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THE MORNING NEWS. Established 1850. - Incorporated ISSS j. H. ESTILL, President. WARM FIGHT AT LEEUW KOP. BRITISH DROVE) OFF HOURS AFTER A HARD STRUGGLE. Gen. Roberts 'Wires of the Fiisht anti HeMultiuK Casualties—Force lfatl Been Sent Under I’ole-Cnrew nntl French to Assist Handle in Re lie* in*? Wepener—Canadians Un der Fire—Many liners at Wepener lint Their Position Is l)unjxerou*. London, April 23.—The war office late thi:- evening issued the following dis patch from Lord Roberts, dated Bloemfon tein. April 23, 2:3£ p. m.: “Yesterday I dispatched the Eleventh Division, under Gen. Pole-Carew and two brigades of cavalry under Gen. French from this point to assist Gen. Bundle. The force reached Karriefonteln without much opposition. “Casualties reported: Welsh regiment, private killed, Capt. Prothero mortally wounded and seven men. Yorkshires, eight wounded. Eighth Hussars, one killed, one wounded. Fourteenth Hussars, one wounded. Royal Artillery, two wound ed. Seventh Dragoons, Lieut. Jenkins and ten men missing. “Capt. Rotton, Royal Artillery, broke an arm by a fall. “Gen. Pole-Carew’s mounted infantry seized Leeuw kop, a high hill a few miles north of their last night’s position. The enemy evacuated hurriedly, leaving some r.fles and ammunition.” “Gen. Rundle * reports that twenty-tflve men of the First Worcesters are missing:. Fifty-three were sent with wood to an outpost after dark, and only eighteen re turned. Their numbers and names will be repo ited'toklay, as we!, as four wownd| ed yesterday.” The war office has given no explanation of the apparent discrepancy in the figures •5 to the men of the Worcester Regiment. Chav Ilocrw Were Driven Oft'. London, April 24.—The Bloemfontein cor respondent of the Standard, describing the operations at Leeuw kop, says: “At an early stage the cavalry came under a heavy fire from a pompom on n ridge adjoining Leeuw kop. Unable to continue its march to southeast, Gen. Dickson’s brigade fell back to the north to await the infantry attack. “The flanking movement having failed, Gen. Pole-Carew with Gen. Stephenson’s brigade, advanced in crescent form from the west and south 'with v the object of enveloping the kopjes. The Welsh, War wickshire, Essex and Yorkshire regiments advanced in extended line, covering the west, while the Guards’ brigade took up a position to the south, with two field batteries and naval guns. Sheltered by the rocks, the enemy opened a heavy flro from rifles and a pompom. “Our men advanced over the open ground in splendid style by a succession of short rushes, falling prone while pouring in their volleys. The approach of dark ness threatened to leave the Boers in pos session, hut just before sunset the Essex Kegiment gallantly pressed forward and drove the last man of Ihe enemy from Paarde kraal, a bold spur of Leeuw kop.” The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says: The resistance of the Boers at Leeuw kop was contemptible, considering the .strength of their position. They escaped In an easterly direction, the guards failing to get quite round them.” The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Tim* s says-: • British cavalry was checked. Col. Alderson worked partially around the ! ‘ k of Leeuw kop. but he was not sup- Porte-1. The move checked the enemy, but t, l r of nightfall precluded the possibility o! a mate-.” Muny Doers at Wepener* The strong body of reinforcements h Lord Roberts sent to assist the t lb f of V.'* pener and to endeavor to en ul' i> and cut oft the Boers from a re trial northward, furnishes further evi dence that the Boers are assembled in larger forces around Wepener than bad hi been supposed. bs the Times in cn editorial this morn :n" remarks, whatever may be the (liffi °' l ■ of roads and rains the Boers al *'-vs • ear to have gurs, ands rnet mes ''4> nes, wh re they want them. A i*■ er dispatch, dated Thaba Nchu. A r ! :0. : ayr that a f esh Bupp’y of can tj n anti ammunition l as r ached Gen. ct at Jammersburg drift. It also as r,,r: ore of Col. Dalghcty’s guns n s lieen smashed. Karriefonteln, mentioned In Lord Rob *rts message to the war office, is fifteen es southeast bf Bloemfontein. Leeuw 7 * Ui ' i' two miles further south. Apparently the British captured Paarde ! ' r tal Saturday night. The Boers evac l,",f beeuw kop dining the night, re- the gun, and the British occu lt'd the kop the next morning. Their Pnnitinn Diungeroim. Although the Boers appear to be offer- stout resistance to the British ad >.v .. their position is dangerous. They Ci! l . s • arecly delay further their retreat J *hvsrd without incurring 'the risk of n - f ut off. Usually they have been " ' informed regarding the British plans an I they are not likely to run such a 1 • pecially ns they have partially ac \i■ l:she*l 4 heir object In drawing large from Bloemfontein on long ■’ h"s and have thereby delayed the nd Pretoria. t *1 yarning Post, commenting upon UMirulty Lord Roberta is experiene -1 ; cris the wisdom of arranging for >dy flow 7 of reinforcements. 