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LONDON WILD OVER
REUEFJFMUFEKIHG
Receipt of the News Causes
Rejoicing Throughout
Great Britain
MADE A NIGHT OF EVENT
During the Performance of “Zaza"
the Spectator* Could Not Con
tain Themselves and Gave
Vent to Wild En
thusiasm
London. May 19—4 a. nr—Tendon's mil
lion* spent half the night in the street,
and even at 4 o'clock this morning troops
of young men are promenading. singing
and che-rlng. and there are crowds In
front of the Mansion house. Marll»»n>ugh
h«uae. the ciutxs on Fall Mall and the war
Mice and in Parliament nquare, waving
flags and Joining tn the national airs.
This sustained be!lowing and uproar of
hundreds of thousand* amazes the Eng
lishman who ceases for a moment to be
an actor and becomes merely an observer.
Bobir. phlegmatic L>ndon is beside it
self with emotion. Gusts of patriotism
have set the town quivering twice or
thrice befcre during the war. but nothing
has quite equaled tonight's hundred
equzre miles of almost furious demon
strations. It was a curious thing for the
onlooker t<> sue solemn, gray-haired men
toss their hats into the air and join In the
hurricane of cheers when a w revth-crown
ed banner, with the portrait of C’lunel
Baden-Pcwell on it. was homo along
Piccadilly. Stout women in broughams
waved Union Jacks out of the windows.
Conventional family parties stopped nt
street corners to take part in singing
"God Save the Queen" and "Soldiers of
the vj.ieen" Evcrywnere were abandon,
good feeling and astonishing roars of
human voice*.
Telegram. Is Received.
It was all brought about by a twenty-
Wi-rd telegram from Pretoria thrft Mate
king had been relieved. Although the
government has not a word, and although
nothing confirmatory has been received
from any African source except Pretoria,
nobody apparently questions the news.
Mr Arthur J. Baliour. government leader
in the house of commons, speaking from
the government bench >ato last evening,
raid.
’The only news I hm* Is through the
courtesy of the press. We ■ have no in
formation at the war office. Nor would
we have it as soon as It would arrive
through other channels. Therefore, the
fact tlrit we have not received It neither
confirms n<»r disproves the Accuracy of
the Information. I need hardly say that
we all tru-t end we tvi.e g-od reason to
think tint It Is probably true." (Cheers.)
Mr. Gv -go Wyndham, parliamentary
undersecretary for war. replying to •ev
er*. memtiers of the bouse who had pri
vately interrogated him. raid;
"Although the government has noth
ing. I am disposed to believe the bulletin
It may be tomorrow, and perhaps even
M i-day, tiefure the government would
get dispatches from our military com
m inders. even If the siege were raised
eemo days ago. ns the newt would need
t be conveyed over a wry long distance
by mesrengers on horseback, whereas the
enemy would probably bo able to avail
them elves of telegraphic communica
tion ”
Colon®! K*den-Powell*s brother In Lon
don has received a telegram from a Dutch
friend In Pretoria, saying that Mafeklng
has bMfl relieve,!.
The irrformers In th® London music
halls and theaters last evening had little
u-» for -tago business or for the lines of
their pie'es. The audiences which crowd
ed the Alhamt ra. the Empire, t’ovent
Gard-n or the theaters had no desire to at
tend to st.um performant es. The first
sight <»f a biograph scene In the Trans
vaal. or the nrst glimpse of a military, or
naval costume on the stage, was sufficient
to create nn uproar. A leading actor in
one of the Strand theaters said:
"I did not attempt to read my lines last
ev, r.ing It was of no use. The nubile
had no Interest In me beyond the fact
that I wore a military uniform.”
At Her Majesty's theater, at the Gar
rick. whey- "Zaxa” Is being played, and
at the other houses where legitimate
drama hoi Is the boards, the occupants of
stalls, boxes and galleries sang In chorus,
"Th,, Absent-Minded Beggar" and "Sol
diers of the Queen." between acts In or
der tn give vent t.y their enthusiasm, al
though they settled down to the pro
gramme ifterwards. At the music halls,
however, no one pretended to be Interested
In anything not having military color.
Th-* pr'nce of Wales, the duke and
duch-ss of fork and the Pcrtugues.* min
ister. Senhor Pinto de Several, oceupl-d a
Ml
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and Bowels
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box at Covent Garden, where "Lohen
grin" was being presented, and when the
jellef of Mafeklng was announced they
Joined heartily In the applause.
flag* Waved Everywhere.
The London fire Insurance laws r. nke
fireworks Impossible, and the city lacked
the blazo of Illumination characteristic cf
American cities during similar rejol?4ngs.
