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THE MORNING NEWS.
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J. H. KSTILL, President.
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BRITISH DEFEATED BOERS.
All London Is Mad With Joy Over
the Great Event
Lord Mayor Announced the Glorious
News to the Waiting Populace.
Thousands of People l’uraded Lon
don and Did All Manser of Things
to Express Tlieir Good Feeling*.
New Peace Proposals Are Now
Talked of—Kroger May Soon Leave
Pretoria.
London, May 18, 9:16 p. m.—Mafeking
has been relieved.
10:16 p. m.—From the mention of the
laagers in the Pretoria dispatch, It Is un
derstood here that prior to the raising of
the siege of Mafeking, the Boer laagers
around that place were vigorously bom
borded by the British relief column, and
that the burghers were practically com
pelled to abandon the siege.
The dispatch of the Associated Press
announcing the relief of Mafeking was
poeted outside the Mansion House and
the news rapidly spread. A large crowd
collected and at this hour all the streets
in the neighborhood are already resound
ing with cheers.
The wnr office at 9 o’clock had announc
ed that news had been received, but at
9 40 the Lord Mayor, Mr. A. J. Newton,
in his official robes of office, announced
th Joyful news to the crowd outside.
The Lord Mayor was accompanied by
ihe lady mayoress to Ihe front of the
Mansion House, where an immense por
trait cf Col. Baden-Powell was display
ed, bearing the inscription:
“Mafeking relieved.”
While the attendants were waving
Union Jacks, the Lord Mayor briefly ad
dressed the assemblage, saying:
“I wish your cheers could reach Mafek
ing “
Here the speech was interrupted by re
doubled cheering and the singing of
“Rule BrUannia,” after which the Lord
Mayor remarked:
“We doubted what the end would
be or that British piuck and courage
would conquer at last.”
Mini? “Gol Save the Queen.”
The Lord Mayor then led the crowd
in singing “God .Save the Queen” and
“Soldiers of the Queen,” and, with re
newed cheering and the waving of flags
by the assembled multitude and the sing
ing of “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow,”
the Mayor and his party rtrtheu.
The masses of people outside the Man
sion House soon grew u> such dimensions
that the police were compelled to divert
•°il traffic, omnibuses, etc., through the
fide streets.
The cheering is now incessant.
The news was also announced in spe
cial newspaper editions and the tickers
in all of the resorts.
In the West End leading thoroughfares
were eventually Impeded by a constant
fctrcim of the populace cheering them-
Mves hoarse and singing “God Sive the
Quet n“ and “Soldiers of the Queen.”
The enthusiasm as this dispatch is sent
already promises to outrival even the
nes which followed the relief of Lady
smith.
The dispatch of the Associated Press <on
tnining the news of the relief of the 1 ng
besieged place was sent to the houses cf
Piriiament, where it created a great deal
cf excitement in the press gallery and lob
bies and soon began to be circulated
among the members of the House of Com
mons.
Great Joy In London.
London. May 19, 4 a. m.—London’s mil
li ns spent half the in the street,
and even at 4 o’clock this morning troops
of young men ate promenading, singing
and cheering and there are crowds in front
<)! the Mansion House, Marlborough
House, the clubs and Pall Mall, and the
w ar office and in Parliament Square, wav
ing hags and joining in the national airs.
1 h s sustained bellowing ar.d uprear of
hundreds of thousands amazes the Eng
lishman who ceases for a moment to be
•n actor and becomes merely an observer.
Nothing has quite equalled to-night’s
hundred square miles of almost furious
monstraiion. Smart women in brough
“r,i waved Ugiion Jacks out of the win
dous. From every bus in London fluttered
?, \ ni °n Jack. Conventional family par
stopped at street corners to take part
* in K n g “God Save the Queen,” and
‘ dierg of the Queen.” Everywhere was
‘ ~ntl on, good feeling and an astonishing
°‘ ,r °f human voices.
... ' vvas all brought about by a twenty.
ir„ u loran ™ from Pretoria that Mafeic
had been relieved.
‘ Baden-Powell’s brother In London
iris r , f ‘ c t eivcd a telegram from a Dutch
h.t $ n prelor l a saying that Mafeking
nas been relieved.
I*lnjel American Air*.
At r ar | ton Hotel, which Is filled with
*‘ r p ? ns ' tho hands played "MarchlnK
<■' fi< “ Pr £ i ." which has been re
t\,i * adapted to nn English sour, en‘l
- V to Pretoria," "Dixie,”
t oth *' American airs were played,
thousand people stood in (rout ot
Mrs. Baden-Powell’s house in St.-George's
place, cheering and singing.
The Lord Mayor sent the following to
Col. Baden-Powell:
"The citizens of London are relieved.
They’ rejoice in the good news received.
Tour gallant defense will long live in
British annals. Cable me what money is
wanted for the needs of the garrison and
inhabitants after long privations.”