1 11 port that a Boer commando was . 1 inkfort proved <o be without foun ,l! '“u. but evidently there is a large oTrp "l-Posing Lord Methuen. (l * I I IVG CLOSE TO \\ i:i‘E\Cll. r-i'.'i !.:■ ii | H„,l „ Hu lining Fight u( Hnslimii n'. lio|t. '"' ru, April 23.—F*isrh 1 1 inf began early 1,1 ' rooming at Bushman's kop. Tho 1111:11 division undrr Gen. Ilrabant nd i cautiously, followed and support '■en. Hart'x Infantry brigade. It 1 1 '"and that tho Boers had pvncttalcd 1 I option on Bushman’s hop during ll 1" night. t funning light has been proceeding ut the day, ihe British gradually J "'’‘ns and the Boers losing ground. hm'.iant Is moving to a northeast •hi. , tlun keeping Basutoland doge ■ ‘*** right flank. Thousund* of Basutgs r * the operations. Pie ilflfniufl fffeta# Our casualties so far are twenty-five wounded. The British are bivouacking to-night eight miles from Wepener. A stubborn fight is believed to have oc curred in the direction of DeWetsdorp, where the Boers are irt strong force with a lot of guns, and where also there is a relief column, apparently, Gen. Bundle's. ItI\DLE MOVING TO WEPENER. lloer* Attacked 3,000 British Near Thalia Nchn. London, April 23.—Gen. Rundle is ap parently advancing slowly toward Wepe ner, every step being closely contested by the Boers. From the Republican side there is a good deal of interesting news to-day. A Thabu Nchu dispatch, dated Friday, April 20, reports the arrival there of Command ants DeWet and Villlers, and an attack upon 3,000 British under Gen. Gatacre. The latter of course, is a misstatement, os it is probable Gen. Rundle is meant. The British, it is added, oocupied some kopjes, but their left wing was driven back. The Boer loss was one killed and five wounded. From Brandfort comes the news that on Saturday, April 21, a British patrol of ten men ventured near that place and suffered the loss of one man killed and two men captured, including a Free Stater, who. was leading the party. A Pretoria dispatch, dated April 21,. says the latest official news was that fighting was proceeding within half an hour's ride of DeWetsdorp, with no results. The Transvaal government, it is added, has asked Lord Roberts to be allowed to send a clergyman to St. Helena, and also a neutral consul to watch the interests of the prisoners, in the same manner as Adelbert Hay guards the interests of the British at Pretoria. A proclamation has been issued prohib iting the working of the mines on Sun days and inflicting punishment on mana gers paying over £1 a month to natives. From Ladysmith to-day comes a dis patch saying all is quiet and that the Boer guns are silent. There is nothing further from Bloam fomein to indicate the progress of the preparations for the main advance. At Cape Town a government contractor named Bam has been arrested for harbor ing three escaped Boer prisoners dressed as clergymen. The prisoners were sent back to Stmontown, whence they hud es cr-Ded. CANADIANS IN THE FIGHT. They Sustained a Heavy Fire Near the Waterworks. Bloemfontein, April 23.—C01. Alderson’s corps of mounted infantry, consisting of the First Battalions of the First and Sec ond Canadian Regiments, and Stnath eona's Horse, was engaged in the opera tions of Gen. Pole-Carew and Gen. French. Alderson has undertaken to drive the Boers from their line of defense south of the waterworks. The Canadians sustain ed a heavy fire. The Boers shelled Alder eon, who made a marching movement around Leeuw kop, on the extreme left of the Boer position. When the British bat tery opened fire the Boers removed the gun. leeuw kop was found evacuated this morning. . Gen. Dickson's cavalry brigade, which made a wide detour to the left, found Its further progress barred by a strong Boer position. FIGHT AT WAKKERSTROOM. Artillery Opened Fire and Drove the Boers Off. Wakkerstroom, Saturday, April 22.—Af ter yesterday's shelling it was expected that the Boers would open again, but Col. Brabazrn, with the yeomanry, made a thorough scout to the left. The Boers endeavored to turn The Brit ish right, but the movement was detected by the yeomanry and mounted infantry, and the guns opened fire and drove them off. greatly extending the position. None of the Boer guns were in action. There were no British casualties. Many of the Boers ,aro moving south ward. NOTORIOUS ROE It MESSENGERS. Brought n better to British General nt Elondslangte. Elandslaagte, April 23.