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THE MORNING NEWS.
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J. H. ESTILL, President.
BULLER STRIKES AT BOERS.
HE has StDDEM.Y BROOME QUITE
ACTIVE IN NATAL.
•Turned the Boers* Position at the
llijrxurMberf? Hun a*—He Will Push
on Toward the Transvaal—Roberts’
lufnntry to Take a Best—Boers lie
ported tyuite Despondent and
Their Army Is Disintegrating;.
Mnfeking Is till Hopeful.
London, May 15, 3:45 a. m.—-Gen. Buller’s
turning of the Biggarsberg position was
effected by a bold movement.
The Boers had evacuated Helpmakaar,
but were making a stand Monday evening
at Bleskoplaagte, seven mile3 from Dun
dee. The correspondents on the spot re
garded this as a rear guard action intend
ed to cover the retreat of the army.
At the same time Gen. Hildyard took
Indoba, and it is reported that the Boers
withdrew in disorder.
G n. Buller, who seems to be employing
hi' lull streng h, is expected to push on.
His first marches were forty-five miles in
three clays. He is thus breaking Into Brit
ish territory which had been administered
for six months by, the as
though it were part of the republic', they
holding courts and levying taxes. His suc
cess, therefore, has political, as well as
military consequences.
While Lord Roberts’ infantry is con
centrating at Kroonstad, where the men
will rest for a day or two, his horsemen
have penetrated eighteen miles north
ward. In the squadron which cut the rail
way fifteen miles beyond Kroonstad -was
the American scout Frederick Burnham.
Two hundred Boers who had hidden
in the river jungles near Kroonstad <o
escape service have surrendered to the
British and taken the oath of allegiance.
Wnnteil to Sue for Peace•
According to -a dispatch from Bennet
Burleigh to the Daily Telegraph, dated
Thursday, May 10, Paul Botha and Mac-
Donald, members of the Free State Volks
r.iad, demanded thru the chairman should
call a meeting to sue for peace, as fur
ti< r resistance was suicidal, and propos
ed to make President Steyn a prisoner.
Nothing definite has been heard about
the expected relief of Mafeking. The
Cape Town correspondents continue to
wire that relief is imminent, fixing Tues
d:iy or Wednesday as probablo dates. In
quirers at the war office are told that the
news of the relief will be made public
immediately upon its receipt. No word
had come to hand at midnight.
The latest supposition concerning Gen.
Hunter is that possibly he is marching
up # he north bank of the Vaal with a
farce sufficient, in co-operation with Lord
Roberts, to render Boer defense of the
Yaal frontier impracticable.
East of Bloemfontein Gen. Bundle is
a I v ■; ncinvr toward Ladybrand.
1 Tin troopa and ihose of Gen. Brabant
ore stretched over a distance of thirty
miles. The Boers are described as quite
•reorganized, ar.d as retreating northward.
Preside nt Steyn’s lieutenants are trying
rally them.
Storlew of Boer Despondency.
The same stories of disintegration come
from nearly every point where the Eng
lish correspondents are. Mr. Hollawell,
'ortnerV a correspondent et Mafeking,
hut who was put over the Transvaal *bor j
•h r, telegraphing from Lorenzo Marquez
Sunday, says:
“Judging from, talks I have had with
the Boers thC end of the war will come in
(i month or six weeks. Mr. Steinekamp,
chairman of the second Raad, who trav
eled with me, said that if the burghers
were pressed from Pretoria they would
retire to the district of the Lydenburg
mountains, which had olready been pro
visioned. He remarked that he hoped
the burghers would stand firm, but he
feared they were too broken in spirit.
“I gathered from him that the whole
available force of the Transvaal was now
in tee field, the final commandeering hnv
ng taken place last Thursday, and that
it 1 only the powerful magnetism of Pres
i'Yi't Kruger that keeps the burghers to
gether.”
•U the British hospitals in Bloemfontein,
t •• deaths from enteric fever averages
u- m eight to ten daily.
bey. billet! is advancing.
Worked Around the Boer Flunks
Under n Heavy Fire.
London, May 14.—A special dispatch from
>r.e Hill Farm, Natal, dated to-day,
says;
Buller’s advance commenced
Thursday when he left Ladysmith in
strength. When within two miles of Help
niaknar the Boers opened a heavy artll
’ | v , ,lre and the British guns replied,
vc.iiio a portion of Bulier’s troops worked
the Boer flanks. The British at
bu k w as pressed home Sunday.
“Bothune, on the right, outflanks! the
B.frs, whose splendid defensive positions
on the Biggarsberg were practically taken,
p en. Buller’s march subsequent to the
was carried out without a hitch,
ihe British are still pushing on.”
OPERATIONS IN NATAL.
°f Ilullcr’w SurcruM'N Received
With Satisfaction.
London, May 14, 1:52 p. m.— A dispatch
reived by the Associated Press fon
Pietermaritzburg, Natal, timed 12:05 p m.
to-day, brings the first in'im.lion of a
il,cceF atatined by Gen. Buller in North
erll *^ a, al. The'correspondent evidently
Assumed previous news had been sent ci
re<t Bom the scope, for lie merely tnyq
Gen. Buller’s official telegram notify
ing u of his success at Elggarsbe g, re
e' ived here an hour ago, giv-n teen
'tlfifnction. It is confident y anticipate 1
• 't Dundee will bo occupied by the Br.t
--*7 fo -<lay. The residents of the rio th
unry nre delighted, as frr irg the B g
g;rberg means that they wifi rpeedily bo
t‘uinlf<i to return to their homes.”