The British, therefore, relies upon lung
power, and from St. Paul’s cathedral to
Westminster Abbey and up through Pic
cadilly to Hyde Park, there was a Nlag
ara-Ilko rear—lncessant rising and falling
hour aftc*- hour, as the surging masses
poured through London's thoroughfares
like the people In the United States on
the eve of a presidential election.
There was a lack of pyrotechnic g.nre.
but every cabby and every bus man In
Ix»ndon had a unbn jack fluttering from
his whip and the stars and stripes was by
no means lacking. Patrons of lour
whrelcrA were not content to ride
the vehicles, and the tops were crowded
with flag waving, cheering, sprawling en
thusiasts. ...
At Carltan hotel, which is filled with
Americans, the bands played "Marching
Through Georgia." which has been *
ly adapted Io an English song en .tied
"Marching to Pretoria,” ' Dixie, u i
other American airs were played.
Ten thousand people stood in front or
Mrs. Baden-Powell's house in St. George ■
place, cheering and singing, and a rev •
of cabs brought congratulations. Miss
Baden-Powell, the eolypel's sister, sa .
"The same tale has been broug»it «•
the earliest information, «« oniy p
“ literir. th. evening Colonel Baden-
Powell's mother sent word that she had
retired and that If any .
sho was not to be disturbed until morn
* n rhe boys of the Charter house school,
where Baden-Powell was educated were
aroused from sleep by the news, an*
institution quickiv became a veritable
pandemonium of noise and enthus
As soon as information of the relief w s
received the lord mayor. Mr. A. J. > ew ’
ton. sent the following dispatch to Colo
nel Baden-Powell:
"The cttlsens of London are relieved.
They rejoice in the good nevi s rcceivia.
Your gallant defense will >•”»« l, '° 1,1
British annals. Cable me what money is
wantid for the needs of the garrison and
inhabitants after long privations.
In unrestrained jubilations the provinces
were not behind the metropolis. Although
London had the start by a few minutes
the great industrial surrounding towns
soon burst into patriotic demonstrations.
Bells clashed in their steeples; village
bands turned out and people gathered in
the square to chant fervidly "God Save
the Queen."
From all parts of the empire comes
the same story Bombay. Hong Kong.
Colombia and the Australian cities are
rejoicing Continental elites, as the press
telegrams abundantly testify, received the
news sadly.
Under the head of "How tho News
Was Received." The Dally Chronicle says:
"The telegram to the Associated Press
from Pretoria. th® historic dispatch, an
nouncing tht relief «f Mafeklng was
sent from the capital of the Transvaal
at 11:35 a. in.. May 18th. It reached the
London office at 8:17 p. tn.. and was in
stantly dispatched to every quarter of the
globe. By 10:39 p m had come a te
sponso from far-off Toronto describing
the reception of the news there.
"This is not surprising In view of the
fact that four minute* after the receipt
of the telegram here It was in the Asso
ciated Press office In New York, when
It was forwarded to the furtherest limits
of the North American continent.”
. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain called at the
war office after midnight and received a
tremendous ovation.
The relief of Mafeklng has had the effect
of suspending for a moment interest In
the operations elsewhere In the field of
war. Nevertheless yesterday brought im
portant official announcements. Iwrrd
Methuen entered Hoopestad Thursday. Ho
is now seventy miles from Kroonstad and
five miles from Bothaville.
General Buller entered New Castle
Thursday evening. Lord Roberts is not
id.e. While waiting for stores at Kroon
stad he Is using his mounted men to
tearch a wide tea, t of country. Colonel
Broadwood occupied Lindley on Thurs
day. and the same day General Hutton
captured one of the Hot has, thirty miles
fr«>m Kroonstad. General Rundle, on
Thursday, encamped at Clocoland. Brit
ish successes are thus reported at every
point from which news came yesterday.
Boers May Sue for Peace.
A Ixturenxo Marques correspondent, tel
egraphing yesterday, says:
"New ] ea<'e proposals will probably be
put forward by the Boer government.
Tile recent reverses are causing despon
dency. There was a prolonged meeting
•»f the Transvaal e\e<utlve at Pretoria
Thursday and the destruction of tho
mines was again considered. It Is under
stood that the government does not In
tend to destroy the inim s.”
According to other advice* from the
same point, ITesldent Kruger and •
o'her high officials propose leaving al
most Immediately for Lydenburg. Th®
British prisoners will be conveyed there,
and the foreign consuls at Pretoria are
leaving for Lyuenburg.
In Kroonstad it Is said that President
Kruger will surrender when Lord Roberts
crosses the Transvaal frontier.
L>rd Roberts is accumulating Immense
quantities of supplies, and tho prepara
tions for another movement are well ad
vanced. The next step will be Johannes
burg. Two thousand men are working
on the railway division at Valsch river.