—80er messen gers who arrived in camp this -morning were identified as Reus, a solicitor from Bofkburg, and Edwards, notorious for his anti-English speech after the Jameson raid. They brought a letter from the licer general to- the commanding officer here. They were much surprised at the ordinary appearance of the camp. Reus declared that they were only getting used to the war n w and that the soldiers were only beginning to fight. The messengers w.re finally escorted to 'the outpost. BOERS, DEBATED ON VIH it E. Now Then Speakers Were Inter rupted by Shells. Boer Camp, Thaba Nchu, O. F. S., April —Fighting continues day and night at Jammersburg drift. The Figllsh trenches have been so full of rntn that the men have been obliged every now and then to clamber to the bnnks, only to be shot down. The Boers were so drenched on Satur day that they were unable to sleep, so they started a debate on the subject of the good to be derived from virtue and courage. The discussion lasted most of the night, shells at intervals interrupting the speakers. Robertson's lower mill Is reported to have been captured, April’2l'. and it is said that the Cape mounted rifles havo lost during the Viege 120 out of 500 men. The British prisoners defy the burghers to capture Col. Dolghety's comp, even It the British are not reinforced. A surprising number of relatives are fighting on opposite sides at Wepener. TRIAD OF REBELS BEGIN. Three of Them Sentenced lo Serve Five Year*. Capo Town, April 23.—The trial of sixty nine rebels was begun here to-day in spite of an application for a postpone ment of the proceedings on tho grounds th.t a fair trial wns impossible at tills place. Three of the prisoner* were sentenc'd Continued on Sistb Rage , SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY. APRIL 24. 1900. PORTO RICO WAS DISCUSSED. tugasurfr and auditor have BEEN SELECTED. Hollander of Maryland \oniina ted for Treasurer and GarriMon of tle District for Auditor* Additional Uay A1 lowed Army Officers in Cuba Was Explained to the Cabinet’s Satisfaction—Grinn* Said No Law find Ileeu Violated. Washington, April 23.—Tho Porto Rican civil government occupied most of to-day*s session of the cabinet. The President, aided by the cabinet, is trying to secure men* of prominence for the positions on the island. If the pending bill authorizing army officers to continue their positions there is passed, the President will be in no hasto about the appointments, but if this bill threatens to hang fire, he will have to make the appointments by May 1. At least two of the appointments are to be made now. These are treasurer and auditor for the island. Secretaries Gage anti Root, It is added, have decided on men for these positions. A native Porto Rican is to be nominated as treasurer, while en American, a treasury attache, who has been serving in the island, is to be made auditor. The President has had a 'careful can vass made of the Americans living in the island, with a'view of considering the wisdom of appointing a number of them to places. It is likely that a good many of these will be honored when the appoint ments are uli made. Attorney General Griggs is endeavoring to find for the President some prominent lawyers in this country, who will accept judicial places under the new bill. The salaries are so small that few lawyers of note can be found to consider the posi tions. Those Extra Allowances. Tho additional pay allowed a few army officers in Cuba was also discussed, and Attorney General Griggs reported that no law had been thus violated and the ac tion taken was warranted. Secretary Root then told the cabinet the facts in the case. He said that soon after Gen. Brooke was made governor general of the island he wrote to the war department asking to be relieved, saying that he could not maintain a family in the United States and run an expensive establishment in Havana on the salary and allowances he received from the gov ernment. He declared that he would be come a bankrupt. He referred to the great amount of entertaining he was forc ed to do, and the fact that the people of the island expected this. The war department officials, after se rious consideration of the question, decid ed to allow Gen. Brooke an additional amount from the Cuban funds. The same decision was arrived at in the case of Gen. Ludlow, Col. Bliss and one or two other*. Cabinet members say that the explana tion of Secretary Root was satisfactory to the President. HOLLANDER TO HE TREASURER. Garrinon Named an Auditor of tfee Inland of Porto Rico. Washington, April 23.—The President to day sent the following nominations to the Senate: Frank L. Campbell of the District of Columbia, to be assistant secretary of the Interior; J. H. Hollander of Mary land,to be treasurer of the Island of Porto Rico; John R. Garrison of the District of Columbia, to be auditor of ihe Island of Porro Rico. Naval—Lieutenant Commander Herbert Winslow, to be commander; Lieut. Ed ward E. Wright, to be a lieutenant com mander. The Senate in executive session to-day confirmed the nomination of Frank W. Hackett of New Hampshire iq be assist ant secretary of the navy. WHO THE NEW OFFICIALS ARE. Welidter Davis' Snvrosnor Is a De partmental Attorney. Washington, April 23.