Another dispatch to the Associated P •
£ ' :r<l Stone lJill Farm a t 8:20 this m jrnlng.
After four days’ march enstwatd t
u oot of the Biggarsberg range . in he
! i ’ion of Helpmakaar. wi'lch was oc
• • •.* *l by the federa s, the teesnd brigide,
* uiday, led the attack. Dundo aid’s cav
*' ' y broke the Boers confer and Rethun* ’*3
hu a ‘ lva,,cc *<l on their extreme rl/h\
n the direction of Pomeroy u smill party
‘burghers occupied a ridge overlooking
ipmakaar, but they did not wait for the
assault.”
British sovuiing iu the d.rscUwa
of Dundee has shown that the federate
were in great force on the Biggarsbebg.
and apparently, Gen. Buller concluded
to them from his rotfr before mov
ing toward the Drakensburg range. This
may Indicate a division of his forces, one
column going to threaten Vryheid and
Utrecht and take Usings’ Nek in the rear,
while a west bound column attempts to
join Lord Roberts via Harrismith Rail
road.
Telegrams from Kroonstad indicate that
Gen. French’s cavalry is keeping on the
touch with the Boers.
All the correspondents agree that to all
Intents and purposes the Free Staters have
severed their military service with the
Transvaal, though scattered bodies, they
say, will possibly operate here and there
for some time. A dispatch from Cope
Town, dated' to-day. says a proclamation
will be published this week, annexing the
Orange Free State.
It is also said that Gen. Botha, Ihe
chief of the Boer forces, threatens to re
sign if any preparations are made for tne
wanton destruction of property.
News from Mafeking is expected speed
ily.
LOSSES OF INN J SKILLINGS.
Fired on From n Kraal Over Which
a White Flag Was Flying;.
London,
fice has received the following dispatch
from Lord Roberts:
“Kroonstad, Sunday, May 13.—There
were some casualties in the cavalry divis
ion May 10, unreported by me. I have
been unable to get an exact account of
what occurred, as the commanding officer,
Capt. Elswcrthy, was killed and two of
ficers were wounded at the same time and
have been sent to the rear. But it would
appear tha' a party of cur men going up
to a kraal on which a white flag was fly
ing was suddenly attacked by a large
number of the enemy. Two officers, Capt.
Haig, of the Sixh Dragoons, and Lieut.
Wilkinson of the Australian Horse, were
made prisoners and twenty-one inen are
still unaccounted for. Some of them may
have turned up as the cavalry covered a
considerable distance May 10, and| those
reported missing have been rejoining dur
ing the last few days.”
The above dispatch refers to the losses
sustain and by the Innisklllings, May 10,
detaib and in the dispatches of the Asso
ciate and Press Saturday last* The troopers
were fired on while unsaddling their horses
having approached the kraal unsuspi
ciously as a white flag was flying from it.
BOERS ATTAQyEO MAFEKING.
Women Are Calling; for Arms to Go
to the Front.
Pretoria, Saturday, May 12, via Lorenzo
Marques—A war bulletin has been issued
here announcing that the British are ad
vancing against the federate at Help
makaar and Tanders Nek. The burghers
this morning attacked Mafeking.
The telegraphist at Malopo says that a
heavy rifle and cannon fire was heard be
fore and o'clock to-day, and that the “Kaffir
location” was in flames within an hour and
was totally destroyed. At 10 o’clock, he
adds, everything was quieter.
At a meeting of 330 Afrikander women*
held yesterday It was resolved to esk the
government for arms and ammunition and
suggest that they do the work of the offi
ciate in the town*, who, they declared,
“ought to be fighting at the front.” The
resolution was carried unanimously.
The Volk stem asserts that the British
p: Doners in the hands of the Bores wi 1
first feel the effects of the embargo placed
on tinned meats and. clothing destined for
the Transvaal at Delagoa bay.
TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.
Transvaal Put In JuH Only Those
Who Tried to Escape.
London, May 14, 6.12 p. m.—The war of
fice has published a. dispatch from Lord
Roberts dated Kroonstad Sunday, May 13,
filvipg the correspondence between Lord
Roberts and President Krugtr relative to
the alleged 111 treatment of colonial pris
oners.
The Transvaal's reply was to the effect
that there w as no and fterer.ee in the treat
ment of the colonial and other prisoners
and that only a few who had contra
vened martial law, or who had tried to
escape or, who it had been suspected,
mir.ht tty to escape, had been placed in
ja i for security. O h rv. 1 e they had been
ilia ed like 'he o hfr prl-cn rs of war.
The enteric fever v.a prevalent among
thy civil population a- w. 1 as among the
prisoners and every remedial measure had
heen taken.