There are 12,000 Bwrs at Rhenoster
Sl»rult. Reconnoitering parties are sight
ed dally by the British patrols.
Commandant Nel, with the Johannes
burg "Zarps," is actively commandeering
fifteen miles northwest of Kroonstad. Des
perate efforts are being made by the
Transvaalers to get every available unit
on the fighting line. All exemptions have
been canceled. The ci.nl administration
is reduced to the lowest limits.
The Boers have dynamited Laings Nek
tunnel, and tho railway is completely
wr« eked. The work of rep-ilrs wi.i occu
py many weeks. The Boers now hold
the last positions for defending the p:u:s.
That not only Mafeklng. but the whole
United Kingdom is relieved Is demon
strated by the utterances of the morning
jiapers. The Daily Telegraph says:
-.Mafeklng is a small place. its fall
would have made no dtiterenc® in the
course of the war. but. while the balance
>1 battle was r« dn ssed upon the gnat
fields of Conflict, the unconquerable litt.e
town shut up in the north, saw the few
weeks for which it was expected to hold
out pass into months of isolation.
"Never will England forget th<i happy,
hopetui thrill that carrte tp her when
Colonel Baden-Powell said:
■' '.M.ifek ng can't be, taken by sitting
dow n ami looking at it.'
• Th -te is no advancement whi *h the na
tion would not h i’! as a fair reward for
tio bnbaat caoaclty. cheerfulness and
Iron courage of the hero of the empire.”
The Dally News, which compares Mafe
k'ng to Luckn- w. says:
•• b P ’ may stand for Baden-Powell.
<r British P.mk S,.»ididly have these
esouro- responded to the need of Mafc
kltiK They hive r. <’.:zcd the full ideal
o ' a Britl-n settlement in a far-olf land.
1 n - Standard says.
-Vs a final blow to the hopes of the
- o inv ci..m s tit -m as from Washing! -n
tha- Che Unit'd States cabinet met to
consider a IT i t • di-iiMtdi asking Intcr
consiuer a j ( president MeKinl.-y and
his colleagues d.s ided that they can take
no Steps whatever. If the Bars want
pea«* they must sue for it from the Un
ger al government."
Burnham Talks of Ba Jen-Powell.
The Bloemfonbin c respondent of 1 he
Dally Telegraph give- an Interview with
1 .rnham. the American scout, who
1 scu'ses the characteristics of Colonel
Badon-Powoil. with whom Burnham
served 1n M itaheleland. The scout said:
•While as mv chief. I would naturally
■tick up for him. apart from this I have
• h’rhest regard for him. 1 hold him to
the tTu® t?Te of the soldier of the fu
ture—one of those who should and must
command armies if victories are to be
W "A« a soldier his readiness and resource
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MAY 21, 1900-
are remarkable. These could not come by
accident; they are the result of a careful
garnering and accumulation of minute de
tails to advantage- Where people have
imagined him reckless. Colonel Baden-
Powell has really been cautious. You
know he wuis criticised for wearing rub
ber shoes and for prowling about the
rocks at night Instead of leaving the task
to others. We nicknamed him r Old Rub
ber Shoes.’ but ho was right, despite all
the poking of fun. He gathered in a
single n'ght possibly more than his critics
could have learned in a lifetime.
"H« is a wonderfully able jjeout and
quick a.t sketches. I do not know an
other who could have done the work at
Mafeklng If the same conditions had been
imposed. All the bits of knowledge he
studiously gathered In twenty years have
been utilized in saving that community.”
Newcastle Has Been Taken.
London. May IK—General Buller in a
dispatch to the war office, dated New
castle, May 18th. says:
"Newcastle was occupied last night, and
today the whole second division ttnd the
third cavalry brigade will be concentrated
there.
"1 have sent tho mounted force through
Nqu tu to expel a small force of tnc
en< my and to reassure the natives.
"Tho enemy have burned the chapel,
broken much glass. plundered many
houses ami tak< n cash from tho banks;
but otherwise they liavo not done inuca
harm.
"The railway is t>a<llj' damaged; the In
gagano and Nkader bridges are destroyed,
as ar- many culverts and the pumpind
stations and waterwerks. of the 7.U00
men living before us about 1.000 seem to
have gone to Wnkkerstroom and some by
j Miller’s para, to tho Free State. The re
i m iinder. who ar® described as disorgan
ized rabble, have gone north, ami ray
they intend to make a stand at Laing’s
Nek."
Buller Captures Danuehauser.
Dannehauser. Thursday, May 17a—Gen
eral Buller entered Dannehauser at 10
o'clock this morning. Tho houses In the
town were found to bo not muck dam
aged. owing to tho sympathies of the Boer
Inhabitants. A heuso at Hatting Spru.t,
however, was destroyed. A numl>er of
reU-ls were found a-t their homes, and ar
rested. The railway is little damaged,
but .several large culverts have been de
: 11 <>> ,<l.
