Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

THE MORNING NEWS. Established U6O. - Incorporated ISSS J. H. KSTILL, President. All IS Hi * Bsden-Poweirs Gailoni Garrison is free il if I. 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. • __________ 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