In unrestrained Jubilation the provinces
were not behind the metropolis. Prom all
parts of the empire comes the same
story. Bombay. Hong Kong, Colombo
and the Australian cities are rejoicing.
Continental cities, as the press telegrams
abundantly testify, received the news
sadly.
A Lorenzo Marquez correspondent, tel
egraphing yesterday, says: ,
“New peace proposals will probably be
put forward by the Boer government. The
recent reverses are causing despondency.
There was a prolonged meeting of the
Transvaal executive at Pretoria Thurs
day. and the destruction of the mines
was again considered. It is understood
that the government does not intend to
destroy the mines.”
Kruger May lenve Pretoria.
According to the other advices from the
same point, President Kruger and the
other high officials purpose leaving almost
immediately fcr Lydenberg.
The British prisoners will be conveyed
there, and the foreign consuls at Pretoria
are leaving for Lydenberg.
In Kroonstad it is said that President
Kruger will surrender when Lord Roberts
crosses the Transvaal frontier.
Lord Roberts is accumulating immense
quantities of supplies; and the prepara
tions for another movement are well ad
vanced.- The next stop will be at Jo
hannesburg. There are 12,000 Boers at
Rhemoster Spruit. Reconnoitering parties
are sighted daily by the British patrols.
Commandant Nel, with the Johannes
burg “Zarps,” is actively commandeering
fifteen miles northwest of Kroonsta l. All
exemptions have been cancelled. The
civil administration is reduced to the low
est limits.
The Boers have dynamited Laing's Nek
tunnel and the railway is comp’etely
wrecked. The work of repairs will occupy
weeks. The Boers now hold the best po
sition for defending the pass.
The Times says: .
"The demonstration last evening in
London has had no parallel in recent
times. Nor was this surprising. There
has been nothing like the defense of Ma
rking In modern history. Kars and
LUeknow were fine examples of valor and
endurance and resourcefulness; but the
means of defense in those cases was in
finitely greater than was at the disposi
tion of Col. Baden-Powell and his valiant
comrades.
“It should not be forgotten that Col.
Baden-Powell's most energetic and most
capable helper was Lord Cecil, son of the
premier, whose mother died while he was
doing duty far from home and cut off
from communication with his family.”
MAFEKING SIEGE ABANDONED.
Boer Imager* There Had Been Se
verely Bombarded.
Pretoria, May 18.—It was officially an
nounced to-day that when the laagers and
forts around Mafeking had been severely
bombarded, the siege was abandoned, a
British force from the south, taking pos
session of the place.
President Steyrn left here for the Free
State last night, addressing a crowd on
the platform, he urged them to be of good
cheer.
It is reported that 5,000 British troops
have surrounded Christiana. and that the
Landrost and other officials have beeu
taljen prisoners.
CAPTURE OF GEN. BOTHA.
Gen. Roberts Reports He Was Taken
by Hutton's Men.
London, May IS, 4:28 p. m. Lord Roberts
telegraphs to the war office as follows:
“Kroonstad, May 18. Methuen entered
Hoopstad yesterday unopposed. Gens.
Duprey and Daniels and forty men have
surrendered.
“Broadwood occupied Lindley yesterday
after slight opposition. Only two of our
men were wounded. Steyn was not there,
and his government officials had left last
Sunday.
"Hutton's mounted infantry yesterday
surprised and captured, about thirty miles
northwest of this place, Commandant
Botha, Field Cornet Gassen, five Johan
nesburg policemen and seventeen . Boers.
There were no casualties on our side.
"Buller reports that several Natal farm
ers are handing in arms.”
BULLER ENTERS' BANNHAUSER.
Received Message From the Quern
Congratulating Him.
Dannhauscr, Thursday, May 17.—Gen.
Buller entered Dannhauser at 10 o'clock
this morning. The houses In the town
were found to be not much damaged on
account of the sympathies of the Boer In
habitants. A house at Hatting Spruit,
however, was destroyed. A number of
rebels were found at their homes and ar
rested. The railway- It little damaged, but
several large culverts have been destroy
ed. The Bo ra north of Newcastle are fall
ing back on Amajuba.
Gen. Bullfr has received a message from
the Queen congratulating him upon the
taking of Dundee and expressing appre
ciation of the work of the troope, to which
he has replied
The Boers left two doctors and an am
bulance here.
BRITISH ARE IN NEWCASTLE.
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Mounted Force Sent Hnt to Expel the
Boer Forces.
London, May 18.—Gen. Buller, In a dis
patch to the War office, dated Newcastle,
May 18, says:
“Newcastle was occupied last night, and
to-day the whole Second Division and the
Third Cavalry Brigade will be concen
trated there.
“I have sent the mounted police
through Nqutu to expel a small force of
the enemy and to reassure the natives.
"The enemy have burned the chapel,
broken much glass, plundered many
houses and taken cash from the banks;
but otherwise they have not done much
harm.