Lord Roberts replied ApTl 22 that he
was glad to receive President Kruger's
assurance, and pointed out that no dif
ference was made by the British authori
tl s In regard to tho pr soners against
whom there might be r asor.able ground
for suspicion th-t tl.ry would try to es
oep , adding thot such ex eptlons gave
rcom f r abuse by officials without the
knowledge of the auti.oritl s.
IIEILBRON TEE NEW CAPITAL.
Trnnsvnnlcr* Are Non Massing at
tlie Van! ISiver.,
Kroonstad, Saturday, May 12.T-Pro?l.ler.t
Steyn has gone to Heilbron, not Lindley.
He has declared the former the new cap
ital. Four hundred burghers have glvtn
up their arms, and ere in this neighbor
hood.
The Transvaalers are reported to be
massing nt the Voal.
The Standard and Diggers’ New* of
Johannesburg, shows that dissensions ex
ist in the Transveal Volksraad.
Railway repairs are progressing rapidly.
Ilnors Fallowed by Ilrnbnnt.
Thaba Nchu, May'l*.—' The eighth divis
ion. with Us front extending 'thirty miles
was yesterday moving forward. Gen.
-Greenfield and Gen. Brabant followed the
Boers, reaching Newberry's mil sand cap
oning great qqan ilfi s of flour and gra'n.
Gen. ByatonCs ma n force with Came
l-ell's brigade of guards and Gen. Boy:s'
brigade have cleared the country. Tho
Boers are splitting up and retiring In the
direction of Ck.colr.rd.
for the Relief of Mafeking.
London, May 14 -The parliamentary
goer ttary of th" war office. Mr. George
Wyndham, replying to a qursdon In Ih ■
Ilrittre of Commons to-day. declined to
divulge Lord Roberts' plans for the re
-1 ef of Mafeking, but, he added that he
hoprd they would shcrtly fe accomplish
ed.
Stales for tlie British. -
New Orleans, May 14.—The steamship
' an cello r .leared to-day for Cape Town
with I.JJj ntulGS for the British army.
SAVANNAH. GA., TUESDAY. MAY 15, 1900.
BRISTOW WILL GO TO CUBA.
TO TAKE CHARGE OP POSTAL AF
FAIRS IS THE ISLAND.
This Action Is Tantamount to the
Suspension of Itathbone— Bristow
In Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General F.xtent of the Postal
Frauds Grows Larger as the In
vestigation Proceeds—Cubans Are
Laughing in Their Sleeves.
Washington. May 11.—Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General Bristow goes to Ha
vana on Wednesday to take charge of the
postal affairs of Cuba.
The postofßce department will not, at
this time, say whether or not Mr. Rath
bone hns been suspended, though to-day’s
action- is tantamount to this.
This announcement was made by the
Postmaster General after a protracted in
terview with the President.
The Postmaster General declined to say
whether or not Director General of Posts
Rathbone tvould be suspended. It is said,
however, that the fact that Gen. Bristow
will assume these duties, does noi neces
sarily indicate that Mr. Rathbone will be
relieved of all connection with the ser
vice. Mr. Bristow outranks the director
of posts, and the latter might operate as
a subordinate, though on this point no
statement is vouchsafed.
The letter directing the fourth assistant
to proceed to Cuba is dated May 12. Mr.
Bristow will remain in Cuba during the
pending investigation, and probably until
the service is reorganized. He would in
any event have supervision of the post
c-fflee inspectors conducting the examinn
tion of postal affairs in Cuba, and his
transfer to Havana will bring him into
closer touch with their operations. He said
that there had not been an intimation that
there had been any wrongdoing in the
postal affairs of either the Philippine Is
lands or Porto Rico.
The situation in Porto Rico and Cuba
up to the beginning of this month were
precisely the same, but in the case of the
former both the military and postal au
thorities had been honest.
Gen. Bristow was appointed fourth as
sistant at the beginning of the present
administration. He is a native of Ken
tucky, but tot many years resided in
Kansas, from which state he was ap
pointed. He owns a newspaper there and
for a time was private secretary to Gov.
Morrlit of Kansas. Chief Clerk Merritt O.
Chance will be acting fourth assistant
during the absence of Gen. Bristow*.
Respecting rumors that similar irregu
larities to those developed in Cuba have
occurred in the ether insular possessions
over which military jurisdiction has been
extended, it is declared positively at the
w r ar department that while the inspectors
have been working constantly to improve
the administrative service they have not
found a single case involving moral turp
itude.
MORE ARRESTS TO HE MADE.
Cnl>an People Stir Ted T T p (h T ep the
Pnstoffice Frainb,
Havana, May 14.—The extent of the pos
tal frauds is far greater than was original
ly expected.
Besides taking in the postal department,
the frauds seem to Include the.local office
at Havana and various other offices
throughout the island, and also to have ex
tended to outside points which have been
used for the sale of some of the old issue
of stamps that were ordered destroyed.
The result of the investigation at the lo
cal postoillce is the suspension of Post
master Thompson, who was installed in
April of last year. He will rem in at his
own house for tne present.
Moya and Mascaro, stamp sellers in the
main office, have a.so been orrested aid
further arrests are expected to-morrow. As
many as six others have been placed und-r
the closest supervision and they will be ar
rested as soon as their strv ce can be
spared. Asa matter of fact, if they were
ell suddenly relieved of duty, it would not
be possible to carry on the posta. and pa t
mclit of Havana.