The Boers north of Newcastle are fall
ing back on Amujuba.
General Buller has received a message
from the. queen congratulating him upon
the taking of I*U>id'C. and cxpres~<lng ap
preciation of th® work of tho troops, to
which he bus replied.
Methune Enters Hoppstad
London. May 18 —1:28 p. m.—Lord Rob
erts telegraphs to the war otlioe as
follows:
I "Kroonstad. May 18.—Methuen entered
Hoppstad yesterday unoppeted. Generals
I Duptey and Daniels and torty men huve
f surrendeieu.
"Brou lwood occupied Lindley yesterday
after slight opposition. Only two ot our
mon were injured, bteyn is not there.
: and his government officials had left last
| Sunday.
i "Hutton's mounted Infantry aaptured
i about thlrtj’ miles northwest of this place.
Commandant Botha. Field Comet GM*
sen, five Johannesburg policemen and
seventeen Boers. There were no casual
tit's on our side.
"Buller reports that several Natal farm
ers are handing In arms."
KRUGER ASKS FOR PEACE
Loudon Times Publishes the Story
Very Prominently.
Ixmdon, May 21.—3:10 a. m.—Displayed in
the most conspicuous style In The Dally
Express is the dominant war news of the
i morning:
“We have the best reason for stat
ing that in the last twenty-four
hours a telegram has been received at
the foreign office, addressed person
ally to the prime minister, from
President Kruger, proposing terms of
peace. The exact terms of the mes
sage cannot be stated, but we believe
it is couched in an exceedingly hum
ble strain.’’
It is Inconceivable, of course, that Lord
Salisbury can have sent any reply except
the one that stands ready on the lip of
I every Briton unconditional surrender.
Tlie situation In the field has changed
but little since Friday. Lord Roberts’s
troops are tn fine form and abundantly
supplied. Indications seem to point to
an early movement. His cavalry, riding
over several hundred square miles in a
semi-circle beyond Kroonstad, have re
ceived the submission of hundreds ot
i Free Staters.
It now appears that tho Dewet who
offered to surrender with 1,000 men was
not the well-known General Dewet, but
<'ommandant D'-wet. He stipulated that
his m<-n should be allowed to return to
thelt rn !.■ r ; Rotx rts replied t hat
| the surrender must be unconditional
Th® Botha who was captured the other
day was I’hlllp Botha. Those surrender
ing are solemnly warned that if they
break th® oath of neutrality their houses
will be burned and their farms contls
• cutvd.
Nothing Escaped the British.
Luidoa. May 21.—A dlspar.ch to The
Daily Mall fr m Izirenzo Marques, dated
Sunday, says:
•am Thtirs'lay the entire Boer foroo
around .Mafeklng. including the guns, was
captured by the British."
Congratulations for Baden-Powell.
Cape Town, May 3).—Every town and
village Is Bending congratulations to Colo
nel Baden-Powell at Mafeklng. Tele
grams aro arriving from all parts of the
world. There will be an Immense (lemon
s’rat lon here tomorrow.
Champ dark Renominated.
Mexico. Mo.. May 14 —The democrats of
tho ninth congressional district today
nominated Champ Clark for congress to
i succeed himself.
Kumassl in Danger.
Accra. Gold Coast, May 17.—The diffi
culty in forwarding ammunition adds to
the gravity of the situation ut Kumassl.
Native c-rr’ers refuse to go there at any
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BAPTISTS HAVE ADJOURNED.
MISSIONARY FROM AFRICA IS
GIVEN A HEARING.
He Made a Strong Appeal for the Ne
gro Race and Made Good
Impression.
Hot Springs, Ark., May 14.—Another
Booker Washington appeared at tho last
moments of tho Southern Baptist con
vention tills evening. Ho was Rev.
Charles S. Morris, a young man of brown
skin and with eloquence that thrilled the
big assemblage. He is a missionary
among the blacks of Africa and had
been granted a few minutes for the pur
pose of making a plea for missionary
work on the Dark Continent. A halt
dozen other missionaries had just told of
their labors, and while the convention
listened with great Interest, it remained
for the negro to stir the great gathering
to tumultuous enthusiasm, when, with
splendid eloquence, he told his hearers
that Carey was not the first modern
missionary, but that the pioneers were
the godly women who took charge of
the slaves when they landed tn Old Vir
ginia and clothed and fed them and gave
them the gospel. The thousand in the
auldience overwhelmed him with their
applause.
It was some time before ex-Governor
Northen, the president, could obtain si
lence.
"Brethren,” said he, "I am In sympa
thy with your applause, but It's against
the law.”