"The railway Is badly damaged, the In
gngane and Nkader bridges are destroyed,
as are many culverts tmd the pumping
stations and water world).
“Of the 7,000 men flying before us,
about 1,000 seem to have gone to Wak
kerstroom and some by Miller’s pass to
Continued oa Fifth Rage, „
SAVANNAH. GA., SATUKDAY. MAY 19. 1909.
SMITH APPOINTS MAGINNIS.
MONTANA’S GOVERNOR TAKES
HAND IN SENATORIAL FIGHT.
Snyn Claris's Appointment NVn* Se
cured by Fraud and I* Therefore
Void—Wants the Senate Committee
to Ignore the Appointment Made
by Spriggs—Gov. Smith Sent n Pro
test to Prominent Senators—Com
mittee Will Consider It.
Butte, Mont., May 18.—Gov. Smith to-day
sent dispatches from here to Senator W.
A. Clark. Senator Chandler, and President
Frye of the Senate, saying he had disre
garded and revoked Lieut. Gov. Spriggs'
appointment of Clark to succeed to the
senatorial vacancy) and saylr.g that he had
named Martin Maginnis of Helena to fill
the vacancy.
The Governor gives as his reasons his
opinion that the appointment of Mr. Clark
by the lieutenant governor was tainted by
collusion and fraud.
To Mr. Clark the Governor wired:
"I have this day disregarded and revoked
your appointment as United States sena
tor, made by Gov. Spriggs on the 15th
inst., as being tainted with collusion anl
fraud, and have this day appointed Hon.
Martin Maginnis United States senator io
fill the vacancy caused by your resigna
tion.”
Those to Fryo and Chandler are of the
same tenor, notifying them of his action.
The Governor sent a formal protest to
Chandler, detailing his reasons. He also
has'issued an open letter to the people of
the state, denying that he had any knowl
edge of the contemplated step when he
left Montana for California.
Gov. Smith bases his protest on- ihe
ground that the appointment is vitiated
because of frapd. He alleges that the
resignation- of Clark was written in April,
and that the date that It now bears. May
11, was the result of the erasure of the
original date which, it is alleged, can be
easily proved by examination of the docu
ment.
The Governor holds that, owing to al
leged fraudulent practices followed in the
appointment of Mr. Clark, that appoint
ment is void.
WILL PRESS IT TO A VOTE.
Senate Committee to Urge Consider
ation of tlie Case.
Washington, May 18.—The Senate Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections to-day
adopted a resolution directing Chairman
Chandler to press "to a vote” the Clark
resolution as originally reported, which
declared Mr. Clark was “not duly and le
gally elected.”
The following dispatch was received
from Sov. Smith to Senator Chandler and
was read:
"I desire to present, in as forcible a man
ner as possible, my protest against the
course pursued by Hon. W. A. Clark In
attempting to defeat the action of the Sen
ate of the United States upon, the resolu
tion presented by the Committee on Privi
leges and Elections affecting his title to
a seat and to protest against
the methods pursued by him In
securing an appointment at the
hands of the lieutenant governor during
my absence from the state under circum
stances and conditions which to my mind
indicate collusion and fraud. His ccnduct
in attempting a resignation and procuring
a reappointment under the conditions as
he did, If the matter was before a court
cf justice would have been considered a
contempt of on his part. I therefore
trust that the Committee and the Senate
will proceed to a proper and complete con
sideration of the Question, so that the
right*, not only of Mr. Clark, but cf the
state of Montana, In the premises may
be determined and that upon the presen
tation of his credentials of appointment
by tho lieutenant governor, the same l.e
transferred to the Committee on Privi
leges and Elections for investigation, and
that I be permitted to make a more com
pute and detailed statement of facts con
cerning the resignation and appointment
of Mr. Clark."
Consideration on the floor has been
postponed until Monday.
KING OSCAR MAY ABDICATE.
Ills Sympathies for England Have
Caused Bud Feeling.
laondon, May 19.—The Stockholm corre
spondent of the Daily Press says:
"A rumor is abroad here In pro-Boer cr
cles that King Oscar’s decision of sympa
thy with Great Britain may cause him to
abdicate, as it has embittered hs relations
with the cabinet.
"Tire Crown Prlnce',B birthday, June 2fl,
is mentioned as the occasion for a public
announcement."
Ilnd Storm in Texas.
Austin, Tex., May 18.—To-night for three
hours this section of the state was visited
by a terrific electrical and rain storm, do
ing greut to railroad end other
property. ' All tralus entering the city had
to tie up here owing to the fact that the/
track to the north for some miles was
either under water or In bid c ndltlorv,
with several washouts reported between
here ar.d Taylor. Trackmen were tent out
to ascertain the exact extent of che dam
age, which is reported to be heavy.
England's Volunteers.