—John R. Garrison, auditor of Porto Rico, although a native of Virginia, has been a resident of Wash ington since the Civil War and has been connected with the treasury for almost thirty years, most of the lime in the ac counting offices. For a number of years he was deputy controller of the treasury. Mr. Garrison is one of the ablest of the treasury accounting officers and a year ago'was sent to Porto Itlco as auditor of customs. He is now in lhat country*. Mr. Hollander is an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University. When Gen. Davis requested that an expert in ques tions of taxation he sent to Porto Rico to study the situation and make recom mendations, Mr. Hollander was selected for this service upon a strong recom mendation of the college authorities us a specialist on the subject of taxation. He is about 32 years of age. Frank L. Campbell, who succeeds Web ster Davis as assistant secretary of the interior. Is fifty-six years old. He was horn in West Virginia and left Washing ton and Jefferson College to enter tho Union Army. At the clo?e of the war ho opened the first free school in West Vir ginia. Jn 1870 he came to Washington as an employe in the census office, and rose stead! y to an assistant attorneyship in the office of the assistant attorney gen eral for the interior dejKirtnient. which position he has held for nineteen years, having by promotion become first assist ant attorney. Mr. Campbell has always been an earn est Republican. It is understood that Sec retary Hitchcock aekfd for Mr. Camp bell's appointment as a recognition of his sterling integrity and legal and executive ability, and as embodying a high concep tion of civil service principles. TORPEDO HO AT II LEW UP. Sold to Have < niiN<*<) the Lomm of Twenty-three Liven, Constantinople, April 28.—News has Just hern received h< re from Jleyrout, flyrla. to the effect that the Turkish torpedo boat gehatnyl blew up in that harbor April 21. resulting in the loss of twenty-three lives. Duke of Arm II h fiend. London, April 24.—George Douglas Camp bull, Luke of Argyll, died this morning. TAYLOR IS IN WASHINGTON. Will Remain There Until Kentucky Case I* Heard. Washington, April 23.—Gov. W. t 4. Tay lor of Kentucky, who has been for several days in New York, returned to the city this afternoon. His present expectation is to remain in tho city until after the dis puted governorship contest is argued in the Supreme Court next week. Whether he will stay here until it is decided by the court he has not yet determined. The Governor to-night said he had a very pleasant trip to the metropolis and admitted that he had conferred with Re publican loaders about his case. He pre ferred, however, not to go Into any de tails regarding the conferences or to lie interviewed regarding the features of tho case. From Intimate friends of the Governor it ie ascertained that he has not received any information regarding the indict ment charging him with being an acces sory to the murder of Mr. Goebel, which it was rumored had been brought against him by the Frankfort grand jury. They say that even should tho decision of the Supreme Court be against his right to the governorship it is his present in tention to return to Kentucky in sidle of whatever proceedings may he instituted againet him there. K. J. Hampton, who has been with Mr. Taylor since his visit here and who ac companied him to New York, returned to Kentucky 10-night. Taylor’* Visit to Onrliale. New York, April 23.—1 t was learned to night that Gov. Taylor’s visit to John G. Carlisle on Saturday was purely so cial The Governor, it was eaid, had already requested Mr. Carlisle to appear for him, bu< the latter had already de clined. Could Not Find Howard. 9 Middleborough, Ky., • April 23.—County officials. w r ho went to the home of Berry Howard, with a ■warrant far his arrest on the indictment for the assassination of William Goebel, failed to find him at his usual place of residence In the mountains. HORRORS OF INDIAN FAMINE. Natives Murderously Attacked n • Party of Soldier*. Calcutta, April 23.—The latest official re ports from the famine districts say that the misery existing there is indescribable and unparalleled and that the present re lief is quite inadequate. They add that the mortality among the cattle is also so severe that the authorities are trying to adapt farm implement* so that human power can replace that of bullocks. Such a drastic measufe has before been necessary, even in the greatest *carcity of animals. Tt is also announced that tho natives are developing ugly feelings and are at tacking Europeans. A great crowd Friday murderously attacked a party of soldiers at Shahpur, the military center of the northwest provinces. The soldiers were rescued with difficulty and in an uncon scious condition. One district lost 1,000,000 cattle out o-f 1,- 300,€00 head and almost numberless hu man beings were found dead from star vation. In addition, children were found wandering In all directions, homeless, naked and emaciated and caeee were re ported of children being sold. The official reports fully confirm the worst stories of the terrible nature of the distress. SITUATION NOT rStMtOVED. Curron Wires Thnt Demands for Re lief Are Increaalngr* London, April 23 —The viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, wires that the recent rain storms have not improved the situation, that the demands for relief are Increasing, now reaching 5,819,000 persons, but that the arrangements fer relief are equal to the increasing strain. RFAir.V RELIEVES YVATSON. New Officer In Command of Philip pine Sqnndrou. Washington, April 23.