Messrs. Reeves and Reynolds, the audit
ors of the postal department are still un
der arrest at their oven rooms, in charge
of special detectives. Quarters will, how
ever, be prepared in some fortress, where
all the prisoners connected with the frauds
will be taken as soon as arrested.
To-day's arr-st and the suspicion of Mr.
Thompson did not t.tke place until after
dark, and consequently these new features
of the case were not generally known
throughout the city this evening; but there
Is a perceptible excitement at the post
office, where no one knows who may be
the next to be singled out.
E. (!. Raih'oone desires the Associated
Press to say that there is no truth in the
report circulated in the United Slates, that
there is friction between the military au
thorities lit rc and the postal deportment.
On tite contrary, the most complete har
mony prevails between Gen. Wood and
himself, consuliallocs taking place be
tween them dally. He also says he does
not consider it proper, in the present cir
cumstances, to give out interviews for
publication and has so answered all ap
plications for personal statements that
have been cabled him from the United
States. \
Mr. S e-ldan will temporarily fill Mr.
Thompson's • 1 ce.
It a; poors that the frauds 'ramified in
almost ov*rv possible direction, even the
tented boxps hnv ng been made a source
of Illegitimate g in.
Every add; h n 1 revel .tion Increases the
amuz m nt of the Americans here. The
Cubans si em 10 le Immensely pleased.
They declare that the Americans can no
longer brast in Cuba of their superior
ho ,esty when in government employ.
Gen. Wood devotes several hours dally
to postal affairs, h' aring the reports of
s reels 1 agents and conferring with Mr.
Ratlibcne and others hav ng any knowl
edge of the matt r. As yet it Is impossible
to say how many persons will be impli
es 01.
WILL RESIST KXTtt AIHTIOX.
Neely Wants to lie Tried In n United
States Court.
New York. May 14.—After rending the
■papers which came by tners-g r from
Washington. John D. Lindsay, coun-el for
Neely, Informed District A tornry flu nett
that he would oppose the granting of ex
tradition papers.
“To my surprise,” said Mr. "the
charges in Gov. Wood's requisition P peri
go back to the old Bnan'sh law; they a
- our client of a violation of the por.ol
code of Cuba, article 40U section 3. whl h
reads:
"‘Any public employe wh> has charge
erf public funds, who t kes rr e rum s
that-others will take any p .rt thireo
shall be punished with ti e p-na.ty of
presidio mayor, If the sum taken exceeds
•1,250 peseias and does not exceed 121,0.0
pesetas. - ”
“Under this charge, if eonvieied, he may
be imprisoned in quarters provided in
the place where the crime was commhtej
for a term not exceeding twelve years or
less than six, and a day.
‘ The charges are not brought under the
United Stales laws, the maximum penally
for the same offense being five years, nor
under the postal laws of Cuba, which pro
vide far penalty of not less than six
months nor more than ten years.
"As the charges read the authorities
want to try him in Cuba, without a Jury,
and.before a judge appointed by the mil
itary Governor. Our client asked to be
tried in a United States Court a* a citi
zen.”
It is believed among many lawyers that
the attempted requisition of Neely bears
directly upon the question of Culm’s fu
ture. It is pointed out that ihere are no
legal relations existing between the mili
tary Governor of Cuba and the Governor
of New- York state, and the question is,
has the latter any power to interfere in
the military government of foreign terri
tory of the United States? It is even
doubted by some if the military Governor
of Culm has any authority or power what
ever, In law, under the United States Con
stitution, as it stands at present.
TAX OX LEGACIES IS VALID.
Decisions Handed Down by United
Stales Supreme Court.
Washington, May 11.—The United States
Supreme Court to-day announced opin
ions in the cases arising tinier the Inher
itance tax provision of the war revenue
act and also In a case Involving tha
applicability of the state Inheritance tax
law- of New York to estates composed of
government bonds.
There were five decisions under the fed
eral law and one under the state law, but
two of the former class applied as did the
one of the latter class to the taxation of
government bonds. The court held that
neither under the state nor tha national
enactment were national bonds exempt
from taxation. The validity of the general
federal law was affirmed, but it was held
to be purely applicable to legacies and
not to the entire estates of deceased per
sons. the court holding that "the tax is
on the passage of legacies or distributive
shares of personality, with a progressive
rate on each, separately determined by the
sum of each of such legacies or distribu
tive shares.”
The decisions dealing with the federal
law as a whole were handed down by
Justice White and these relating to gov
ernment bonds by Justice Shiras. The
stale case was that of Plummer vs. Con
troller Coler of New York city.
The principal decision covered the case
of Eben J. Knowlton and Thomas A. Buf
fum, executors of Edwin F. Knowlton vs.
Frank R. Moore, United States collector
of internal rfevenue in the first collection
district of New York.
Justice White‘s decision reviewed the act
at length and decided it was the intention
of the act to impose a lax on legacies only.
He said the contention that the tax was a
direct tax and was therefore unconstitu
tional was untenable, as also was the con
tention that the matter of inheritance
taxes was one for state regulation only. It
was not a direct, but n duty or excise tax.
