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CONCESSIONS CAUSE KICK Secretary Root May Have Ex= ceeded His Authority. AN INQUIRY IS SET ON FOOT Senator Turner Charges That (jold Property In Alaska Has Been Illegally Ceded. Upon the authority of the governor of Alaska, Mr. Turner, senator from tbe state of Washington, made the statement in the senate Wednesday that concessions for gold mining in the bed of the sea near Cape Nome, Alaska, had been granted by the sec retary of war, and upon that statement he based a resolution of inquiry. Senator Turner said if such a grant had been made it was “a shame, a re proach and a scandal.” Mr Turner’s resolution directed the secretary of war to inform the senate whether uny concessions to excavate the gold-hearing bed of the sea in the vicinity of Cape Nome, Alaska, or in other Alaskan waters have been made to any individual or corporation or as sociation by the secrotary of war or any other war department official, and if so, upon what theory such grant was made. “The secretary of war,” said Mr. Turner, “has jurisdiction over the navigable waters in the rivers and harbors of the United States and at v;i! i. us times has giveu to private in- i dividuals authority to excavate the bed of such waters for proper pur poses. Now if this authority has been stretched to cover such a concession as that mentioned in the resolution it is a shame, a reproach and a scandal.” Mr. Wolcott, of Colorado, said that in view of this extraordinary state ment the secretary of war would be auxions to answer any proper inquiry touching it. If such a concession had . been gi anted it was clearly a violation of the law. Mr. Carter said it certainly could not be in contemplation of the secre tary of war to give mining leases without a semblance of law. “I think the resolution should be adopted,” said Mr. Carter, “as I’m satisfied the response will show the secretary has not arrogated to himself such power.” The resolutions were agreed to. (ON FLK IT NO TF> Tl MON V Given Itcforc the linluslrial Commission tit It Session In Atlanta. Conflicting testimony has been given to the United States industrial com mission as to the condition of the mill operatives in Atlanta and the wages they receive. Three witnesses representing labor organizations, told the commissioners that the condition of the mill opera tive- was deplorable. Their evidence was that the conditions at the Fulton Hag and Cotton Mills were especially bad. Mr. Oscar Elsas, representing the Fulton mills, denied that his employes were mistreated or were paid starva tion wages. The foreman of a Macon newspaper, 1. J. Kiiburn, was also a witness be fore the commission. He said that since he had been at work, labor in the south had been organized. He believed moral and financial benefits hail been derived from organization. He discussed the labor unions in Ma con, tei'ing of the wage scales and the rules that prevailed. “Incompetent workmen ave not ad mitted to our unions,” he said. “We have to keep them out because wfl want to guarantee to the employer of union labor that he will get the value of his money.” “Then it is in the power of the union to prevent moa from working at a given trade,” said Mr. Smyth. “Wo do not go that far, but wo pre \eiit non-union tneu from working in union shops.” Kiiburn explained the system of apprentices, saying that iu the Typo graphical union one apprentice was allowed to every seven printers or fraction thereof. “Suppose an employer had a son whom he wautod to learn the trado aud there were no apprentice places vacant?” suggested Seuator Kyle. “The employer’s sou would be turned down,” replied Mr. Kiiburn, “just like anybody else I bad a case a few days ugo whore an employer wanted Ins son to learn to operate a Morgen thaler machine. There was no vacancy and l had to turn him down.” Senator Kyle asked if the laborers were not operating a gigantic trust. Mr. Kiiburn said they simply had a large organization. He did not con sider it a trust. The senator said it occurred to him that the labor unions were putting themselves on the sune plane with lire big corporations of the country. “MENACE TO AMERICA.” Sulzer Charges That England Is Fortifying Against On the Canadian Frontier. A Washington special says: In the house of representative Congressman Sulzer denounced the administration for its pro-British policy in the most scathing terms. He spoke on his res olution making inquiry about the for tifications being erected by Great Britain on the Cauadian border, which resolution had been turned down by the Republican committee. Mr. Sulzer said his resolution only called for such information not incom patible with the public interest, not for secret information. The adjutant general’s report, he said, is preposter ous and untenable and it is ridiculous for him to say Great Britain is not trespassing on our territory, no one contends that. What we do declare and what every thinking aud intelli gent citizeu of this country knows is, that while Great Britain is pretending to be our friend she is sedulously and studiously and consistently erectiug great fortifications on our northern frontier which menace the integrity of the republic and which on notice of twenty-four hours could destroy our cities, our towns, and lay waste the property of our people. It seems to mo that today the administration is being humbugged by the administra tion of Great Britain. “I say that on this resolution I want to get the sense of this house and find out who are the friends of America and who are friends of Great Britain. We ought to have this information. There is a feeling all over this country that the administration has absolutely and abjectly surrendered American rights to British enterests. It