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VOL. XXXV. NO. 27.
ONLY A MIRACLE CAN
SAVE CUBA FROM
WRECK AND
BBSs.
LEFT WITHOUT FRIENDS Ok'
CREDIT. NEW REPUBLIC
SEEMS DOOMED TO A
MADDENING IND
IN THE NEAR
FUTURE.
Race Question Is a Disturbing Prob- !
km. and Negroes Are Demand
ing Recognition—Chief Aim
of People Seems To Be
To Secure Office.
By S. L. Beckwith.
Special Cable to The Constitution.
Havana. July J If I were asked whose I
p! .<•* In this » *rUI I would b**st like to i
n’l I would not b* at a loss for an an- I
rw*r. tut would reply without res* rva- j
ti >n. ’That -»f the president of the «'ul»an |
republic" It tnum I* bitter to see. as '
he must, the certain f itlur*. »s-»ncr or j
liter, of his life work. A< the «>nv time. 1
>»e can but aek what blinded him to
the truth heretofore.
The Mtuatfeui in t*ui»a is prnve. Near- ,
«r and r.<-;ir«-r .1, pr.* • | • r!-!-. and ;
a few months, posaihljr we* k*. will s e |
th* end. The beginning of the end ha* *
already re* * Unless some miracle in- •
terrenes th* United S* ites niiret again ,
t>k hoM and man ig* tit* affairs of Cuba.
It is maddening to think of. Cuba, with
h*r warehouse* tilled with her pr**lu*'t«, I
and yet with no market. Her political
life depends upon the sal* of h*r two
;rind;.. 1h -e*. (M »f»* **•»»** of ttt- |
Vnlted Stat- s has condemned h*r to
«!• .till.
It hr r »t a que«i|- n a* to wh»th«*r
n »• Cubf’.*» are c«p-«Ih«» of lf<*D\<rn-
t d a • tc» . but Hu- >•>:-« n • bMn<
d st**.! th-rn. Without money ar4 with
out • r-lit. itorernm* nt*, like any burl
n- <-« th«* *itu t n b»l ma«l<* t•*
1 i - ?tblind an«l <!• a*i.l one ‘
I . - b*it t«» vSit tn«‘ « burnt* nt of «-»n-
thit Mv, *r. forth it tn »it« r. of the
jw rfr* ;i! tin-- - or aytri: *mh nt • •<. t »
f
M oney Freely Voted.
Th* m mi- r-s , f ■!• p-itb-s to
p--.vin.-ial assemblies and city renincila i
»!•:» <r to think th .t mon«v will rt *.v
In s-.m*’where, just so they vote a high |
MA per inrum. The city <-onn.il of Ila- i
ten b. i« c-rrici its t tip to -ome-
?. t \Tt:.r - netary is to be added
tn the cabinet. making «ev* n in all. this
th* secretary of war, represented by
p <t:i .n f . i • of th. rm il guard has
I- n h« Id for a ye»r or two l.y Gen-
•rt A j.»t I-. Rodrigu t. and h* must
■rooffik* *h « b». n aff*.-t**.l h«*w*v. r. bi
rr- • -tg iM.i'f :*»rtf«dio Be-!d*s the '
d -talm g to his office, the s.-c-
re-t try of war will have charge of revls- t
!- c • * r st. r • th- ‘’.(’.in irmy. as
the H-»n of paying the army Is still !
• ■ - I:■ t
. • . - nong and luring
th st it- to sitnusion.
- ' a far gr -I spaa by tea* I
- >mt* to ab-»ut fct ••.•••». while
ts- |-- -• nt n- rat < <r <r- mmthing like
►•ven mtlii Th. ek>» n-iilur. s etn- |
bra u-1 in ths t>. lu.-t not include th
of th* Rnral Guard, paj Mat
of th* ami’., bcntlons and consulates 1
or th* r.»bmpti..n of th* bond* bwue.l
Im- th*' < >il-tn i tnta .liiring th* war;
p.»r do*- t in--lud- as.-istam-* to the
m . • s dependa aim- t •
• . | i early I
In th- duti«-» on ill • « f importa
tion This wil! injur* th»- merchant* and
trad* will t t b-- h«-!ped. r.or the govern
m-nf. as the imp-rts will continue fall
ing off.
Cuba Without Credit.