-Accrdtng to ca ble advices to the navy department Rear Admiral George C. Remey assumed formal command of the Asiatic station at Yoko hama last Friday. He hoisted his flag on the Brooklyn and relieved Rear Admiral J. C. Watson of the comntand of the naval forces on the Asiatic station. It is assumed that In accordance with the orders of the department, Rear Ad mlrnl Louis ICempff assumed command of the second division of the Asiatic squadron at the same time. Ho will usa the cruiasr Newark as his flagship, and will confine his operations to Chinese w-aters. Admi rals Remey and Kempff mado the Journey across the Pacific In company, and were received by Admiral Watson on their arri val at Yokohoma with the usual hewers. Admiral Watson will start on his home ward Journey in a few days over the Suez and Mediterranean route. He has full diw cretlon to proceed at hU leisure and atop wherever he pleases en route. It is under stood that the Baltimore will stop at one of the northern ports of France In order that the Admiral and hi* staff may visit the Paris Exposition, tt Is therefore not likely that the Admiral will reach New York in wile of three months. CABINET WILL. NOT RESIGN. other Member* Expre** Dlanpprovnl of Rivera'* Coarse. Havana, April 23 —The members of the cabinet called upon Gov. Gen. Wood to day and informed him that after long con sideration, they had decided not to re sign because of the recent declaration of the Secretary of Agriculture, Gen. Rive ra, that Cubans of all political classes should Join In a demand upon tha United States government to fix a time limit for the American occupation. The secretaries assured Gen. Wood that they regarded the remarks of their col league as unwise, ond ns Insulting to the American government, adding final when a man In the poaltlon of Gen. Rivera, adopted sueh n attitude 'he was doing great harm to tha cause of Cuba Oen Wood has not yt received Gen. Rivers'* resignation, but, according to (teix, Riveras assertions this ft*rnoen th* letter of resignation hss been written, and win t>c delivered this evening or to morrow. QUAY’S CASE IN THE BALANCE. HIS CHAXOER SEEM TO HE AN UN KNOWN RIANTITY. ('liniidlrr o|>,u,'H tho Oolmtt* In Snp port of 111 m Hlg-ht to a Scat to the Senate—Kenney and Penrwo Alho Support Hint, While lMntt of Con neetieot nill Onnrlen Made fttronit Argument. Aitalimt the Ad aiiftMlou of the Penn.)l vanla Appointee. Washington, April 23.—A two days’ de bate on the right of the Hon. M. S. Quay to a seat as a senator from Pennsylvania was begun almost Immediately after tho Senate convened to-day. For months the case has been pending In the Senate and from time to time, sen ators have discussed It, but until to-day the debate has been desultory In charac ter. To-morrow at 4 o'clock, p. m., under a special order the case Is to be disposed of. Under the special order all subsidiary motions will be in order at and after th: Umo of expiration of the debate. A direct vote upon the proposition to seat Mr. Quay, may not be taken Imme diately after the close of the debate. Mr. Chandler has a motion pending which Is, in effect, a motion to seat Mr. Quay, but It Is held by the Senate parliamentarians that every subsidiary motion will take precedence over Mr. Chandler's motion. These Include motions Indefinitely to postpone, to postpone to a definite date, to recommit to the committee and to amend. That one or more of these mo tions will be made Is quite likely. How the Senate will vote on any of them Is a matter of speculation. In support of Mr. Quay’s right to a seat speeches were delivered to-day by Mr. Chandler of New Hampshire, Mr. Kenney, Democrat, of Delaware, and Mr. Penrose of Pennsylvania. Mr. Platt of Connecticut and Mr. Quarles of Wisconsin delivered speeches In opposition to Mr. Quay. At the opening Mr. Chandler, chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elec tions, submitted to the Senate the report and testimony In the case of Senator Wil liam A. Clark of Montana. Mr. Pettus of Alabama announced that some of the committee, without In any way cMawentlng to the resolution offered by the chairman, would speak later re garding the conduct of the case. The resolution was placed on the salendar. Chandler Supports Quay. The resolution relating to the seating of the Hon. M. S. Quay as a senator from Pennsylvania was then called up and Mr. > Chandler supporting, Mr. Quay’s right, urge! senators to consider the question merely as one of constitutional construc tion. "Suggestions have been floating about," sala he, "as to some bargain between the friends of Senator Quay and the friends at another Senator whose right to a sent algo has been called In question" (refer ring to Senator Clark of Montana). He had been, he said, requested to deny these and he characterized them ns a mere fragment of a diseased Imagination. He