has done so iu Alaska, it has done so in regard to the Nicaragua canal, it is doing so now in the orient, in the Philippines, iu China. “The administration here is more English than the administration in London, aud it is time for someone to stand up here and talk for American rights against British interests.” (Loud applause on the Democratic side.) The resolution was finally laid upon the table, 110 to 97. The resolution of Mr. Sulzer was as follows: “Resolved, That the secretary of war is hereby directed to inform the house of representatives as early as possible what fortifications Great Bri tain is erecting, constructing and com pleting on the northern frontier of the United States, especially at Puget Sound aud other places on the Pacific ocean, contiguous to the state of Washington and District of Alaska.” The resolution had been previously referred to the committee and came back with the following endorsement: “The information that the depart ment possesses on this subject has al ways been held to be confidential, and for good and sufficient reasons has not been made public. “It is remnrked, however, that Great Britain, so far as the department is informed, is iu no instance erecting fortifications trespassing on our rights. (Signed) “H. C. Corbin, “Adjutant General.” 01JU GOLDEN’ GIRL To Ise Exhibited at Paris Exposition Suc cessfully Cast at New York. The gold statue of the “American Girl,” which is to be exhibited at the Paris exposition, was successfully cast at New York Wednesday. Miss Maude Adams, the actress, was the model, and Mrs. Bessie Potter was the sculptor. The statue mounted on its base will be six feet in height, the figure being of Miss Adams’ own height. It weighs 712 pounds and the bullion used is valued at $187,000. Miss Adams’ gown was of the sim plest sort. It is a summer dress of chiffon, lace rutiles extend its length, and gathered at the waist they give a kind of blouse effect at the bottom. The sleeves are tight from shoulder to wrist. The arms droop to full length on both sides. The hair waves back from the forehead and is parted slightly to the left. The pose is that of taking a step foiward, denoting “progress.” Preparing For Boer Prisoners. Colonel Chalice, of tho army ser vice corps, has sailed from London for the Island of St. Helena in order to make the necessary arrangements for the occommodations there for General Cronje and the other banished Boers. R FPU BLIPS MAY AMALGAMATE. Report of Proposed Union of Transvaal anil Free State Comes From Pretoria. It is reported from Pretoria that a scheme has beeu arranged for the amalgamation of the Traustaal and the Free State. Kruger will become president of the federated states and Steyn commandant general of the Boer army. The dag wjl be the same as that of the Traausvaal, with au additional orango color. Machinists Decide to Strike. The machinists of Cleveland, 0., decided to go on a strike Thursday morning. Between 1,500 aud 2,000 men are affected. A HOT BED OF INSURRECTION * Has Manila, tbe Philippine Me= tropolis Proved To Be. REBELS INFEST THE CITY General Otis Finds an Abundance of Troublesome Situations Right at His Door. Advices from the Philippines state that General Otis consider* Manilla the most troublsome center in the situation there, just now. The insurgent junta in connection with that in Hong Kong, growing active. The military authori ties have been forced to put a stop to Mabini’s intercourse with the public. The local aqd foreign press considers his recent utterances calculated to in cite the Filipinos to a continued revolt and prejudicial to American control. Flores, who has just ariived in Ma nilla says he comes trusting to Ameri can leniency, and that he would not have dared come to Manilla if Spain were yet in control. He cher ishes the hopes and aspirations which actuated him when in the field and de sires to watch congressional action upon the question of the Philippines. The insurgents, he says, do not expect to vanquish the Americans, but are maintaining a resistance with the idea of forcing congress to accord them the best possible terms. A number of representative insur gent leaders from different parts of Luzon have recently been in confer ence in Manila. Some have been placed under arrest, but the others thus far have not been interfered with. Louis Spitzel, head of tbe firm of Louis Spitzel & Cos., contractors to the Chinese government, and himself a suspected filibuster, came from Hong Kong to Manila last week and was temporarily detained in custody on suspicion. It is asserted upon good authority that three loads of arms and ammunition have receutly been landed on the east coast of Luzon. Reports are current of active rebel reorganization in the province of Mo rong, where the insurgent leaders are said to be assisted by prominent Span ish residents. Inhabitants of this province who are now in Manila have been advised not to return to their homes, but to remain under the pro tection of the Americans. It is also reported that the rebels are reorganizing in the province of Zambales under Macardo. Brigands are committing atrocities in the prov ince of Neuva Eciga, where they have murdered twenty natives and China men. Eight other murders have been committed near Tarlac. The Neuva Eciga insurgents are heavily taxing local traders and farmers with tbe re sult that business is paralyzed and there is a general scarcity of food. The funds for maintaining this guerilla warfare are collected from the various towns of the island, wheth er occupied by the Americans or not, even including Manila. In the province of Albay the insur gents have ceased harassing the Amer icans, owing, it is reported, to a lack of ammunition, but they continue rav aging the country by burning