The opinion also hold (hat the uniformity
provision of the constitution was not vio
lated by the iaw, as that was merely geo
graphical.
"All legacies below tlO.COO,” the court
said, "are not taxed, andi those above that
amount are taxed primarily by the degree
of relationship or absence thereof, spe
cified in the five classifications determined
In -tho tatute, and the rate of tax is pro
gressively Increased by the amount of
each separate legacy or distributive
share.”
In the cases involving the right to tax
inheritances consisting of government
bonds, Justice Shiras said:
"We think the conclusion fairly to lie
drawn from the skate and federal cases
is that the right to lake property by will
or descent, is derived from and regulated
by municipal laws; in asserting a tax upon
such right or privilege the state may law
fully measure or fix the amount of the tax
by referring to the value of the property
passing; and that the incidental fact that
such property is composed In whole or in
part of federal securiiles, does not Invali
date ihe tax or the law under which it
is imposed.”
PROSTRATION'S FROM HEAT.
Thermometer in New A'orlc Register
ed Eighty-Eight.
New York, May It—The highest official
temperature record in Greater New York
to-day was 88 degrees. This is the hlgh
cste temperature recorded on any May It
since the local weather bureau began keep
ing Its records. The temperature In the
streets was much higher. Three prostra
tions from the heat occurred during the
day.
Hot Weather in Chicago.
CJflcago, May 14.—One death and four
prostrations were caused by the heat to
day. The official maximum temperature
to-day was Bk. The thermometer* on Ihe
street level were three or four degrees
higher.
FAVORABLE REPORT ORDERED.
Senate Committee Adi on the Nlra
rnituu Cnnnl Bill.
Washington, May 14.—The Senate Com
mittee on Inier-Occanlc. Canals to-day or
dered a favorable report on the Nleara
gunn canal bill as it passed the House.
Only five members of the committee w re
present.
Senators Morgan, Mcßride, Harris and
Turner voted in the affirmative, and Sen
ator Hanna in the negative.
Philadelphia Hus Made Good.
Philadelphia. May 14.—At a meeting this
afternoon of the Finance Committee of tho
■Citizens’ National Republican Convention
Committee, the announcement was made
that all of the *IOO,COO pledged by this
city to the National Republican Commit
tee for convention purposes, has been
raised.
Public Debt f Hawaii.
Washington, May 14 - Senator Daniel to
day reported from the Comrr. t ee on For
eign Relations u bill amending the Ha
waiian law so * >o f • fill ate the (i u .illng
of the public debt cf that teir.tory,
NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
PASSED nv SENATE AFTER FIVE
DAYS OF DEBATE.
Secretory of tl:c \nvjr Authorised to
Procure Armor Plate at $345 if He
Cannot Get It for Less—lie \cr II -
ment l’li,:it AJrtde {‘omlltSoiin!~Pro
vislon for tlic llcmovnl of the Na
val Station From Port Ko;.ul to
Charleston. |
Washington, May 14.—After a discussion
lasting five full days, the Senate to-day
passed the naval appropriation bill.
Practically five days were devoted to the
consideration of ihe armor plate proposi
tion. which was agreed to finally as report
ed by the committee, with the exception
that the Secretary of the Navy is au
thorized to make contracts only for such
armor as may be needed from time to
time.
By the committee’s amendment to the
House bill the Secretary of the Navy Is
authorized to procure armor of the best
quality at $445 per ton; but If he be un
able to obtain tt at that price, he is then
authorized to pay $515 per ton for the
armor for the battleships Maine, Ohio and
Missouri and proceed to erect an armor
factory to cost not to exceed $4,000,000, one
half of which amount Is made Immediate
ly available.
To-day, after the rejection of the pend
ing amendment offered by Mr. Chandler,
the committee's proposition was agreed to
by a vote of 32 to 19.
The Secretary of the Navy is directed
to purchase five Holland torpero boats at
a pVice not exceeding $170,000 each.
Mr. Chandler's amendment—the pend
ing question—substituting in Mr. Till
man’s amendment, $425 for S3OO, as the
price for armor, was rejected, 25 to '!?.
Mr. Hoar offered an amendment providing
that, if under the committee's proposition,
no government armor plate manufactory
is built, the Secretary of the Navy shall
submit to the next Congress a detailed
report with estimates, as to cost of equip
ment of such a government plant, and
time when the best plate could be deliver
ed thereby. The Senate agreed to Hits
amendment, and the committee’s proposi
tion es amended l was agreed to 32 to 19.
Yeas—Allison, Baker, Carler, Clark of
Wyoming, Davis, Depew, Elkins, Fair
banks, Foraker, Foster, Frye, Gear, Hale,
Hanna, Honsbrough, Hawley, Hoar, Kean,
Lodge, Me Coma r, McCumber, Nelson,
Tenrose, Perkins, Platt of New York,
Proctor, Roes, Sewell, Shoup, Simon,
Thurston, Wolcot:—32.
Nays— Berry, Butler, Chandler, Cockrell,
Daniel, Harris, Heltfeld, Jones of Arkan
sas, Mallory, Morgan. Pettigrew, Pettus,
Spooner, Stewart, Sullivan, Teller, Till
man, Turner, Wellington—l 9.