London, Mny 18 —ln the House of Lords
to-day the Secretary of State for War,
the Marquis of Lansdowne, Introduced a
hilt to extend the power of the volunteer
act by providing that volunteers may be
mobilized In any great emergency, in
stead of only to repel actual Invasion and
also to enable volunteers to enter Into
an ngreement rendering them liable to be
called on at any time for either home or
foreign service.
Royalty at U Tournament.
London, May 18.—The Prince and Prin
cess of Wales, rhe King of Sweden, the
Duke of York, the Duke of Connaught,
Gen. Sir White and Lady White and Capt.
'Lambeton of the British first-class cruiser
Powerful, were among those present at
the brilliant opening of the military tour
nament to-day. The greatest enthusiasm
was aroused hy the display of the Power
ful's men, with 4.7-thch gun, which took
part In the defense of Lodysmith.
8 Itoynl Wedding. |
Berlin, Mny 19,—The betrothal of Duke
Robert of Wtirtemburg to Arrhduche/s
Marin ’mmaculatta of Austria lu an
nounced. i
AGIiINALDO-’ti PROCLAMATION.
Say* the New Commission Cannot
Treat Olllcially.
Manila, May 18.—A proclamvrton, pur
porting to have been Issued by Agulraldo.
and dated May 1, from Pollllo Llind. one
of the Philippine group, ca-t of Luzon, is
circulating in Manila.
It says the commission appointed by
President McKinley was app. Intel with
out the authorization of Congress, and
that, hence, it cannot neat official}*. It
urges the Filipinos rot to surrender their
arms at the instigation of the commission
and on promises- which congee ss may not
ratify, and also urges the Filipinos to en
thusiastically welcome the commission
when it arrives in the tow ns and j ravin -es,
asking boldly for the form of government
they most desire, as the Americans permit
freedom of speech.
The proclamation closes with asking the
Filipinos to still strive for liberty and in
dependence, and again warns the comm s
slon against deception.
In the Catarma fight, Island of Samar,
May 1, about 700 of the enemy attacked the
men of the Forty-third Infancy. The
Americans killed 209 of the rebels, by act
ual count. Only three Americans we.e
wounded. .
MaJ. John C. Gi mcre and 100 men of the
Forty-third Regiment were ambushed
May. 6, near 1 ambugan, Samar. Seventy
live of the enemy were killed and there
were no American casualties.
The transport Lennox has returned here
aft- r landing four troops of the Eleventh
cavalry to reiniorce Col. Bell. Two troops.
MaJ. Hugh T. Sme commanding, were
landed at Legaspi and proceeded across
the country to strengthen the garrison at
Liagao. They found numerous entrench
ments manned by Insurgents between the
towns, and were two days on their way,
skirmishing, and amounted c -nstantly. Their
only loss was three hors s. The officers
report tha-t they killed forty insurgents,
but the natives declare eighty were killed.
BOER ENVOIS IN WASHINGTON.
They Are Seeking; Aid In Potting an
End to tlie War.
Washington, May 18.—Messrs. Fischer,
Wolmarans and Wessels, the Boer peace
commissioners from the Transvaal and
the Orange Free State, arrived in 'Wash
ington to-night. The envoys were given
an informal reception at their hotel, where
Congressman Sulzer of New York, intro
duced them, and made a speech of wel
come.
Mr. Fischer said in an interview with
the Associated Press:
“Wo are supplied with credentials from
our governments, and have full power to
act in a diplomatic capacity. It would
not be proper for us at this time to say
Just what our course will be, before we
have taken steps to communicate with
those with whom we expect to deal. We
come in the interest of peace and a cestm*-
tloo of the bloody war whieji is now rag
ing in our country. We are engaged in
a struggle with the country with which
your notion was engaged over a hundred
years ago, and we feel that we will have
the moral support of the people who
fought for and love their liberty. The
Boers will not give up the struggle, there
will be no surrender of what they regard
their Just rights.
“We are still willing that the trouble
shall be settled by arbitration and we
will be willing to abide by the result.
Wo are anxious that the United States
investigate the question of difference be
tween the Boer republic and Great Brit
ain and use its Influence to put an end
to the war. We hope also-to get the
moral sympathy of the people with us in
the present emergency.”
The reception of the Boer envoi’s was
discussed to-day by the cabinet. It Is
understood that no merely private citizens
they will be presented to the President
by the Secretary of State.
ENGINE BOILER EXPI/ODED.
Two Men Were Killed ami Seven
Badly Injured.
Ashley, 111., May 18.—Two men were
killed and seven Injured, two fatally, by
the explosion of the boiler of a locomo
tive attached to the southbound passen
ger trnln, No. 21, on the Illinois Central
Railroad, at Dubois yesterday.
The dead are: Charles Prlcke, engineer,
and Tom Wright.
The Injured are: Sam Assholf, will die;
Fred Crawford, will die; John Hampton,
will die; Henry Haltall, Frank Johnson,
Charles Noacvk, William Sherer, all sec
tion men.