Mr. Terry. recreUry of agriculture,
ha* las n oblig.-d to a- cept ih<- n-je ti-.n
of hts pros.- ’ f. r the government to
borrow t: • with which to purchase
cattle and sell to th- farmers on easy- ■
time piyrn.nts- Th<- project was n g-wsl
one. but the ioan could not be .-ff.x t-d. j
A day or two ago the pn-.-ld-nt called a '
meeting at th-- | -■ of the bankers
of th- eity an.l en-1.-avor.-d to -persuade
them to loin the amount to the govern
ment. l.ut each and all refused. The
state could give no guarantee, and th*
bank- already have plenty of worthless
p.i; - r
Neither congress nor the p.-ople s**m
t» niak ag an effort t > accomplish any
useful w rk. It would seem that the re- |
marks of one or two papers w. re true, to
th* eff. t that the chlfat cry and alm of
• . ■ t .’J- ■ Hi -S
and draw upon the treasury.
It 1- true, sad to relit , that Cuba has
not today money i nourh to meet the I
ordinary c irr*nt eg|»enses of the govern- ,
m*nt. an.i heavy payments ar* due A
large payment to t'.:e church is due on the I
Ist of August, and there are heavy eg
p. naes ycn.-rte l with public w- rks. etc.
o- e n rrtifying feature connected with j
the iate festivities is the levying on •
rem* of th* triumphal arches by the
workmen. A go.id many of these are still
standing in the city in a more or less
dismantled condition, the work of demoli
tion stopped by Injunctions secured by
laborers. This must make the president
fe. I many a pang—to know that the
flims> constructions of light timbers and
• p.ilnt<M cloth, erected in his honor, are
not paid for. and the men who did tlie
manual labor are driven to make their
’ claims known from pressing necessity.
, There Is no denying the necessities, peo
ple from the country are Hocking to the
towns to hunt work, with the vain hope
that unskilled labor may find a market;
' or in other Ihstance*. feeling that in
the towns charitable associations aie
; mote accessible than in the country. It
hl j-iti: il nt night, alien the g;iri>ag>-
• cans and barrels arc put on the streets,
s-• h'l tian lieing* and <1 us lighting for
•< It -at. -its Thia i- a ■ ■■ e
i as to the poverty of Cuba which can be
I Studied any night.
Disturbing Race Question.
j Another disturbing feature is the ntti
' tude of till- colored race, and their fre
quent and insistent demand* for p illtivui
| and social recognition call for grave con
isi deration. A mammoth meeting was
j h< bi on Sunday bj the colored veteran*,
presided over by Juan Gualberto Gomel,
; Hi. ornci* of hts race. Various members
t addressed the meeting, all claiming that
I they had n >t met to stir up sedition, but
• to express their disapprobation of the
- treatment the colored race was rcc.-ivlng
I at the hands <»f the while* and to de
mand that justice be done them. 1 hey
said, and truly, too, that during th* war
then- was no q-iextion of color; they w-re
I i. *t cailt-d colored or black soldiers, but
i ilk- the wnites. they were Cubans; that
as much or more colored blood hast been
shed for the Independence of Cuba as
while, yet when ln<lepend<nce was won.
' tlie whites ignored the claims of th<-
1 bl i-ks. They w ith one accord decided
1 that this should not be, and it is likely
I something <l«-islve w ill be receiv d from
th—m in a eli-»rt time. Istst week, Quin
l tin Hand. ras. a colored man. former g-n
--eral In the Cuban army, puso-d his way
1 Into the center of the house of represen
‘ tatlves w hile »: w is. In session, ami in a
loti.l voice arraign.-.! the memla-rs for
1 their .-.induct toward the colored Cultsns.
i ll* d. -lir.-d tint unless h- and his race
were given th«-lr rights he would gather
lan army and raise a revolt. He used
I uimsive language and dar.-d the memlters
Jto eject him or order his arrest. One
memlter. who had been a fellow-sofeiier,
I sue.-.--.1. din s s.thing him. while the pres
ident was advls-d of the extraordinary
■ prneetdlngs. The next day Band, ras was
give na < .nifort i >l berth in the
house. His success will Inspire
with outrage tn follow his example.
are not sufficient office* to go round even
' for the whites, an.i the end can l»e fore-
i seen.
<’omn!alnts made by -dore.l mep »
• rn' rfn-instw.r sg.-iinst t.*--m In th" < '*y
police caused a n->t' * to Is? print.-.! in
viting colored m--n to make aj.pllea ti<-n
at a certain hour to the chief of police
of Havana. Eighty men present.-.! theni
. . . , iof th ■ onlj • lew ■ were
•
eleven on til was required that th. y had
not Is-cn at any time convicted of crime.
All t-.-.k th* .with. Investigation result's!
Iliat nine ..f the eleven bad nYY s*rve.l
tun.- in th. earv*l and i«'iiitentlary. and
these were th.-n am st. d for perjury. The
colored race Is m .klng this the text of
much violent talk and many threats.
