Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac.
Philadelphia, March 29.—The Record to
morrow will say:
It was practically admitted by Penn
sylvania Railroad official yesterday' that
a project Is on foot to make an open
gateway of the Richmond, Fredericks
burg and Potomac Railroad between the
North and South. To what extent the
Pennsylvania is interested in the project
or just how it is to be brought about,
they decline to say, stating that the mat
ter is not ready to be talked about.
The. Seaboard Air Line, which recently
secured a charter from the Virginia Leg
islature to build a line from Richmond
to Washington, there to connect with the
Baltimore and Ohio to the North, it is
understood somewhat active in bringing
about such a project, as in the event of
its successful culmination, the building
of over 100 miles of railroad practically
paralleling the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac could be avoided.
Whether the plan is for all the railroads
inter-,hanging traffic between the North
and the South, namely, the Pennsylvania,
Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line,
Southern and Baltimore and Ohio to se
cure a community of interest in the Rich
mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac, or
whether the scheme is to secure a gen
eral traffic agreement with equal rights
to all, can only, as yet, be Conjectured.
Whatever the project, however, it can
not lie carried through successfully with
out reckoning with the Pennsylvania Rail
road. This company is in possession of an
important traffic agreement with the Rich
mond. Frederidksburg and Potomac, and
also controls the Washington Southern,
over which connection is made for the
South at Washington.
may cause complications.
Nlcnrngnnn Yrrested In Costa Rlea
and His Money Taken.
1 New Orleans, March 29.—Carlos Locay,
former Governor of Bluefieldn, arrived to
night after an exciting experience in
Costa Rica. He left Nicaragua a few
weeks ago with Miner C. Keith, being dep
utized by President Zelaya to place some
railroad bonds with New York capitalists.
In view of the strained relations between
the countries he was arnested and his
money taken from him. He was finally
exiled and placed aboard a steamer for
New Orleans. He will return to Nica
ragua. The incident is likely to create
further complications.
Locayo was arrested in San Jose, he
claims, by the, order of the President of
Costa Rica. About SB,OOO was taken from
his person. He was escorted to Port Ll
mon and placed aboard the Hispana and
his money was also turned over. It is
presumed that Costa Rica feared that he
came there to foment trouble.
Weldon Roberts, Melville Moxiey and
Joseph Stringham, members of the Nica
ragua canal survey party, were also
aboard the ship. They were forced to
abandon their survey 175 miles south of
Colon by the attacks of the Sasardl In
dians.
Old Dominion on Fire.
New York, March 30.—The steamer Old
Dominion, owned by the Joy Steamship
Company, plying between New York and
Boston, caught fire about 3 o’clock this
morning a her pier In East river. It is
expected the loss will be heavy. All the
passengers had left the boat and all the
crew were saved.
Forty-eight Women Lawyers.
New York. March 29.—Forty-eight
young women were graduated to-night
from the women's law class of the Uni
versity of New York. Miss Katherine
lteed, daughter of ex-Spcaker Thomas B.
Keed, was one of the number.
I.nssiter to Succeed Epe*.
Petersburg, Va„ March 29.—Francis
Hives Lassiter was to-day nominated by
the Democrats to fill the unexpired term
In Congress of the late Sidney P. Epes,
Mr. f-assiler also received the nomination
lor the full term. j
ARMY BILL PASSED BY HOUSE.
COMMITTER MEASIHE WAS OM\
SLIGHTLY MODIFIED.
I)fpnp of tlio War Department
AaniiiNt (In* Charge of Extrava
gance in Fitting Ii the Trmift
lort Sumner—Effort to Take Away
the Power to PurchiiMc Ammuni
tion, Failed—Other Features of the
Hill—llorelng Itetninn III* Seat.
Washington, March 29.*—After four days
of stormy debate the House to-day passed
the army appropriation bill. As passed
the bill is only slightly modified from
the form in which it came from the com
mittee.