held that the Governor of Pennsyl vania was not bound In this case by tho provision of the constitution of Pennsyl vania requiring that the Governor should call the Legislature together to fill va cancies in the senatorial representation because this vacancy had not occurred during a rehess of the Legislature, as In dicated by tho Pennsylvania constitution, but during a session of th# Legislature. Averting to the Mantle case In 1893 and the Corbett case lh the last Congress, Mr. Chandler said they wets not fair prece dents upon which to base action. "X know senators,” said he, "I am not going <o mention names, who voted against Mantle because he was what was called a sliver senator; and I know that some senators, perhaps In a spirit of re taliation, voted against Corbett because he was what was called a gold senator.” Should Observe Precedents. Mr. Platt of Connecticut, In reply, main tained on purely constitutional grounds, that Mr. Quay was not entitled to a seat In the Senate. He said the question that lie* In the forefront of the discussion was "whether anything can ever be considered as settled In the Senate of the United States. Is the Senate, now In the one hundred and twe'fth year of Its exptrnce. to observe the utmost unbroken line of precedents; or is It to be governed by po litical and personal friendship*?” "I am sorry," continued Mr. Platt, that any senator should make a charge against sixteen senators that they voted against a senator because of personal or political reasons and not on constitutional ground*. That charge Is one which re flects greater dishonor upon the Senate than any that ha* ever been made.” Mr. Chandler asked If these statements ought to be made, “In secret, yet not on this floor.” Chandler's Charges Serions, “The Senator from New Hampshire,” responded Mr. Platt, "In making this charge, makes one which. If true, dis graces sixteen senators who voted against Air. Corbett nnd orings dishonor upon this genate. I do not believe It. No enemy of the Senate, no newspaper which likes to cast aspersions, no outsider who Is con stantly seeking opportunity to malign pub lic men, eouid say, It seem* to me, that the votes bf the sixteen senators were cast against Mr. Corbett because he was a sup- Itorler of the gold standard. Such a charge will only afford opportunity for criticism of the Senate which will he unjust and unwarranted. Mr. Platt maintained there was prac tically no difference between tha Quay case and the Corbett esse, and the latter decision ought to be regarded as sacred. Ones tho precedents are overturned, Mr. Platt concluded, seats In this body will become the sport of political exigency. The Senate agreed to a conference on the District of Columbia appropriation bill and Senators Allison, Bewail and Cock rell were named as conferees. Kenney Favor* (tuny. Mr. Kenney of Delaware then addressed the ftenate In support of Mr. Quay's right to a seat. He voted against the sealing of Mr. Corbett two year* ago. He ad mitted frankly that certain charges made against Corbett had Influenced his vote more than the constitutional arguments against him. He said Ihe Governor of Delaware was waiting for the decision In tha Quay case before acting with respect to the vacancy that existed In the sena torial representation from that atate.v "What will he do?" Inquired Mr. Till man. "The Democratic Governor of Dela ware,” raplled Mr. Kenney, ' If Mr. Quay (Continued on Fifth Pegu.) JAPAN WILL TAKE A HAND. Will Beatrice Emigration io Protect Its Citizens. Washington, April 23.—Information has reached Washington to the effect that the Japanese government itself, nnd without waiting tho request from the United States, is about to take steps to restrict the emigration of Japanese coolies to tho United States. It Is assorted that there are really not more than 15,000 or 16,000 Japanese within the limits of the United Skates outsido of Hawaii. Such emigration as has lately occurred, Is attributed to the competition of the two great Japanese emigration' so cieties, and laborers are said to havo been deluded w-lth stories of untold opportuni ties for tvork at great w r ages. The Japanese government's action la based 'ii a desire to protect its people. It Is said, however, that the government would never contemplate with equanimity legislation by the United States and live led exclusively ogatnst .Japanese immigration, and such discrimination' would probably have most disastrous effects upon the large and growing trade between the United States and Japan. The position of the Japanese govern ment upon that point Is that the Japanese emigrant is not for a moment to be clase e I with the Chinese coolie, and Is In fact of better 'character and more desirable than a large number of the Immigrants that reach the United States from Eu rope, while as to numbers, it is asserted that the entire Japanese immigration Into the United States appears inconsequen tial when vcompared with the figures showing the Immigration of laborers of like class at the Atlantic seaports. CARTER’S APPEAL REFUSED. He Must Now Serve Sentence Im posed by Court Mnrtlnl. Washington, April 23.