Five Holland Torpedo Boats.
The next committee proposition was for
the purchase of five Holland sub-marine
torpedo boats at $170,000 each. Mr. Stewart
offered an amendment Increasing the num
ber from five to ten.
Mr. Daniel thought the Hol'and boat pre
sented the resolution of harbor defense.
“If it he true,” safil Mr. Daniel, "and I
may say I do not share tn the belief that
eome foreign nation has Its eye on us and
proposes, as has been feared by some sen
ators, to teat the Monroe doctrine; then
this boat is the thing we desire for the de
fense of our harboTß and our coasts.”
He would, he added, vote for twenty of
the Holland boats to he built to allay the
sensitiveness and apprehension of our sea
eoast cities and he would therefore sup
port the amendment of Mr. Stewart.
Germany ami Monroe Hootrlne.
Adverting to Mr. Lodge's speech deliv
ered last Friday, with respect to a possible
challenge of the Monroe doctrine by Ger
many, Mr. Daniel said:
"That speech has had Ms echo through
out the world, and Is even now rever
berating on the continent of Europe. H
hits circulated around the throne of Ger
many; and Germany's war lord, who al
ways has his ear set for rumors of war,
is even now reflecting upon nnd com
menting upon the idea that sometime Ger
many Is to have a war with the United
States. I do not believe 14.
"The war lord of Germany Is right In
stimulating the military animus of his
people. He Is but matntninlng the tradi
tions of his father*. But that the wtr
lord of Germany, or the chief ruler of any
other nation is projecting or preparing or
building up n navy with tho Idea of Bomo
day testing the Monroe doctrine Is no 4 sus
ceptible to the view of common sens*.
We ought nlways to keep in view our ob
jective In the construction of a navy. If
the idoa of those who want to build a great
navy because England (a great
empire), has a great navy, or be
muse Germany (a progressive nation), has
an eye on the aggregation of a navy and
Ihe acquisition of other countries, and
h 'cauao It::ly has a slmt ar view as to a
navy, la that we shall have a navy capa
ble of going on the seas and meeting these
c-imblrel nave* or even the navy of
Great Britain, then we are going Into a
big undertaking and ore which is not in
accordance w th the tralltlars of this re
public. Thl* Is a peaceful nation and I
would presarvo In the heart* of our peo-
Ile the conservative doctrine that would
keep It a peaceful nation. Tho object
which leads m-i to vote f r liberal appro
priations for the navy Is simply that we
may have necessary weapons of defense
and not that we may hive a vast navy
that shall go about the world seeking
whom we may devour.”
Mr. Hale proposed thot the committee's
proposition should be changed as to make
tho i u pose of five of the Holland boats
mandatory instead of discretionary with
the Secretary of the Navy.
Mr. Stewart accepted this and with
drew his amendment. The committee’s
p opo.rition was then adopted.
The committee's amendment to tho
Hottae hill appropriating s>,"o.(*)o for the
purehas cf Gathmann guns und the am
munition therefor was Withdrawn.
To Move Die Naval Motion.
Mr. Hale for the committee offered an
amendment providing in effect for the re
moval of the naval station at Port Royal
to Charleston, 8. C. The bill authorizes
the expenditure rt sll2. 00 at the Port
Royal station, but the amendment offered
by 'Mr. Hale leaves tho expenditure of
this money to the dl*er<t!on cf the Secre
tary cf tha Navy, who U authorized to
examine Into the expediency of changing
the slntlon to Chariest' n, and if ho deem*
It e-p-dient, to expend the money Intend
ed for Pott R yal, cn he new station and
dock, s'(*),Oft) being made available for the
purcho'e of a site. The amendment pro
vldes that there must b- a depth of water
over the *lll of 4he dock and the new sta
tion at least thirty feet at mean high
tlie.
ilr. Hale, in advocating the amend-.
ment, said the committee felt that the
time now had arrived when no more good
money ought to he sent after bad at Port
Royal.
After some dlseussl. n of the amordment,
Mr. Buller, of North Carolina, proposed
an amendment extending the right of
choice of the Secretary of the Navy to
semo point in North Carolina. He urged
that Wilmington, N. C., was the best
place In the South for the station. Mr.
Butler's amendment was rejected and the
committee nmenment adopted.
AVnr toil hi Reduce Expenses.
Mr. Chandler offered an'amendment re
ducing the number of armored cruisers
provided for In the bill from three to two,
and the number of protected cruisers freui
three to two.
Mr. Chandler sold Ills proposition was to
reduce the expenditure for the navy about
SIO,OCO,COO. He said the bill for encouraging
the merchant niailne called for no larger
appropriation than that, and urged that
the shipping bill be voted on before ad
journment.
“I have not the slightest idea," said Mr.
Teller, “that, the shipping bill will be tak
en up until after the campaign and neither
has the Senator (Chandler).”
"I’m not a great party leader,” replied
Mr. Chandler, sarcastically,
Mr. Chandler wtthdt'ew the amendment.
Mr. Tillman offered an amendment pro
viding that no armor should be contracted
for In advancte of Its actual requirement
by vessels in construction. It was agreed
to. I
The hill was passed without division.