The crowd saw tho smile on his grizzled
face and broke forth Into fresh applause.
Crowds pressed forward and struggled to
get near enough to throw money on the
platform. Several hundred dollars In sil
ver and notes were at Morris's feet. lie
said not to give money to him, but to
turn it over to the treasurer and have It
used to send messengers throughout tho
south to arouse the colored people to co
operation In the mission work in Africa.
The outpouring of money was so sponta
neous that even after the eloquent black
orator had refused it, it was flung at his
feet. There have been several great
speeches and two other remarkable
scenes during the four days of tills gath
ering of Baptists of the south, but tho
speech of tin- African missionary and tho
incidents attending It formed the climax
of a highly enthusiastic convention.
It adopted a resolution by Rev. Dr.
Cranflll, of Texas, to report on the rela
tions to the convention sustained by the
denominational papers. There was a good
sized collection taken up for th® south
ern Baptist Theological seminary. The
fiance report showed an Increase ot
more than 25 per cent for foreign mis
sions over the previous year and the
number of baptisms in foreign lands in
creased 50 per cent. The report was dis
cussed by ten prominent delegates and
the Rev. Dr. I’ltt, ot South Carolina,
read the report on the advance move
ment. They brought forth many ani
mated speeches urging that at least $200,-
000 be raised for the century movement.
Rev. I. J. Van Ness read the report ot
the work among the negroes. One of the
most serious questions, he said, is the
negro problem, "and can we afford to
despise or Ignore this people?”
The report pointed out that Baptists
everywhere must show the negroes that
they will get Justice and consideration,
that they must be encouraged to learn
trades; pastors should give sympathy
and counsel to negroes when opportunity
presents, and, lastly, ail should co
operate with the home mission board in
all Its efforts to help the blacks.
Rev. W. M. Vin.s. el Asheville. N. C.,
submitted the report on frontier work,
and Rev. T. S. I’otts. of Memphis, pre
sented the report on cit.es. while Rev. J.
E. White, of North Carolina, made a re
port on tho work in the mountain regions.
Rev. M. J. Dreckner. of Missouri, reported
on the work in Cuba, and Rev. Dr. 1. J.
Holt, of Tennessee, submitted a report on
the enlar;<enieni of homo mission work.
Tho report reeomir.eude.l that 8150,'-W be
raised tor home missions.
Ex-Governor Eagle, ot Arkansas, 'n a
report on v oman’s work, said the women
are the oest workers in the church. Rev.
F. C. McConnell, of Lynchburg, Va, de
cleared that the foundation ot the tuture
work must be laid by women. Many mis
sionaries were iniroduced to the conven
tion.
E. Z. Simmons, of South China, said he
had been in China lor thirty years, lie
told of a young man whom he b.ipuz d,
ana who has since baptized ZOM < imu .se.
1-.. C. E. r iii.ui. of Alr.ca. showe.; some
of the ciols lie lound among biaeK trines
tnere. lii- y wa re images ot the dev;., th--
god of in. reaso. tile twin god and the god
of lightning. He said tfij natives wor
shipped not tile tools but the
wT.iun.
A. c. Watkins from Mexico g ive an en
couraging account of the worn in that
country and it was then that tlie conven
tion was captured by tlie negto, Morri-,
iroin Atrica, but who is a graduate oi
Howard university. A; tne wird-up ot
the enthusiastic speech, he raised much
laughter.
"Why. you have more lespect for a ne
gro than for your own people,” said he as
the money was showered <_n him.
Tho commit tee to select the place and
time ot holding the text convention iec
onunended Asheville. N. C.. but tho dele
gates selected New Orleans, and the Fri
day before the second .Sunday of next
May as th- time. Rev. Dr. Mullins, presi
dent ot the seminary, was elected to de
liver the convention sermon next vear,
with Rev. Dr. J. S. Felix, ct Louisiana,
us hl.s alternate.
The convention was Invited by the min
isters' alliance of St. I,ouls to meet in
that city in 1802. nnd tne invitation was
spread upon tin- minutes.
Rev. Dr. McConnell thanked the people
of Hot Sprints for their courtesy, and
Rev. Dr. A. U. Williams, on behalf of tho
city, gave the convention a twenty years'
invitation to return to the valley of many
waters.
Then the convention adjourned.
CORBIN AND ROOT ANSWERED.
Army Canteen Discussed in Papers
Now Filed.
Washington, May 17 The report of Sec
retary Root, General Corbin and other
army officials on the army canteen, sent
to the military committees today, called
out a reply which was tiled with tlie mili
tary committee by Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts,
of the reform bureau, and Mrs. Margaret
Dye Ellis, legislative superintendent of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union. It
s;jys in part:
"The administration yesterday for tho
first time came out openly in favor of
army liquor selling on its merits. Hitherto
the plea has been that the administration
could not suppress canteens because tho
law of congress was ambiguous. This
attitud' has now been abandoned and the
secretary of war, whose acts and words
the courts declare are to be taken as
those of the president, has come out in
open advocacy of liquor selling canteens.