Many Prisoners Pardoned.
It has been stat.-d, rven in the papers
..f th- I nil. I Slates, that trouble is cx
pectwl in Cub* by n-ason of th- whole
sale amnesty granted by th<- military gov
ernor Iwfore having th-- Island. The
stat nt. nt has Ih-. ii made that something
over eight hundred were par.lon.-d within
a few ,i ys. Thiw Is not true. \\ in n Gen
eral Wood ..-ime to Havana. In !»... -mb r
of !'•»•. tie found the prison* ov. rtl-wing
with Itimat.-s. Justice and humanltv .!«■-
man.b*.! that Investigation be mad. of th*
ch-.rg- s and all else conne-ted with the
imprisonment of th.se people. A board
of pardons was org-mixed and every ease
was thoroughly Investigate.!. In number
less In - an persons had been arrested
. i imprlsmted an a • hi nr* *Mde hg bmm
! Irre'-js.nstble partv. Many of th. s. had ,
, r had a trial Many of th«
s-rve-l a much greater length <«f tlm
th .n tbe penalty presort!.. <1 b. law. trttiers
never knew with wh it they w. re charg..l
, r weeks an<l months that T*.-ird- n!"g
’-•ard worked, going into noisome, horri
ble prisons, sp.-n.llng hours in fever-rid
den atmo«t»here.
. As ea.-h ease was investigated the his
tory was -ar.fnllv written out and the
re. onitu-nd <tl..n of the board of pardons
append. 1. This then went to the *ecre- i
♦ ary of justice, and upon his approval th*
pardon was signed by the military gov
ernor. Ho did not Issue pardons upon his
own responsibility. Something over a
thouimnd people have b.w-n pardoned since
th.- American «»c<-iipa’ion. but there his
b.-*n no wholesale llls rutlon of prisolV'lS
or criminal* ti|>«»n the community. The
facts which cam- to light through the,
w .rk of this iM.ar.l would cans- indigna
tion and pity to the most hardened adva
c it- of “•ill eye for an eye and a tooth for
a tooth.'*
Fault of Cubans.
Th.- military government is not respon
*ll .■ f i Um tailing -tt tn the revenuw of
th- is.and- Tile responsibility for this
should l»* placed wh< r<- it rightfully be
.-.iigs. ai.d this Is w> plain that he who I
runs tn ty read.
The I'ubans were demanding that the
government l>e put into their hands.
They were restive, unreasonable. They
knew the condition of the treasury. The
‘ secretary of th- treasury was a Cuban,
a very intelligent man. Th. customs re
ceipts w-re published daily. Frequent
1 tigurvs w.-re obtained from the custom
houses. The congress of th- I'llited Stat- s
was olslurate in the muter of granting
I mcessions to Cuba. The Cubans knew
' this as well on the 3>th of .May as they
do now. General Wood said more than
once that if reciprocity were not grant
ed and Cuba given a market the republic
would Ih- a failure, the United States
would again have to Intervene, the
troubb greatly enhanced, an.i in addition
general bitter feeling would prevail
among the Cubans, making the work of
the Americans a doubly unacceptable
j burden. Cubans were not to be reasoned
with. They refused to count the cost,
and now all but th* willfully blind see
| that precipitancy has defeated the ob
ject most dear to them.
Anti-American Feeling Spreads.
Meanwhile anti-American feeling ‘s
spreading. Here is old Gomes, who pro
fessed to uphold the policy of the Cnit'-d
States, urged ur>on the constitutional con
vention the desirability of the Platt
amendment, accompanied the commission
I to Washington when it went to seek
WHEN HOUSE ADJOURNED
“DIXIE” WAS SUNG BY ALL
Washington, July I.—Amid a scene of
enthusiasm that has not been paralleled
since the exciting and stirring days of the
Spanish war. Speaker Henderson, at 5:30
this afternoon, declared the house of
representatives adjourned without day. j
In doing so he said that no house of i
representatives since the adoption of the
constitution had done as much work as
this one.
The audience to whieh he made his
brief address was a brilliant one The
galleries were banked to the doors and I
almost two-thirds of the >n« mbers were |
in their seats on the lloor. The sj.eak- ;
«r's appreciative words to the members i
in thanking th--m for their cooperation !
during the session had touched a resjion- !
■ive chord and the> gave hint a re- ‘
mark ibl<- d<-monstration of their friend- |
ship and good will.