One of the last amendments adopted
opens the soldiers’ homes to the officers
and men of the volunteer and regular
armies, incapaciated by service during or
since the (Spanish war.
The chief incident of the *tay was a de
fense of the war department by Mr. Par
ker of New Jersey, against the charge of
reckless extravagance in the fitting up
of the transport Sumner matte by Mr.
Drlggs of New York, yesterday.
Mr. Mcßae, Democrat of Arkansas,
moved to strike from the provision for
the “manufacture or purchase” of small
arm ammunition, the words “or pur
chase.” Ho declared that the government
had ample facility for the manufacture
of ammunition.
Mr. Hull vigorously opposed the amend
ment. It might lie necessary to purchase
ammunition, and the hands of the gov
ernment should not be tied. He called
attention to our helpless condition for
lack of ammunition at the opening of the
Spanish War, and said he favored the ac
cumulation of munitions of war.
Mr. Underwood of Alabama favored
the amendment. He was opposed to plac
ing discretionary power to purchase In
the hands of the war department. He
was inclined to think it led lo extrava
gance and jobbery and called the atten
tion of the House to the facts elicited yes
terday regarding the transport Sumner.
Defended War Department.
This reference to the Sumner aroused
Mr. Parker, who detailed the history of
the vessel, which, he said, had been wild
ly distorted.
He said the Sumner was an old collier,
refitted, and produced Itemized figures
from the war department to prove that
there was no undue Extravagance. The
alleged solid silver service which Mr.
Driggs said yesterday cost $8,600, was
plated ware and cost all told but $1,200.
The amendment was lost.
The provision for firing morning and
evening guns at state soldiers’ and •sail
ors’ homes went out on a point of order
made by Mr. Mcßae of Arkansas.
This completed the bill, and the commit
tee then went back to several points tem
porarily passed over during the reading
of the measure.
An amendment was adopted changing
the eligibility' for admission to soldiers
homes so as to admit all volunteer and
regular soldiers incapacitated since the
outbreak of the Spanish War.
An amendment was adopted to give to
officers and men* of the volunteer army
who did not receive extra pay when mus
tered out one month’s pay if they served
within the United States, and two mourns’
pay if they served beyond the limits of
the United States.
Without further amendment the bill was
passed.
The resolution unanimously reported
from Committee on Elections No. 2 in
the contested election case of White vs.
Boreing from the Eleventh Kentucky dis
trict confirming Mr. Boreing’s title to his
seat wns adopted without division. Both
the contestant and contestee are Repub
licans.
At 4:?J|p. m. the House ndjourned.
DIFFERENCE TO HOME GOODS.
Amendment to Army Hill Introduced
by Senator Berry.
Washington, March 29.—Senator Berry
to-day introduced the following amend
ment to the army appropriation bill:
“The quartermaster’s department, In
making contracts and purchases of arti
cles and supplies for the military service
shall give preference, all other things in
cluding price and quality, being equal, to
articles of growth, production and. manu
facture of the United States; and as be
tween the producer's, manufacturers, mer
chants and dealers of the Untied States,
preference shall be given, all other things
being equal, to those producers, etc., who
are not members of or In any way con
nected with any trust or combine framed
to produce, manufacture or sell the arti
cles which are being contracted for anil
purchased by the quartermaster’s depart
ment for the military service.”
IIARRIftON HAS HU XT VIEWS.
Hilt He Refuses to Go Into n Contro
versy on liner Question.
Indianapolis, Ind.. March 29.—A special
frSm Washington to the Indianapolis News
to-day says that Gen. Harrison has ex
pressed some pretty blunt views on the
Boer question, and has written a friendly,
personal letter to Secretary Hay on the
subject.
Either in this letter or In some <>ommunl
catlon he is credited with having said he
hoped the Boers would find some pluce on
the green earth where they would have a
right to live unmolested by Jhe British.
They have more than once sacrificed their
land and their homes and moved on, to
avoid the British aggression.