"General Corbin, in declaring that pro
hibition cannot be made effective in tho
arinv forgets tlie success of railroads In
securing abstinence and his reference to
the benefits of canteens in Manila Is par
ticularlv unfortunate for his case, in view
of tlie conclusive testimony as to the un
paralleled drunkenness and Insanity of
our soldiers there."
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WILL TRY TO SECURE PEACE.
Berne, Switzerland. May 19.—The com
mittee of the International Peace Bureau
lias decided to make a final appeal to
tiie twenty-five powers who are signers
of tlie conventions adopted by The
Hague peace conference in favor of
peace in South Africa. The committee
calls attention to the clause of the con
vention for the peaceful settlement of
international conflicts by the trems of
which the signatory powers agree to
use all efforts for the settlement, not
only of difficulties among themselves,
but of all international disputes. Con
sequently. the committee deciares, an
offer of mediation cannot be considered
by Great Britain oe an unfriendly act
’canal bill is reported.
COMMITTEE DOES NOT FAVOR
THE PANAMA CANAL.
The Report Recommends That Con
gress Provide Means and Au
thority for Construction.
Washington. May !«.—The senate com
mittee on Inter-oceanic canals today,
through Its chairman. Senator Morgan,
presented Its written report upon the
Nicaragua canal bill. Tho report In
i eludes the statements of Admiral Walker
and other members of the commission ap
pointed to Investigate the various routes
for an Inter-oceanic canal, and also the
conclusions of the committee with refer
ence to both the Nicaragua and the Pa
nama routes.
Tho committee takes strong position
against tho proposition to build the canal
I via the Panama route, paying for the
work already done by the French. The
declaration is made that tho Panama
company is practically without ts
except thoseN Included In the Panamal
1 railroad. .
I “They say." says the report, they
! have assets that a committee of experts
i have valued at $90,000,000. They make no
offer or suggestion as to what they would
take for It. The lowest sum at which
they estimate the cost of completing
I their canal is $95,000,000. So that In en
tering that combine we would go in on
the basis of $185,000,000, for the complet
ed canal on tho plan of three levels. If
that plan Is adopted against $138,000,000,
which is the highest estimate any engi
neer has placed on tho Nicaragua canal,
I Tho difference is $47,000,000 in favor ot
I Nicaragua.”
The committee takes position against
holding the pending bills unless the Wal
: kcr commission can report, saying:
| "All the commission’s field work is
done and all their working parties have
i returned to the United States except a
partv of hvdrographers left there to as
, certain the rainfall, and the fluctuations
I of tin' Chagres river. If this hydrograph
ic work Is t > bo prosecuted hereafter as
j long and as thoroughly as it has been
heretofore. It will bo half a century be
fore wo can determine the practicability
of tho Panama canal so far as It depends
upon tho rainfall and the fluctuations of
| tlie Chagres river.
"It Is evident that the report to be
made by these hydrographers ts not a vi
tal factor In tho question of the practi
cability of the canal.
“Our engineers have come to no con
clusion on tho point of difficulty and
have relegated tho decision of the whole
matter to the French engineers to lie
determined by further experiments.
When these engineers are in possession
of all the facts that are known and are
not aide to determine the level at which
the canal should be built, if wo wait un
til they have settled this vital point, wo
■ put ourselves at their mercy and con
only provide for tho wants of our own
government and people when they de
cided what Is the best for their own
interests.
“Congress owes a higher duty to the
American people."
I On the general question of the con
struction ot a canal, the committee takes
the posKlou il lt > . « naiever canal is con
structed. Its ownership must be AmeH
; can, and that delay may be fatal to the
success of the enterprise. It is argued
by the committee that delay in construc
tion cannot possibly advance the set
tlement of any question as to the canal
after Its compietlon. The committee there-
I tore, announce its conclusion to be that
! congress should provide means and au-
I thority for constructing a canal by Nica
ragua route and leave it to the president
to deal with any questions of a diplomat
ic sort that may be raised by other na
tions In the progress of the work.
After tho bill becomes a, law. It Is de
clared to bo our first duty to agree with
Nicaragua as to the terms, leaving to
the future all dealings with other pow
ers as to the privileges they shall enjoy
in the canal.
CHICAGO PLATFORM DEMOCRAT
New York Contingent Favors the 16
1 Plank.
Now York. May 19.—Less than ft hun
dred delegates met at the state convention
of the New York state Chicago platform
democrats held tn this city.