While the cheering and applause were 1
still in progress the members on the I
lloor began singing "My Country, 'Tis of
Thee." it was taken up by the corre
spondents In the pr.-ss gallery over the
speaker's chair, and 'by the spectators
in the surrounding galleries, and soon
the vast hall was ringing with the
swelling chorus. Other patriotic airs fol
lowed as the ni'inb.i'. exchanged fare
wills, "The Star Spangled Banner" al
t.-rnatiilg with "Dixie." The speaker
came down ftoni his rostrum, his ap
pearance <>n tlie floor being greeted with
"For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow," and a
perfect rush of members to grasp his
hand.
Hooker and Henderson Sing "Dixie.”
Standing in front of the clerk’s desk,
he. t'H>. joined In the songs and there
was a wild scene win n General Hooker,
of Mississippi, the one-armed conf.ii.rate
veteran, took his place by the side
of the --p.-ak.-r, and together they sang
"Dixie." Mr. Candler, a Mississippi dem-
Ught up >n tint subject, thereby adding
weight t > the claims in favor of tin- law.
All the time h* was posing as a Belisa
rius. d*-j»endeiit for bread upon the gener
osity of the jH-oj.le. he was paid a good
salary from insular funds. Not but what
h«- should have had it; that Is not the
jiolnt. hut h* kept the matter dark. Now
<ui l ist Bunday h<- and an old enemy held
a love feast, embraced and became*
fridnds. This at an anti-Platt amendment
meeting in <'alabazar, and Gomez declar
ed with great animation that he would
not rest ut" ti.- Pl - u law was torn from
th.' constitution.
With Gomez arraying th* people on the
outside against th* United Stat's, Cisne
ros and his following In the congress
marshaling their forces against the ad
ministration an.i th.- Americans, who he
s tvs nr* monkeys, and h* means to fight
Ih*m all his life, with Gualls-rto Gom-z,
< .rtez, Figu.-ras, Marquettl and others in
citing th*' colored j.eoplo against tho
w lilt-s. it needs no Jeremiah to see aught
but trouble. I will Just quote one remark
by a color**! orator to show th* attitude
taken: "If the government cannot satis
fy th*- aspirations of all classes then it
should sink into utter failure and con
tempt ’’ A big contract for any govern
ment.
PALMA WRITES OF THE FOURTH
President of Cuba Expresses Good
Wishes for United States.
Havana. July 4.—President Palma, In a
htt*r today to United Stites Minister
S'luiers. said:
"I share with the people of th- United
States the hapjrfness they enjoy in cele
r.-iting this holiday, the annlvers.iry
of the ind* p*-nd* n.-e of the thirt** n Eng
lish colonies, which by th* blessings of
d'-mocratic institutions and love of lib- |
*rtv have reached the highest standard ,
an*l have bevom* on* of the most power
ful nations >f th* world. I h.-nrtily wi-h
th t *h. .V’<ri-an p* 'I-’* will forever
en|.-v the greatest pro-p* rlty and happi-
—■ ■ ■—♦ —
CATTLE INDUSTRY IN CUBA.
Palma Has a Project for Its Encour
agement.
Havana. July 2.—President Palma h n
sent a project to congress for tho en
couragement of the horse and cattle In
dustrv In Cuba. The president’s plan,
am ng other things, provides for the ad
mission duty free of Jersey, Devon. Here
ford. Porto Rican. Argentine. Durham
rind Guernsey cows and bulls for breed
ing purposes.
In a preamble to President Palma’s
project Emilio Terry, tho minister of
agriculture, s.-ts forth that at j>re»ent
3x.«iO head of cattle, worth 13.<«*>.<itM), are
consumed annually in * üb.-i, and that
tho hl l'-s of these animals nr<* worih
fl 300<<ui> Under th* j>ropo»*-d plan tho
duties arc s-> arranged ns to encourage
tho importation of lean cattle to be fat
tened in Cuba.
■I ♦ ■
ITALY'S KING TO VISIT CZAR.
Victor Emanuel Will Start for St.
Petersburg July 9.
Romo, July I—King Victor Emanuel,
ac<-*»mi>ani*sl by Signor Prlnetti, the min
ister of foreign affairs, will start for St.
p.-t. rs.nirg via 8.-rlln July 9 to visit th*
<zar. Tb* king’s ni*-v< moots have not y< t
been defined, but it is believed he will
visit 1-.inp*-r*>r " illiam after he has seen
th*' czar The czar and Emje-ror William
t.-v*- both promts, d to make return J*>ur
ix-vs to Rome. If tho czar of Russia
carries out his intention it will be the
first time apy Russian emperor has vis
ited the king of Italy.
SNOW FALLING IN WYOMING.
For Twenty-Four Hours the Beauti
ful Comes Down.