—The Supreme Court to-day refused to grant a writ of certiorari In the case of Oberlln M. Car ter, convicted by courtmartlal for Irregu larities while In charge of engineer work In Savannah. Capt. Carter's appeal was from the de cision of Ihe Circuit Court for the South ern district of New York. The court's opinion was handed down by Clttef Jus tice Fuller. The Chief Justice held that under the doctrtn* laid down In the case of Robinson vs. Caldwell, no appeal could be entertained by this court, the appel lant having exercised his remedy of an appeal to the Circuit Court of Appeals. It was also held that It did not appear that any constitutional question was in volved upon which an appeal could have been originally taken from the Circuit Court. The effect of Ihe decision Is to leave In force the decision of the circuit Court, refusing to interfere In the sentence of courtmartlal which sentenced Carter to five years’ Imprisonment. Carter Is now at Governor's Tsland, awaiting the result of this proceeding. The solicitor general asked that a man date be Immediately Issued In the case, but action on 4hls question was postponed by the court until to-morrow. • t - l —_ CASTRO IS TYRANNOUS. Venezuelan President I* Running Thing* With High Hand. Kingston, Jamaica, April 23.—News re ceiver! here from iVenezuela via Trinidad says President Castro’s administration Is so despotic that his own troops are ris ing against him and that military ofllders are engineering for the re-eltabllshment of social order nnd security, Insuring full lolitical nnd other rights. Some of Iha leading wealthy men are leaving Caracas for Europe, the Unltod State* nnd the West Indies because of the present regime which Is classed as being abosnl nally tyrannous, \ TO HEAR ARGUMENT MONDAY. _______ v Supreme Court Wilt neces* After Hearing Kentucky Case. Washington, April 23.—After devoting next Monday and Tuesday (o hearing argu ment In the Kentucky governorship case, the Supreme Court will take a recess un til May 14. A sitting will be held on the 14th for the purpose of an nouncing opinions and hearing motions. It Is expected that another adjournment will then be taken until May 21, and that a sitting will then •!>* held for the purpose of delivering opinions only, a final ad journment for the term being taken on that date. MAY HE A LYNCHING IN OHIO. Negro Attempted to Assault Ml** Dal*)- Frank. Dayton, 0., April 23—Harry Frank, a high school boy, and h!s sister Daisy, a tfacher, son and daughter of Judge Frank, while walking on the street to-night were assaulted by a negro who tried to out rage Miss Frank. Harry defended his als ler and In the struggle the negro fatally shot him. The n'-ffro I bHn* pursued quickly and if caught can hardly escape lynching. ONLY AFTFR AGREEMENTS. Will Turkey Ralno the Tariff Duties on Import*. Wnahlntflon, April 23.—Lloyd Grlscom, the United Btates Charge d’Affairs at Constantinoplo, has cabled the state de partment that the Turkish Minister for Forc iK’n- Affairs has informed the amiasn dor* that tho Porte will not rnl**o tariffs without previous agreements with the Powers. POhtVlC DIKI ES %\ IIIADF. for m -rit' f" Authorize* Heb lug of American MlNslonnr, Property. Constantinople, Apr). ?3—An Imperial lrado has been promulßa 1 authorizing the rebuilding of the pro, of the American mlssionarlwi at K> and the construction of an annex to t, e Rob erts College at fonKtantlnopln. Mi llion Tomn Destroyed. Tampico, Met, April 23.—'Telegraphic advice* rncelvwl here to-day state that I'nriuoo, tho tn*t Important trailing i“l on the river of that nanv, wa* totally destroyed by fire to-duy. Two thousand people are iiotucica*. DAILY, *8 A YEA*. 5 CENTS A COPY. WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK.SI A TEA?* SHOULD BE DENIED HIS SEAT. REPORT MADE TO THE SENATE IN l THE CASE OF CLARK. Declares Thai He Procured III* Elec tion Ity Corrupt Menus nnd That llie Sent Should Re Declared 4 il ea ii t —The State of Montana En titled to q'lils Action—•Hepuhlleniin Censured for Voting for Hint, llumls of the Findings. Washington, April 23.—Senator Chand ler, from tho Senate Committee on Privi leges and Elections, to-day submitted to the Senate the report of the committee In the case of Senator Clark of Montana. The report says; “The finding of tho committee is that the election to the Senate of William A. Clark of Montana Is null ond void on ao count of briberies, attempted briberies and corrupt practices by his agents and of violating of the laws of Montana de fining and punishing crimes against tha elective franchise.” The committee unanimously recom mends the adoption by the Senate of thel following resolution: ‘'Resolved, That William A. Clark wag not duly and legally elected to a seat tin the Senate of the United States by thd Legislature of the state of Montana." The report concludes: "The Senate should, as a duty to ltseH and to the country, demonstrate by Its action In