A platform was adopted reaffirming the
Chicago platform oi 1S.»;, with particular
emphasis on the unlimited coinage of sil
ver and gold at a ratio of 1G to 1, inde
pendent of ill other nations. The plat
form declares against all combinations
and trusts; demands th- public ownership,
operation and control of national monop
i Olles; declares against the creation and
maintenance of a large standing army;
condemns the action of the presid< nt of
th.- United States in using tlie militia
"for the unlawful persecution against or
ganized labor;" condemns the war ugalnst
th • Filipinos as being a war of criminal
aggression and condemns the republican
party for "handing over to the trusts,
i lonopoln s and politicians the 'sland of
Cuba and depriving the people of their
ab'olute right to self-gov< ••nm. nt."
The platform demands the granting to
the peopl • of Porto Rieo their cons itu
t'onal rights and privileges and demands
legislation which shall secure the citizens
the right to a Jury trial in those cases
where citizens are alleged to have violated
injunctions.
Chaffee Leaves Havana.
Havana, May 71.—Orders from General
Chaffee General Wood’s chief of staff,
at 'its own request and directing him to
report at the war office, were received
todav and General Chaffee will probably
leave for the United States next Monday
by the transport Burnside,
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CLARK NOW HAS A
NEW TITLE TO SEAT
Continue I from First Page.
tee. convinced that those friends who
were so loyal to me during that bitter
contest did not resort to dishonest or cor
rupt means to influence the action of th®
members of the legislature In their choice
of a senator; yet I am unwilling to con-
Unue to occupy a seat in the senate ot
the United States under credentials which
its committee has declared rests for their
authority upon the action of a legislature,
wnleh was not free and voluntary in its
choice of a senator.
’’Self-respect and duo regard for th®
opinion of my associates, and a sense of
duty to the people of the state of Mon
tana. demand that I should return the
credentials under which I am acting as
one of the representatives of the senate
in the United States senate, leaving tlie
people to take such action as will con
serve and promote her best interests in
the national council.
"Influenced by these considerations, I
deem It eminently proper, without unnec
essary delay to resign the position of
United States senator from the state ,>t
Montana, on the 28th day of January.
"AV.th sentiments of esteem. I remain
respectfully yours, W. A. CLARK.”
The case then on Mr. Clark’s request
went over until tomorrow.
Mr. Ross, of Virginia, urged his bill
regulating appointments and removals
from civil offices in outlying <ppenden
des. Mr. Hale. <>f Main-, called atten
tion to the "monstrous evils" which al
ways have attended a colonial policy.
A Disgrace. Says Governor Smith.
Ogden. Utah. M iy Hl.—Governor Robert
G. Smith, of Montana, arrived in Ogden
today, en route from the c as-t to Helena.
Relative to the appointment of Senator
Clark to the United States senate by
Lieutenant Governor Spriggs, he spoke
in very vigorous terms of what he term
ed ’'comtemptible trickery.” He said:
"It Is a disgrace, shame and humiliation
upon the pe -plo of Montana and the sen
ate should not act upon tho resolutions
and show Clark that they do not want
him there, as he can take the hint in
no other way."
Governor Smith left for the north to
night.
Smith Now Claims Fraud.
Chicago. May 17.—A special to The
Times-Herald from Helena. Mont., says:
"When tho United States senate com
mittee on privileges and elections meets
tomorrow it will have to face another
complication in the Clark senatorial case.
Governor Smith will wire to tlie senate
tomorrow protesting against the accept
ance of the credentials of Mr. Clark -n
the appointment of Lieutenant Governor
Spriggs.
“Governor Smith will base h.s protest
on tho ground that the -tip I’.ntment Is
vitiated because of fraud, lie will allege
that the resignation of Clark was writtin
In April and that the date that it now
bears. May 11th. was the result of the
erasure of the original date which, it will
be alleged, can l ,r ‘ ,ve * 1, - v exami
nation ot the document, lie wi.l also al
lege tlia. the resignation was in the pos
session of Charles A Clark, son of the
senator lor several weeks and that tne
resignation of Senator < lark at the time
he did resign and his appointment by
I eutenant Governor Sprggs was part <>,
a plot t > insure his appointment by the
Heutenaiit governor. In the carrying out
of the plot it Will be added, misrepresen
tation and oth- ' methods were used to get
the eovernor out ot the
"The governor will hold that owing o
alleged fraudulent practices followed in
tho aPPo'ntm' Dl °F Sl . r ’/ ar hi tl him4etf
potntment Is void and he will hfinself
make an appointment to All the vacancy
fr !iP? that Martin McGinnis,
who represented Montana In congress in
7he early days ot’ the territory, will be
chosen to fill tho vncanc>.
Democrats Are Split.