Gen. Harrison was asked about the mat
ter to-night and said:
“I have nothing to say upon the matter,
nor do I want to he drawn into any news
paper controversy by confirming or deny
ing the report.”
Drtvey Goes to IVnshlligtou.
St. Augustine, Fla., March 29 Admiral
Dewey, Mr*. Dewey, and Lieut. Caldwell
left on a special train at 5 o'clock this aft
ernoon for Washington. During the day
the party took a stroll und were shown the
Interesting featuresof theclty by Mr. Hen
ry M. Flagler, who afterward entertained
them at his residence, Kirkwood.
Warship* a I Pensacola.
Pensacola, Flu.. March 29—Admiral
Farquhar and staff on board the flagship
New York, convoyed by the battleship
Texas and the gunboat Mathias, arrived
off Pensacola bar from Galveston this
evening. The vessels will enter the har
bor to-morrow morning.
wanted youtsby to confess.
Seotf Tried to Show He Could Get
Souit- nt the Money.
Lexington, Ky., March 29.—The Morning
Herald of this city will print 10-nvorrow
the following special from Winchester,
Ky.:
“If Youtsey will tell what I think he
knows he can hang Taylor and destroy
the Republican party. 1 feel sure that I
can arrange for enough of the appropria
tion for Youtsey to make him and hts
wife comfortable for the rest of "their
lives.
“Culton is going lo confess in the morn-*
ing, and Youtsey had better get in while
he can. The money is going, and he might
as well have his shnre,”
James Andrew Scott said this at the
Reese House Monday night to N. H.
Wltherpsoon and Judge C. S. French, re
spectively brother-ln-law and father-in
law of Youtsey,
Scott had telephoned Witherspoon in tho
early afternoon: "Meet me nt the Reese
House on the quiet," and he had been
promptly met. Judge French was Inter
called ns tho head of the family who
should be consulted In a. matter of such
importance.
The party stayed in consultation until
midnight, Scott insisting that Youtsey
should confess and make himself rich,
while others listened passively and then
replied:
"Youtsey has told all he knows and can,
say nothing more.”
Scott dwelt on tho point that Culton
would confess the next day und. unless
Youtsey got In his story first, the other
man wou!>, got away with the money, but
neither Witherspoon nor French would
accede to tho request for Scott to go to
Frankfort and advise Youtsey to tell t
story which would hang Taylor and dam
age the Republican parly.
Witherspoon said he had received a tel
ephone message from- Justus Goebel two
weeks ago, asking him to come to Frank
fort at once as ho had Important reve
lations to make.
"I replied I would come down, and ar
rived in Frankfort the same afternoon.
Goebel told mo that he had ascertained
facts tending to connect Youtsey with the
Goebel assassination. He said Youtsey
had run through the basement of the ex
ecutive building and out the rear door,
holding his leg as if crippled and half
circled the building and run into the Gov
ernor’s office.”
After he had made this statement I went
to see Youtsey. His account talited with
Goebel’s statement. Youtsey added,
however, that he had a revolver In the
waist of his trousers and that the weapon
slipped down the pants leg just as he
came out of the building. He bent over
and ran into the Governor’s office.
COMIIS IS UNDER ARREST.
W 111 He Charged Willi flelng Acces
sory to Goebel's Murder.
Manchester, K-y., March 29.—" Tallow
Dick” Combs, the negro, was arrested nt
Beattyvllle to-day on a technical charge,
and to-morrow probably will be rearrest
ed, charged with being an accessory to tho
1 Goebel murder.
SPANIARDS GIVEN MORE TIME
In Which to Decide on CltlKcnsliip In
the Philippines.
Washington, Mari 1b 29.—Secretary Hay
and the Due d'Arnos, the Spanish minister,
to-day signed a protocol extending for six
months the period of time allowed Span
ish residents In the Philippine Islands to
elect whether they shall remain Spanish
subjects or surrender their allegiance and
adopt the nationality of the territory in
which they reside.