The section men were standing near the
track when the explosion occurred. The
passengers In the Pullman and four day
coaches were badly shaken up by tho
force of tho explosion.
IN FAVOR OF THE DEMOCRATS.
One Contested Case In Wlilcli the
I.alter May W in.
Washington, May 18,—The House Com
mittee on Elections No, 1 to-day ordered
a report In favor of the Bitting member
In the contested election c'ase of James
H. Walker vs. W. F. Rhea, from the
Ninth Virginia dist rict. The vote In favor
of the sitting Democrat stood 7 to 2.
Four Republicans, Taylor of Ohio, Mann
of Illinois, Hamilton of Michigan and
Burkett of Nebraska, voted with the Dem
ocrats. Messrs. Linney, Republican, of
North Carolina, and Davenport, Republi
can, of Pennsylvania, will make a minor
ity report In favor of Walker.
Indian Famine Fund.
London, May 18.—Replying to a question
In the Hourc of Commons to-day regarding
American assistance to the famine-strick
en, the Secretary of State for India, Lard
Hamilton, said that as the government
was no*, connected with the charitable
funds he was unable to say whether the
committee which had so generously initi
ated the famine funds in the United
Stales had proposed to appeal to other
cities than New York. He added that the
work done ny the charitable funds waa
supplemental to the work of the govern
ment.
Wits Guilty of Forgery.
Berlin, May 18.—It has been discovered
that Dr. Kdelhoff of Hamburg, who. last
March, lied with his wife to the United
States, was guilty of forgeries for largo
amounts. Preparatlcna aro being male
for his extradition.
Illflereiice* Settled.
London, 'May 18.—Mr. Chamberlain will
announce in the House of Commons on
Monday that the differences between the
Imperial government and. the Australian
federation delegates over the common
wealth bill, have been amicably settled.
MORE RIOTING IN ST. LOUIS.
SEVERAL CONDUCTORS AND MOTOR
MEN WERE WOUNDED.
Rock* Thrown atul Shot* Fired nt
the Street Car*—All Sort* of Ob
structions Were riled Up on the
Trucks—Even n Dead Horae Wo*
Uaesl to Stop the Running; of Car*.
Conductor RlcUnrd*on Was Prub
nbly Fatally AVonnded.
St. Louis, May 18.—Rioting broke out
afresh to-day In various parts of the city,
and several casualties of a severe nature
resulted.
At noon a crowd of 400 or more men,
women and boys, congregated along La
Clede avenue between Grand and Theresa
avenues, and plied obstructions on the
street cor tracks. As the cars came to a
standstill, rioting began, persons In the
crowd throwing rocks and some shots
were fired. One of the bullets struck J.
R. Richardson, a conductor, In the head.
A special officer on one of the cars was
dragged off and badly beaten, his club
and revolver were taken from him, and
several other motormen and conductors
were assaulted.
While the turmoil was at its hight, a
detail of police came dashing up and
charged Into the crowd. They struck
right and left, but they had no clew as
to who was responsible for the shooting.
Richardson Is probably fatally wounded.
On the Bellefonleln line obstructions
were numerous, and when the men left
the cars to remove the burners, they were
made the targets for rocks, broken bricks
and pieces of iron.
Blockaded the Track.
The employes on the Eastern avenue cars
had another rough day of It. Their car*
wore stoned at street corners near Ih*
western terminus and also along Franklin
avenue and Mcrgnn street.
In one place the strike sympathizers
blockaded the traeje with a dead horse. No
sooner did the street car employes removed
the carcass than a hundred willing hands
grabbed It and dragged It back to (he
track. Traffic was obstructed until the
police arrived and made the crowd dis
perse. Obstructions were numerous along
the California avenue and Tower Grove
lines and the cars passed several showers
of stones and of bricks. Traffic wsis prac
tically Impede by lumber, etc., along the
Market street and Chateau avenue liner
and every now and then a stray rock was
hurled at the passing cars.
Two imported employes of the St. Louis
Traction Company were shot to-dny wh le
in charge of street cars. In neither ca e
is the assailant known.
Guy Flckes of Decatur, 111., was shot
through the thigh at Twenty-first street
and Morgan streets. ■ Flckes was employ
ed as a guard on cars. He said a large
crowd on the sidewalk hooted and Jeered
at the-car. At Twenty-first street he was
shot and he says the Hash came from a
comer house near by. His condl’lon Is not
serious.
The federal grand Jury was In session
all day to-day taking evidence regarding
the hindrances and obstructions to the
United States mall caused by the present
car strike.
Shortly after noon three cable cars
started east from the power house of the
Fourth street railway on Eighteenth
street and Parke avenue, but someone
cut all the strands of the cable, presum
ably by a steel saw and the cars were
hauled back to the power house by horses.
A Smtntl Serious Riot.