this case that seats In the Unit-* ed States Senate, procured as Senator Clark’s has been procured, cannot be rer talncd by the deliberate judgment of tha Senate. The Senate also owes a duty to> the people of Montana, who conscious ofl the had repute Into which the state had fallen by reason of vast expenditures ot money in connection with Its elections, manifested such a public sentiment than the Legislature of 1895 passed a statute, which, If obeyed, would have redeemed the state from Us had name. Montana has* a right to expect a prompt and declslva remedy from the action of the Senate upon the report of this committee." llnsls of the Findings. The findings are based on the follow, lng admitted as undisputed facts appear, lug In the testimony: "First. The expenditures In the contest of 1885 as testified to by Senator Claris and Gov. Hauser. "Second. The law of 1895 relative t<J crimes against the elective franchise, limiting the purpose and amount of po litical expenditures In any election. "Third. Senator Clark has been con stantly a candidate for office. The organ isation of a committee In hts Interest In the summer, of 1898 to which the report says ’he gave unlimited authority to spend money which he agreed to furnish; an es timate, however, being made that at least (35,009 would be necessary to secure the State Convention, and that $75,000 might be needed to secure the State Legisla ture.’ "Fourth. In the canvass whioh ensued the approxlmote expenditure admitted by the various members of hts committee, and thelT assistants wore as follows: By Charles W. Clark, $25,000; by McDermott, $22,00); by Davidson, agent, $22,300; by! Wellcome, $25,000; toy Steele, (11,000; by Corbett, $r,,000; by Whitmore, (1,600; by Cooper, $2,900, mainly furnished by Charles W. Clark; oral the amount of these expenditures Serin tor Clark himself paid to his son. "The advances and payments made by Senator Clark to his committee anti agents as admitted by him, amounted to about $139,000.. "Fifth. None of the members of hts commit ten or their Assistants made tho sworn returns required by law, nor dkl Senator Clark, himself, make any re turn.” Clfirk’s Itnxlnes* Dealings, Sections six to fifteen deal with the busts ness transactions of Mr. Clark and his re presentatives with members of the Legis lature, Including the purchase of Repre sentative McLaughlin's property, the ten der of SB,OOO to Representative Woods to ralso the mortgage on hts ranch, and the subsequent sale of the ranch; the estab lishment of a bank after the adjournment of the Legislature largely through the efforts of Senator Tlerny and Representa tives Tlversole and Shovlln of Broad water county: the sale of lots and other property In Jefferson county to a repre sentative of Mr. Clark by Senator War ner; the conduct of Messrs. Garr, Gleger, Fine, Beasley and Bywater, and tho present of $3,000 to Representative Day after the adjournment of the Legislature. "These facts,” the report continues, "ara strengthened by additional facts Includ ing various unsuccesful attempts to secure votes by otters of money, which, although denied, are found by the majority of the committee to be sustained by the pre ponderence of the testimony.” The report cites former State Senator Whiteside’s connection with the candidacy of Senator Clark and efforts to expose the Senator's methods and says: "The three accusers (Whiteside, Myers and State Senator Clark) undoubtedly oc cupied the position of detectives, who wil fully deceived the parties with whom they were dealing and against whom they made (tliarges. Those they accused, too, if guilty, would be quite certain to odd the offense of false swearing. "The charge that the accusations and the exposure resulted from a conspiracy formed and carried foiward by Mr. Mar cus Daly was a necessity of Mr. Clark’s canvass and defense. But Mr. Daly and Mr. Conrad and others suspected dented all knowledge of the (30,000 of which $27,- 000 was In one thousand dollar bills, pro duced by Mr. Whiteside as the money furnished by Mr. Wellcome In the at tempted briberies. There were other suc cesses In procuring, by corrupt practices, the votes of members of the Legislature, where the facts naturally cannot directly be proved.” Censures the Republican*. The report censures Republican mem bers of the Montana Legislature who left their Republican candidate and voted for Clark, giving him his election. The report says: "It Is difficult to account for their votes, ns hts canvass already had been tainted. The reasons lor the Republican vote# warns to l l"* lence# and covers.” Commenting upon the legal phase of th# cose, the committee says: "According to the low. as understood by the committee, Senator Clark cannot be net mltted to retain his seat. He received flftyjfour votes, and there were twenty nine against him, leaving him an apparent mu Jonty of twenty-five. If he obtained through illegal and corrupt practices eight votes which would otherwise have been cast against him, tie was not legally (Continu'd on Sixth l'age.)