The article In the Paris treaty bearing
on this subject allowed the Spanish resi
dents one year from the date of the ex
change of ratifications of the treaty, with
in which to make their choice. That pe
riod expires on the Hth of next month.
The extension arranged for does not ap
ply to Cuba or Porto Rico. It is confined
In operation to the Philippines, - for the
reason that conditions in the archipelago
have been so unsettled as to warrant tho
Spanish residents in hesitating to make an
election In this important matter.
Many Important towns In Luzon where
Spanish subjects reside are yet without
American garrisons and the assertion of
American sovereignty over them has been
rather more technical than practical,
while on many of the Philippine Islands
no American troops or representative of
the American government have ever
landed.
These considerations are deemed suffi
cient to warrant the extension to the
Spanish residents of more time in which
to make up their minds as to their fu
ture. It may be, too, that the Spanish
residents in these islands desire to avoid
making a choice until there has been some
authoritative smd final determination in
(he United States of the exact status of
citizens In the insuiar possessions of tlio
United States.
JUDGE FORT’S EFFORT FAILS.
Committee Refused to Hold Late
Primary or Change Plans,
Amerleus, Ga„ (March 29.—Tho Demo
cratic Executive Committee of the Third
congressional district convened here this
morning with all thirteen counties repre
sented. Judge Allen Fort, who Is pre
sumed to be a candidate against Repre
sentative Lewis, addressed the committee
at length, urging a later date for the pri
mary, and a considerable change in the
method of electing the representative,
requesting a direct vote and popular ma
jority In Ihe entire district, instead of
the convention plan.
His proposition was not conceded or
even discussed, and the primary was or
dered on May 15. It will lie conducted ns
heretofore, while the nominating conven
tion wilt be held at Leesburg, July 11.
Juilge Fort has not yet announced his
candidacy, though he still has the matter
under consideration.
rotten to lie Rear Admiral.
Washington. March 29.—Tho President
to-day nominated Capt. Charles S. Colton,
United States navy, to boa rear admiral.
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WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK.JI A YEAH
BLISS FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
IINNNY SEEMS TO FAYOR HIM FOR,
SECOND PLACE,
( liniiec* Ire Tliut lie Will Re MeKln
tel's Running Mote—limitin'* See*
relary Looks Like McKinley—Nu
merous Retired Army itiid Nnyyt
Ollieers—'Why the Protest Wni
Mode In the House—Puy of Officer*
noil Him It Inereases.
Washington. March 29.—Notwithstand
ing the disposition on the part of the Re
publican leaders to have it appear that
tho question of selecting a running mato
for President McKinley In the next cam
paign, is drifting down the political
stream unnoticed, the subject is receiv
ing serious consideration dally by Senatoo
Hanna and those who have his confi
dence.
While the Porto Itlcan matter seems, onl
the surface, to be monopolizing the time
and the attention of the Republicans
throughout the country, some industrious
work Is going on within tho Republican
camp, looking to the selection of an avail
able Vice Presidential nominee. An in
teresting and significant consultation on
this subject took place at the Capitol
Monday, in which Senator Ilannn, Senator
Kean, Former Senator “Gil" I’terce, onca
of North Dakota, but now of Minnesota.
Joo Manley, national committeeman from
Maine, and several other leading Republi
cans, took part.
It nppenrs that Mr. Pierce Is in Wash
ington to sound th© adinlnintratlon chief*
ns to tho desirability of placing n mull
from the far West on the' ticket witli
McKinley. Mr. Pierce is tenderly nurs
ing n boom In Ihe interest of Former Sen
ator Washburn of Minneapolis, Minn. Ha
was frankly told that the name of Wash
burn does not excite 4h© slightest en
thusiasm, and under existing conditions,
the Minnesota man Is not regarded as
available.
It Looks Like till**.