John Kenna, a saloonkeeper, was prob
ably fatally wounded, and Robert Nelson.
a negro, and Emergency Officer Jacob
Hollingsworth, slightly wounded to-night
in a riot at the South End. A special
officer fired at Kenna and the other two
were shot supposedly by Kenna. Kentt*
had been drinking and shot at a motor
man on a passing car.
Patrolman Henry E. Barton, a guard on
a car, was shot and painfully wounded to
day on Jefferson avenue. The cor wits
stoned and then shot at. A riot call dis
persed the crowd.
The Houe of Delegates to-day passed
the Kelly ordinance annulling the fran
chise of nil the street railways In Bt.
Louis unless they run their cars In com
pliance with the terms of the city ordi
nance.
COTTON EXCHANGE RULES.
An Effort Mnde fo Fix the Amount
of Commission*
New York, May 18.-*-Tho members of the
New York Cotton Exchange met In tho
board of managers' office at 12 o’clock to
day to consider a proposed amendment to
the by-laws which provides for the strict
maintenance of commissions.
There has been so much complaint of
commission cutting within the past few
months that It was deemed necessary to
take prompt action to settle the question
once for all. The new proposition provides
for a charge of $5 for each trade per con
tract of 100 bales, purchase or sale, for the
account of non-members; a charge of $2.50
for the same when made for a member of
the exchange and ft charge of 50 cents for
floor business. It restricts the business of
traders employed on salary by commission
houses to execution of orders for their In
dividual concern or personal transactions,
whereas In the past they have done a gen
eral business.
The first offense against the rules will
he met with suspension for a period of
not less than six months, nor more than
twelve months. The penalty for the sec
ond offense Is expulsion. General discus
sion on the proposed change was so
lengthy as to make further consideration
necessary and another meeting will be held
on Tuesday of next week, when a time will
be fixed for a vote.
Smooth Thief lu I’nrl*.
Paris, May 19, 4a. m.—A skillful (hi f
hits been operating at the United State* of
fices at the exposition. Oliver Hlne, an ex
pert in the exlhlblt of liberal arts, w.'
about to proceed to the payment of staff
employe* when he discovered that bis
pocketbook, containing 1.800 francs In benk
notes and a chock for 700 francs, had dis
appeared from an Inside pocket of the c at
Fifteen persons were awaiting their turn
to be paid around him at the time, and all
asked to be searched, but ro (race of the
missing property could be found.
Want* Another Drama.
Berlin, May IS —Capt. Lauff. author of
"The Iron Tooth." has been orde-ed by
Emperor William to write another Hohen
zoltern drama for 1901. when will be cele
brated the hi-centennary of the coneo ida
tion of Prussia.
IIOIV CUBAN FINANCES STAND.
War D< pa; taient Furnished a State
ment to the Senate.
Washington, May 18.—The war c'epirt
ment to-day sent to the Senate, In answer
to a resolution, an Itemized statement of
the receipts ar.d expenditures cf all sous
In Cuba, including salaries and allowances
to officers, since the United States gov
ernment assumed control of the island.
This statement Is In extension of a con
densed one supplied on Feb. 13, last, Gen.
Wood having furnished Ihe details at Ihe
direction of the department. It is shown
that the actual cost of the Trlscernia Ua 1-
way, connecting ttia harbor of Havana
with the interior railroad system of Cuba
was altogether $342,611. The read was
built in yellow fever time under great diffi
culties and in great haste by the chief
quartermaster of Cuba and the United
States government has been since reim
bursed from the Island revenues. The six
miles of road were required to pass the
American troops around the city of Ha
vana, then Infected with yellow fever, to
the camps of the uplands and the actual
cost was S32,tXK) per mile.
The statement shows that the total re
ceipts from all source* in Cuba for the
year 1899 were $18,316,590. The expendi
tures are set down as $7,421,719. It Is ex
plained that this Is a sum total for which
vouchers had been audited by the auditor
of Cuba. His report Is complete for the
year 189 J for ail the civil departments of
the Island, hut his report for all other ex
penditures covers only the six month*
from July 1 to Dec. 31 of that year, and
the Itemized statements of the expendi
tures are submitted with the statement
to-day. The auditor promises to supply
the report for the first half of the year
1899 In the near future, when It will be
sent to the Senate.
Of the island's receipts $15,012,100 was
made up of customs receipts, $250,025 pos
tal receipts, $760,880 Internal revenue and
$293,584 miscellaneous receipts. Of the
expenditures $211,292 went to the depart
ment of finance, $876,640 to Justice and
public Instruction, $265,121 to. agricultural
and public work/t, $610,975 to state and
government, $448,075 to extraordinary ex
penses and $612,290 to postoffice.
The sum of $1,658.442 was stent on sani
tation in the half year from July 1 to Dec.
31, 1599. In the same year the rural guard
cost $506,152. Barracks and quarters cost
$617,755, the customs service cost $343.93.>,
and public works absorbed $1(8 036. Chari
ties got $262,092, civil government is set
down for $164,281 end municipalities $123.-
113. The census cent 1211.401.
The a lowances to mt Itary officers are
shown in detail and are nearly all for
small amount s. The $3,000 which was said
to have been paid for a house for Gen.