and looting. The natives are tiring of this sort of thing and threaten to turn against the marauders. Already the townspeople of Legaspi, Albay and Donzoi are slowly returning to their homes. Major Allen, of the Forty-third regi ment, has bjeu appointed military governor of the island of Samar, where Lnkban, the former leader of the rebels in that locality, is still in the mountains. Evidence acnmulates of the treason and perfidy of the municipal presi dents in the provinces of General Mac- Arthur’s district. The presidents of several towns iu Lepanto and Union provinces have declined to continue iu their positions, saying that they do not desire any further identification with the Americans. Travel between tbe towns garrisoned by the Americans is becoming more dangerous. All wagon trams must be escorted by heavy guards to insure their safety. WENT THROUGH TRESTLE. Bad Accident to Fast Mall on the Plant System. The fast mail train on the Plant Sys tem leaving Montgomery, Ala., Sun day night went down at Clay Bank trestle, ouo mile from Ozark, about 1 o’clbck Monday morning. It was a double-header, running fifty miles an hour. Both engiues passed over the trestle, but the entire train went down except the rear sleeper. The trestle is 250 feet long and forty feet high. The coaches were split iuto kindling wood. Two passengers were fatally hurt and about fifteen received more or less serious injuries. CONSPIRATORS PLEAD GUILTY. Sensational Case of Tyson and Others Comes to a Close In Dis trict Court at Savannah. In the United States district court at Savannah, Gn., Wednesday D. A. Tyson and others pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiracy to defraud through the use of the mails. Thus collapsed a case that has engaged the court for the better part of two weeks, and which Judge Speer characterizes as “one of the most notable cases ever tried in the federal court in this coun try.” The conspiracy had ramifications through half a dozen of the country counties of Georgia, most of them pro hibition counties. The conspirators would send orders by mail to whole sale merchants out of the state for all manner of goods, principally beer and liquors, which they would dispense iu blind tigers, aud the shippers would never hear of their money. But while liquors for sale in “dry” counties were a specialty, many other kinds of goods were embraced in the orders of the gang. Indeed, the con fessed leader of conspirators, D. A. Tyson, built and equipped a long dis tance telephone line connecting Sa vannah with a dozen neighboring towns with materials fraudulently or dered on elegantly engraved letter paper of fictitious firms. Tyson made use of a number of -small country merchants, whom he persuaded to permit the use of their names for the fraudulent ordering of goods. Many pianos, organs, reapers, oases of wine aud other articles were found in depots in the territory of the gang, consigned to the various mem bers of it. The gang victimized whole sale merchants in Montgomeiy, Chat tanooga, Richmond, Charleston, Bal timore, Cincinnati and elsewhere. The trial had gone on nearly two weeks and nearly 100 witnesses had been examined when it was suddenly ter minated by the plea of guilty. Judge Speer stated that sentence would be passed upon the men later. Those who pleaded guilty were: D. A. Tyson, J. H. Hutchinson, W. E. Hutchinson, Morris W. Hutchinson, J. M. Harrell, J. T. Hammond, T. L. Ricks, C. J. Phillips, J. S. Wheeler. Jr., and H. B. Watts, alias C. J. Watts. The man who was declared not guilty, the evidence not connect ing him with the conspiracy, was F. D. Wilkes. j DEWEY IN PARADE. Admiral Sufficiently Iteooyer* to Take Fart In Savanna It Program. Fifty thousand persons on the streets of Savannah Wednesday gave Admiral George Dewey as enthusiastic a welcome as was ever accorded to any public man by the Forest City. The admiral had recovered from his indis position of Tuesday sufficiently for him take part in the military parade and review arranged in his honor, and as he rode through the streets with Mrs. Dewey at his side, ringing cheers rent the air and waving colors made the scene one long to be remembered. There were present in the parade five military companies from Charles ton, one or more companies of naval reserves from, Charleston, Mount Pleasant and Beaufort, S. C., and Brunswick, Ga., and military organi zations from Columbia, Pelzer and Timmonsville, S. C., and Augusta, Brunswick and Thomasville, Ga. There were in all seventeen out-of town organizations. Adding the local militia, there were nearly 4,000 men in line. The review took place in the park extension, where an admiral’s salute was fired by the Chatham Artillery from brass pieces presented to the organization by President George Washington. Business, public aud private, was suspended from noon in honor of Ad miral Dewey. The day’s program ended with a banquet at the DeSoto hotel. After the elaborate menu had been served, the ladies joined the gentlemen in tbe main dining room and the speaking began. Following came the presenta tion of the elegant silver vase, the gift of the city of Savannah to Admiral Dewey, by Hon. F. G. dußignon. Free Silver For Porto Rico. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, has introduced an amendment to the Porto Rico bill providing for the free coinage of silver. It is limited to the Ameri can product SCHLEY’S HOME FUNDS. Committee I* Informed That Subscrip tion* Are Abundant. At a meeting in Washington of the national executive committee engaged in raising funds for a home for Rear Admiral Schley Saturday night Sec retary Evans reported many favorable responses to the circulars soliciting contributions. 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