Senator Hanna expressed the belief that
at the proper time and place th© name o(
Mr. Bliss of New York will probably ba
presented in sucli a way that Mr. Bliss,
as much as ho dislikes official life In Wash
ington, wilt not decline tho honor. Mr.
Manley, who Is doing duty as scout for
tho Republican Nutlonnl Committee, hus
been busily engaged for some time past
in sounding Republican leaders from var
ious parts of the country, reports that ho
finds the B’lss sentiment prevailing la
every direction to a very gratifying ex
tent. The popularity of Mr. Biles In th©
West, Mr. Manley stated. Is general, ow
ing largely to the admirable und thor
oughly businesslike manner In which he
administered the affairs of the interior
department, while he presided over that
office.
Mr. Pierre wns Informed that It Is tho
desire of the President that an Eastern
msn sl.nl! have secohd place on the ticket
and that Mr. Bliss will in all probability
be the vice presidential nominee at Phil
adelphia. In behalf of the probability
that Mr. Bliss will not decline the nomi
nation, it has been pointed out to him that
as Vice President, he would not be re
quired to reside permanently In Washing
ton, no" would th© duties of that office
be ns confining as were the duties of ai
cabinet officer. These considerations,
when last presented to Mr. Bliss, are said
to have impressed him not unfavorably.
Senator Hanna's Secretary.
Senator Hanna has a remarkable pri
vate secretary. The young man is notalda
for two reasons. The chief is that when
he had his head turned in one direction ha
l<*)ks like the Little Corporal, ami when
he presents a profitable view of hts counte
nance the resemblance to President Mc-
Kinley is very striking. The secretary’*
name Is Elmer Dover.
Before he became tho chief of the jun
ior Ohio senator’s personal staff Dovetl
was n. newspaper man In Southern Ohio.
The remarkable facial resemblance to tha
Corsican genius was discovered by a news
paper man the other day while Dover was
silting in the front row of the private gal
lery In the Senate chamber which is re
served for the President. He called tha
attention of several senators to It, and In
a few minutes the grave and dignified
senalors were "rubbering” worse than a
lot of school boys. No one has yet told
Dover that he looks like Napoleon anil
McKinley rolled Into one. and so he haa
not yet acquired an appreciable amount
of vanity.
Many Retired Officer*,
During the discussion of the army ap
propriation bill, which took place early
this week, there was an unusually largo
number of references to the fart that
many colonels of Ihe army have been
promoted to be brigadier generals and re
tired within a very short time. Con
gressman who never knew anything about
the army except in a most general way
express great astonishment that ihlo
should be so Most persons feel a good
deal like those congressmen when they
come to look over the army and navy
register and discover that a very larga
percentage of officers in varloud branches
of the military service are drawing sal
aries, and good ones at that, without
rendering active service.
Although it is thirty-five years sines
the close of the Civil War and the In
dian campaigns since then have not been
very severe In disabling officers, it is a
remarkable fact that eighty-three pages
of the army register are filled with tho
names of retired officers. Two hundred
and nine pages oro required to give the
names and records of those who are on
the active list. There are forty-sevnn
brigadier generals on the retired list and
only six on the active list, not counting
the adjutant generals, quartermaster gen
erals and the other he.ida of staff depart
ments who have the rank of brigadier
generals. There Is one lieutenant gener
al and seven major generals In retire
ment and only three in active service.
These figures, of course, pertain only to
the regular establishment. There is to
rotlred list for volunteer officers, xvhen
a volunteer officer retires he retires and
lives upon what money he can earn,
bailor* Ire Lunger Lived.
Sailors appear to be more long-lived
than soldiers. It takes elghty-clx pagea
In the register to give the names of all
the officers on the active list In tlie navy
and fifty-one to state those who have
become too old or are physically or men
tally disabled to render service that might
otherwise be expected of them. There
are eighteen rear admirals on the active
list; nine of the senior and an equal
number of the Junior class. The captain*
and commanders who are the heads of lit*
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