Chaffee was actually expended by the
quartermaster's department for a building
for Its own use, Gen. Cnnffce occupying
a portion of the building for his military
headquarters es provided for In the army
r gulatlons.
WILL NOT CHANGE POSITION.
Methodist* Hold to View* Agulnst
Card* anil Dancing.
Chicago, May 18.—The M. E. General
Conference took three more ballots to-day
for two additional bishops, but without
result.
Dr. Henry Spellmeyer, of Newark, N.
J., and Dr. J. F. Berry of Chicago, edi
tor octhe Epworth H raid, are now. how
ever, far ahead In the voting. Dr. W. V.
Kelley and J. W. E. Bowen, the latter
the coloffil candidate, withdrew theT
names 10-day.
The conference to-day voted to send I wo
more missionary bishops to Southern Asia,
with the recommendation that when two
or more missionary bishops are assigned
to a g ven teritory they shall be co-ordi
nate In authority.
A much dlspu.t 1 question—the removal
of the time limit on pastorates, aiso came
up for discussion, debate b.’ing unfinished
wh<n ihe inference adjourn'd.
The. Methoulst Church will not. If the
report cf the commit 1 ee Is accepted, alter
Its posl lon toward pi lying cards, Uane ng,
and certain other amusements.
By a vote of 45 to 25 the Committee on
the State of the Church to-day decided
to recommend that the section on prohib
ited amusements be taken out and that a
new section be Inserted in the chapter on
advices as follows:
“Our church has, from the beginning of
Its history. Insisted that dancing, playing
nt games of chance, attending theater,
horse races, circuses, dancing parties and
patronizing dancing schools and other
amusements whlcH cannot be used in the
name of the Lord Jesus, are perilous to
the spiritual life and Influence of the mem
bers of our c/hurch and enervating to the
spiritual power of the church In Ihe great
work of saving souls. The tendency in
social circles toward dangerous amuse
ments was never stronger than It Ih at the
present time and therefore we deem it
wise to reaffirm our historic attitude on
this subject.”
Acting under the advice of the Board of
Bishops the Committee on Episcopacy to
day decided to recommend to the general
conference that an additional bishop be
elected to take charge of the work In
Eastern China. This makes three mission
ary bishops which the conference now will
be called upon to elect.
Bishop McCabe, who recently gave out
for publicottori a set of satirical resolu
tions referring to the outside work per
form'd by the bishops, may be censured
by the conference for his action. To-dav
Chairman J. M. Buckley declared that
the Committee on Episcopacy would In
vestigate the incident, and report to the
Generol Conference.
The Committee on Epworth League de
cided to-day to make the general secre
tary an officer elective by the conference.
PLAGUE IN NEW SOUTH WALKS.
Official list Cntelier* Are Getting In
Good Work.
Vancouver, B. C., May 18.—The steamer
Aorange, In port to-day, sailed from Syd
ney on April 25, and up to that date In
Sydney alone there had been 142 cases
of plague and forty-nine deaths. New
cases aro reported from almost every
seaport town In Australia, and even In
the Interior the dread disease Is making
Its appearance.
Under an official rat catching army
12.000 rats have already been incinerated.
The government la spending £30.000 mom li
ly In the effort to free New South Wales
from plague.
Venezuela'* Population.
Washington, May 18.—United Slates
Consul Loomis, at Caraeas, has cabled th“
department of state that an official census
Just taken fixes the population of Vttnezu
la at 2,223,527 persons.
DAILY. $8 A YFtJI
i CENTS A COPY.
WEJEKLt 2-TIMEB-A-IVEEK.iI A TEAK
REEVES MADE A CONFESSION.
GAVE 11* MOXBY THAT WAS UlYEff
HIM llv
Srrt‘niler*Ml nn<! Told All Ilfl
Knew—Wood Shjn the Story About
the Fraudulent Slump* From Vluii
cle in a Cnnard—lleeveii*
the Only Link Needed In the Kvl
denee—C üban* Doing- a Great Deal
of Talk! or.
Havana, May 18.—W. H. Reeves, deputy
adultor of the island, made a confession
at midnight last night and gave up $4,500
Riven <o him by C. F. W. Neely, the nr*
rested financial agent of posts at Ha
vana, to perform certain aorvices the dajfl
he left.
Gen. Wood and the postal inppectors re
fuse to disclose the nature of the con
fession, barely admitting that the con
fession has been made.
It is claimed that $1,400 more will be re
covered to-day.
Gen. Wood says that the report from
MuncHe, Ind., that nearly $2,000,000 woiMii
of stamps have been printed there and sent
for distribution to Cuban postofflees can
l>e regarded as a canard. There Is noth
ing here to show that any .such counter
feit stamps have been sent, li is believed
now that the whol< story is known and
that the amount of the defalcation will
fall between SIOO,OOO and $125,000.