A bill was passed appropriating $150,(00
to erect a public building at Portsmouth,
Va.
At 5:45 p. m. the Senate adjourned,
NEGRO 4VILLIS SHOT TO DEATH.
Whitney's Slayer Lynched ns Soon
as Re Was Identified.
Augusta, May 14.—William Willis, who
murdered Alex Whlinpy Sunday evening,
was lynched near Grovetown, Ga., to-day
about 10 o'clock.
The mob which dlspcsrd of Willis took
him from Richmond county officers, who
boarded a train for Atlanta soon after
the murder was committed, with the pur
pose of taking him to a place of safety.
The mob held Willis In the woods near
Grovetown during the night, awaiting
identification. It was not until 10 o’clock
that the negro was thoroughly recognized.
He was swung from a tree. The rope broke
in the first attempt and a second was
made which was successful.
The body was then riddled with bullets
and a placard was placed upon It bear
ing a warning to other negroes. The coro
ner was notified and Is now Investigating.
Gov. Candler was Informed early In the
day of the prospects of a lynching and
otdered four companies of state troops
stationed here to hold themselves In read
iness to prevent Hny violence by the mob.
Judge Brinson of the Sup- rior Court call
ed the grand Jury together to, prevent any
outbreak, but before these precautions
could be effective the negro had been
lynched.
Alex Whitney was on a crowded street
car yeste day afternoon when Willis and
another negro boarde I it. No seats were
•available, and one of the negroes sat in
Whitney’s lap. Whitney struck the negro,
and Willis suddenly commenced firing
from a pistol. The first shot struck Whit
ney in the head, causing almost Instant
death. The sec nd graced the hand of
Pinckney Steiner. Willis was overpowered
and later placed in the hands of the of
ficers.
A committee of p omlnent business men
sent notice to the el'y authorlilrg to-day
that the law requiring street railways to
f rnish separate accommodations for
whit* persons and negroes was not be
ing enforced.
it was slattd ihat ti e military company
which would be ordeied to protect Willis
in case of mob violence would refuse to
do so as Whitney was a prominent mem
ber of the organization.
COMING OF DOER DELEGATES.
Tronblr In tlie Committees Which
Arc to Receive Them.
New York, May 14.—The Citizens Com
mittee for the reception of the Boer delo
getes met to-nlgh: in the Hotel Manhat
tan.
The met ng was marred by a difference
of opinion. Patrick Egan attacked George
W. Van Slckien for having, as he charg
ed, be-n responsible for the circulation 6t
(lie false reports as to the true purpose of
the committee. Ti e object of this recep
tion c mtnltiee, he declared, was not ele
mosynary, nor to help the widows and
orphans In the Dutch republics, but to aid
in developing a sentiment for the preser
vation of the independence of those repub
lics.
The attack was echoed by a number
of other speakers and tirere (was a very
warm debate. Mr. Van Slckien vehe
mently denied being responsible for tho
reports In question, and he declared that
If it were necessary, he himself would
sign a statement for publication to that
effect. sHe declared his relief committee
antedated the Reception Committee, and
Its work was entirely distinct. It did
not Interfere in the slightest degree with
tho work of the Reception Commit tee.
Mr. Egan, however, returned to the
charge, and declared that reports which
had been sent out seriously menaced the
success of tho reception in this city. He
declared the object of the committee was
not to provide relief for widows and or
phans, but to deve'op an agitation which
will be felt flt Washington, and which,
when It Is known abroad, will be of assist
ance in aiding Europe to give some coun
tenance to the Boer republics.
There was tome further discussion ns to
the future procedure, ar.d it was announc
ed that when the Masdaam arrives a com
mittee will go down the bay on a revenue
cutter to receive the delegates.
When tho ship arrives at tho dock in
Hoboken the delegates uti be escorted in
carriage* to the Hotel Manhattan. It was
said that if the ship arrives to-morrow a
reception will be given to the delegates at
the Manhattan to-morrow, at which Mr,
Van Rcnssaelor will preelde and Judge
Van Houscn will read on addre s. It wes
a'.ao announced that the same evening the
reception is held at thb Manhattan the
General Reception Committee will meet
there. At that meeting It will be decided
when the visit to the May. r’s office shall
be made. Besides being re clved by tip
Mayor the engrossed resolutions cf (lie city
fathers will be preset.ted to the delegates.
DAILY, $8 A YEA*
i CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK.iI A TEAS
HE STIRRED THE BAPTISTS.
ELOQUENCE OF YOUNG NEGRO OR
ATOR APPLAUDED.
Money for Missions Rained Upon the
Platform Wiiea He Had Concluded.
Finance Report .Showed an In
crease la Contributions to Foreign
Mission**—Guoil Work Done .tuning
the Negroes—t om cation Next Ycuo
Wilt He Held In New Orleans.
Hot Springs, Ark., May 14.—Another*
Booker Washington appeared nt Ihe la t
moment of the Southern Baptist Conven
tion this evening. He was Rev. Cliarloy
S. Morris, a young man of brown skin ati<J
with eloquence that thrilled the big assem
binge. He Is a mlsslrniry among Gts
blacks of Africa ar.d had been granted a
few minutes for the purpose of making %
plea for missionary work in the dark coh
tlnent.