Washington. May 18.-(Speeial )-The
senate committee on elections decided at
Its meeting tills morning Press the
resolution declaring "that M illlam A.
Clark was not duly and legally elected to
a seat in the senate of the 1 nlted States
bv the legislature of the state of Mon
tana." The vote in the committee was
6to 3 Those who voted In favor of press
ing the resolution were Chandler, Hoar
McComas. Caffery and Turley. Pettus,
Harris and Pritchard were against fur
ther proceedings on this line, taking the
position that the announcement by Sena
tor Clark of his resignation brought an
end to the matter and placing It beyond
the jurisdiction of the senate. This they
claim Is in line with all precedents. Mr.
McComas first voted with the minority,
but afterwards changed.
Under the notice given by Senator
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1 Chandler this resolution was to have
I been called up tomorrow, but owing to
, the fact that it is a broken day with the
’ Grant monument exercises before tho
senate. It was decided that It should go
over until Monday.
It Is expected that the credentials ot
■ Mr. Clark announcing his appointment
by Acting Governor Spriggs will be pre
sented on Monday also and the Clarke
' ease will then again be before that body
; in all its manifold phases.
An interesting development of today has
been the split in democratic ranks over
this Clark case. Senator Turley and
Senator Caffery, two of the minority
members of the committee, have been
much more bitter and extreme in their
opposition to the seating of Mr. Clark
than Senat r Chandler himself, and they
have been joined by Senator Junes, of Ax
kansas, wiio has endeavored to crack tne
party whip over his democratic associ
ates. The result has been an open, vigor
ous bolt. This has brought out as leader
Senat >r Bacon, .: Georgza, who i> expect
ed to lead tne fight on the floor in behalf
of Clark's right to be sworn in. and Sena
t.rs Martin.ot Virginia, ana Clay, of Geor
gia. who nave been organizing the other
democrats against National Cnairman
Jones. A poll of the democratic side
shows tnat Senators Jones. Tu:ley and
Catfeiy are almost alone in their iignt
against < ’.a.-k. Senator Berry. : Arkan
sas; Senator Lindsay, of K< m;ucky. and
Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, are
the only other minority senators upon
whom they cun count w:;h any certainty,
and the e .s much doubt . f Tiltman. Sena
tor Cockrell, of Missouri, and Senator
Teller, of Colorado, are put in the doubt
ful column bevaus nobody seems to have
be-n able t . get a definite stat- ment from
either of linni. A.l of the others are oil
the favorable side of the little list whicii
Senator Martin and Senator Clay have
been busy al day rex.-.ng. It include*
Sena ors 1‘ ttus and Harris, of the elec
t. ns c .iniri 't -. and Senators Morgan,
Vest. Bacon. Dann 1. M-ney. Bate. Mc-
Enerj M lory. Allen !'• ttigr. w. Talia®
| ferro. Ciav, Martin. Butler. Turner. Cul-
I nerson. K. nny. Heitfeld. McLaurin, Raw
' lin« Sullivan. Stewart and Jones, of Ne
vada. It will be seen t: at this latter list
includes almost all of the minority mem
be.-ft of th< sen ite. 1 h who hsx?o been
active on this side of :he question seem
t . believe that even Senator Jones, of Ar
kansas, will In the end vote with them
whe t h® sees that almost all of :he mem
bers cf his party are against the position
he is new taking.
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IN STATE OF ERUPTION AGAIN.
Spectators Are Prohibited from Ap
proaching Volcano.
Home. May 14M unt Vesuvius Is
again in a state of eruption and specta
tors are forbidden to approach within a
certain distance. Signor Matteccui, pro
fessor of geology in the Unlversly of
Naples, who is devoting himself to a
study of volcanic a-tion. had a narrow
esvaiie. He had received a special permit
to approach the crater and was bruised
and burned by a shower of stones.
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Sultan Wants Arbitration.
Constantinople. May is.-The Greek le
gation has notified the porte of the Inten
tion of Greece to resort to the collective
arbitration of the powers respecting the
controversies over the consular conven
tion. At the same time the legation sent
a note to tlie embassies asking for arbi
tration.
Mexicans Deny Report.
City of M» x • >. May I l —A number cf
American lesideets of Ocatalan district,
in the state of Oaxaca, have signed pa
pers denying that an Am-rican named
Cook had been shot and killed there.
Difficulties Are Increased.
L-ndon. May 14.—The viceroy of India,
Lord Curzon of Kedleston. has tele
graphed the secretary of state for India,
Lord George Hamilton, saying:
"The decline in the number of persons
demanding relief in Bombay anq else
where s probably due to the ctitbrea.lt
of cholera which has broken up maq/
of the relief camps and has enormously
increased our famine officers’ difficulties.
Otherwise the situation is unaltered."
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