The Only Link Needed.
Those who know the situation best say
that the confession of Reeves was th
only link required In the chain of evidence,
although the principal statements he hn<J
made will require investigation before they
can be acted upon, ns It is generally be
lieved that his accusation is of such at
startling character as to render It unwise
to pro-eed further l**fore being absolute
ly sure of other evidence to corroborate it.
With the confession of Reeves and Rich,
supplemented by those of the stamp clerk*
und by the statements of the Raracoa
lK>yimoster, it is considered that the evi
dence against Neely is complete, especial
ly in view of tho assertion of Reeves that
the stamps were not destroyed when
were supposed to be, packages which were
apparently stamps, were destroyed; but
,ir. Is now said that those were so many
bundles of paper bits.
Tho newspapers are now beginning to
osk for on investigation of tho engineer
ing deportment. They nay that this de
partment has been oven more extrava
gantly conducted the postal depart
ment.
Another charge ogninst Niely fs that hi
has defrauded the customs out of i-ever I
thousand dollars worth of duties by im
porting, nominally for postal us\ la?*g*
quantities of paper, which was sold to a
printing house in Havana.
C übuJiM Arc l iilUlnu.
The Cubans are now beginning to talk
a good deal regarding postal matters, th3
main idea apparently being that lh
Americans, having found so many of their
countrymen Implicated, will not proceed to
extremities. The Cubans do not bdl ve
that Neely will be extradited.
NEW EXTRADITION NEA9IAE.
It* Object Is to Get Vcly Hack to
<‘tiln for Trial.
Washington, May 19.—1n accordance
with the request of Attorney Ge*neral
Griggs, the* Judiciary Committee of tho
House of Re presen ta fives to-duy consid
ered means of dealing with the Neely caso
and like offenses arising in Cuba. Tho
need of action was explained by the At
“ torney General in a letter to Chairman
Ray of,the committee, in which he said;
“Rectnt offenses of a criminal nature
committed by an employe of the postal
service in Cuba, who has tied from Jus
tice there and taken refuge in the United
States, make it my duty to call your at
tention td the fact that the application of
the present extradition lows of the United!
tttates to such cast-s is In u condition of
doubt and uncertainty, which makes it
embarrassing to the department of jus
tine to secure the prorr..pt return of sucli
offenders to the Jurisdiction in which tn*
crime is committed, and in which they
should be tried.
“It 1s obvious that the laws of the
United States ought to provide a sure
and speedy ref urn of fugitives from Jus
tice who flee from Cuba and seek refuge
in the linked States. I have drafted am
art which will make the course of pro
cedure in such matter** sure and certain,
and I respectfully ask that it bo con*
sldered by your committee and if found
expedient that it be introduced and pass
ed as speedily as possible."
The Hill Proposed.
The Attorney General’s hill Is entitled
“An act for extradition and rendition In
certain cases,” and provides:
“Section 1. That sections 5,270. 5,271,
5,272, 5.273 and 5,274 of the Revised Stat
utes and all other statutes of the United
States concerning extradition to foreign
countries, in pursuance of treaties, shall
apply to and govern extradition to tho
Island of Cuba, while occupied by tb
United States, and during the continu
ance of the government established and
maintained in said island by the United
States in the fame manner and to th®
same effect as though Cuba were a coun
try with which a treaty existed, stipulat
ing and providing for extradition in that
*?at*e of all felonies and other crimes, past
and future, against the penal code, and
the laws in force on the Island of Cuba,
and in the same manner as if the Gov
ernor or other chief officer of Cuba were
the head of an independent government
thereof.
“Sec, 2. That <vcry person who know
ingly and wilfully obstructs, resists or
opposes any agent, person or officer wha
ha* a pr's >ner In custody under the p o
vPion of the fo’ego ng rcctlc n, in the. ex
ecution of his duties or who rescues or at
ti mpts to rescue such pc rson whi st n
custody es aforesaid, shall b* punished
by fine of not more than $l,O 0, and by im
p isenment fer not rrore than one y ar.’*
A ihird scion apples to sections 5 3
and F27D < f tl e revised statutes to the ren •
diticn of fugitives between the stat'n
and territories and the islands in the pos
session of the Uni*ed States under th®
treatv of I a* is
The view was general in the commit!©*
that the situation was most cxtraordbuir -
and complicated, as Spain had relinquished
sovereignty, the United States had not as
sumed sovereignty, and Cuba had not or
ganized a sovereign government. It wai
flanlly determined to secure cooperati n
with the Senate and executive branch >t
the government, and a Bub-eommiU*© w s
to Confer with iho other
branches and report next Tuesday.
The committee considered at length th®
Attorney General’s bill and also one sub
sequently Introduced in the House by
Chairman Ray. having but one section,
and providing for the surrender of offe-ul
ing officials of Cuba when tle.ung into th*
United States j