A half dozen other mlrslontirles had Just
told of their labors ar.d, while the ct nvon
llon listened with great Interest, it re
mained for the negro to lr the great
gathering lo tumultuous unhusi 3.
when, with splendid e'oqucn o, he tol l Ida
hearers that Carey was not the first mxl
ern missionary, but that the pi ineers wera
the Godly women who took . barge if lla
slaves when they landsd ,n Old Virgi In
and clothed and fed them and give theon
the gospel.
It was some time before ex-Gov. North
ern the president, could obtain silence afi f
the negro's speech. The crowd, however,
could not lA' restrained and broke fornix
Into fresh applause. Crowds pressed for
ward nnd struggled to get near enough to
throw money on the platform. Seveiiil
hundred dollars fit silver and notes were .tt
Morris’ feet. He asked the audience noc
to give money to h:ni, but to turn It over
to the treasurer, and have it usedt to sen I
messengers throughout the South Jot
arouse the colored people to co-operatwux
tn the mission work in Africa. The out
!>ourlng of money was so spoolaneotta
that even afttr the eloquent block orutop
had refused it, it wus filing at his feet,
Mach important Business.
To-day was crowded with business. Htflt
convention adopted resolutions to report
on the relations to the convention sus
tained by the denominational papers.
There was a good sized collection taken
up for the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary.
The finance report showed an lncreasa
of more than 25 per ecu I. for foreign mis
sions over the previous year. The report
was discussed by ten prominent delegates
and tfie Rev. Dr. Pitt of South Carolina,
lead the re(<irt on the advance movement.
They brought forth many animated
speeches, urging that at least $200,0U0 bo
raised for the century movement.
Rev. I. J. VanNers read the report of
the work .among the negroes. The report
pointed out that Baptists everywhere must
show the negroes that they will get jus
tide and consideration and that they muse
bo encouraged to learn trades.
Itev. W. M, Vines, of Asheville, N. C.,
submitted ths report on frontier work, an 1
Rev. T. S. Pot s cf Memphis presented
the re;ort on cities, while Rev. J. E.
White of Notth Carolina made a report
on the work In Ihe m untnin regions. Tha
rep:, rt on the enlargement of home mls
rlm work recemme and and that $150,000 be
raised for home mlrsi ns.
The committee to seieet the place and
time of heldlrffr the next convention re
commended Asheville, N. C., but the dele
gates relectod New Orleans nnd the Fri
day before the second Sunday of next
May as the time. •
l ev. Dr. Mulllps, prrsi lent ef the semi
nary, was elected to deliver the conven
tlan sermon n-xt ; ear.
After several resolutions of thanks tha
convention adjourned
METHODISTS AFTER M’KINLEY.
Denounce His Failure to Shut Up tha
Army Canteen.
Chicago, May 14.—The Methodist Epis
copal General Conference Committee on
Temperance adopted resolutions to-day,
which in the minds of a number of tha
committeemen nt least, is a direct slap at
President McKinley, because of his "ac
quiescence Ini the decision of Attorney
General Griggs, declaring tKe law ineffec
tive.
The resolutions were adopted In the
face of a motion to substitute for them a
minority report from Dr. Jacob E. Price
of -New York Conference, after a two
hour debate, in. which the members alter
nately arraigned sn<l championed Preel
dent McKinley In his stand on the anti
canteen law.
The report read ns follows:
"W'e are, however chagrined, humiliated
and overcome by the puerile and absur-J
construction placed upon the anl-cante“n
Inw. so-callsd, by the Attorney General
of the United States, and with all due re
spect to his exalted station, we record ths
fact thot we are pained and disappointed
at the course of the President In accepting
os final and satisfactory, nil opinion with,
out binding force. Such an abuse of pow
er is nullification In its most /langeroua
form.
“Upon the President as c'mmandpr-ln
chief of our army, rrsts the responsibility
for the eante-n sa o. n. an ev.l which ha
ha* nrrp o power to suppress.
”Wo urge up n the Insfilent an early
exe/rlse of the powey vest and in him to ths
end that the authority of the government,
instead of bong used to pace temptation
la fore the so and er st all be used to sav#
•t im, as far as prsslble, frem the moral
harare’s incident to military life.”
Tho general confeience to-day discussed
the question .of confining the profits of
the l ook concerns to ths support of supor
at minted mltd-dets. The question Involved
toe withdrawing of subsidies from church
publications that could not exist other
wise, and the payment of conference ex
penses. After spirited discussion the mat
ter wax finally laid on (he table by a ris
ing vote. Discussion of the report of tho
comml sion in the r vision of the con
stitution, and the report cf the Commit
t<e on Rules for the general
confer, nc' elrqtfiu s took up most pf tho
tlms of the conference after the morning
recess.
The report cf (lie Comrpl'tee on Elec
tl ns, recommending that the election of
bishops be held under the two-thirds Tula
was unanimously adopted.
The report number two cf the Commit
tee on Episcopacy recommending that tho
whole list cf present acting bishops be de
clared effective, was adopt'd.
The Committee on Itineracy voted to re
i Continued oa Filth Fag*