Evanston. Wyo., July 4.—Snow has boon
falling for twenty-four hours and in th*
mountains Iles on th* ground to a depth
of 3 to 6 in<h<-s. The mercury fell to
freezing point. Today the weather has
cleared.
Kansas Socialists Name Ticket.
Emporia. Kans.. July 4.-Tho socialists
of Kansas, at their state convention
here todav. adopted a platform and
nominated a full state ticket. A. S. Mc-
Allister. an engineer, of Herrington, was
unanimously nominated for govern.ir,
and John M Parr, a Topeka house
painter <iiid dveurutor, fur liuutcniint
riivernor.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JULY 7, 1902.
oerat, Junip.d uj'cn a desk find let out at
yell of jubi'atior- that fairly shook the |
rafters. For a half hour the j
Jubilation cont"iu i. All this time the ]
spectators r-ina it st ,tiding in the gal
leries, waulii tg e animated scene be-
I low, and Join*; , n the singing.
I Th- adjourn came at the end of
1 a seven and Ob' if hours' session dur
ing wh. h mucid minor business was |
transtieied. In r.’ seventy bills and res
olutions -V't epu <!• The general good
feeling In tie hove had been heighten
i cd tn the >- 'von over the senate
! on the hem porated in the naval
I appropriation l>. >r the building of a
j battle ship in a vet urnent yard.
I Tie elosing H was occupied with
a spirit' d* d--b.it- <-t n Mr. Cousins,
lof lowa, and ’l." ."ehaidsot . the dento
j cratlc lead. r. ov rhe report on the in
: vestigalion into barges mad.- bv
I Captain I’hris.m.. Co icernlng the sale
|of th.- Danish 'A * 1: lies. Mr. Cousins
ridiculed Mr. lit . -irds-ui for bringing
the matter to the - -.ition of congr- ss.
The latter defend- ’ .is course.
"There is but r<4 thing in connection
with the whole mutter." said Mr. Cou
sins. "that ,-ipproa h« the silliness and
absurdity of the driveling diatrib- and
li-titio.is t ile of t'hrist mi-, and that Is
the unparalleled and nli. rolls perform
ance of deliberately and solemnly spread
ing it upon tin- neon: of the American
congress, where It must remain through- ,
out all history as a shameless challenge
to Hit credulity of min."
The Speaker’s Farewell.
It being rc]H>rte,| that the president h.iil
no further coninntnl. -<tion to make, the
speaker arose and witii evidence of much
feeling addresse.l the house as follows:
“Gentlemen of the House of Kepre
scnlatlvcs Many ■ € u met nf the begin
ning of this session n friends; many of
us at the commencement of tins ses
sion met as strangers 1 Ih-Ic-vc that we
shall all part wh--n t: •• moment for a-l-
IBEURF WORSON IS
ROT OR GROVER
' GLEMD,
( . •
Louisville Editor Says That Mr.
Claveland Is Seeking To Regain
Political Leadership, and
That It Means Nothing
but Office.
St. Paul, July s.—(Special.)—Henry
Watterson, editor of The Louisville
I Courier-Journal, was her* today and
submitted to an Interview regarding Mr.
i Cleveland.
"I have made certain specific accusa
tions against Mr. Cleveland—that he has
been an office s**k*r ever since he was
21 years old; that lx j> >sscss- d th* repu
tation of a relir.d statesman and sage
from DSS to l'*92. whil* he was engaged
, in the most adroit eainjiaign to achb-ve
■ his nomination in the latter year; that
he was support'd in this by all his
I officeholders, who thought, if he got
I hack, they would get back; that seven
| members of his original cabinet attend-
I cd th*- Chicago convention of 1893 t head
ed by Whitney, Bayard aixl Vilas, to
work for his renomlnation; y*t that ail
tills while h*- was posing, -is he is pos
ing now, as a r* til *1 i> uriot nnd seer,
who could not bi- induced to accept of
fice.
Rides Free Trade Hobby.
"Mr Cleveland lias ridden the free
trade hobby since his fatuous free trade
message of Decenib.-r, 1887. while ten
days after he sent that message to con
gress he was planning to modify its
terms. He actually sent Gorman and
Scott to tho St. Louis convention of
1888 with a cut and dried platform which
completely emasculat' d it
"Coming back Into power by one of
those miracles that sometimes happ* ns
in our polltli-s that is, the Homestead
riots, which transferred two of the labor
unions wholly from th*' republicans to
the democrats-- h* no sooner found him
self again in the white house when h*
sent the tariff question to the rear aixl
brought the money question to the
front.
"We were substantially united on th*
tariff. We were thoroughly disorganiz*-*!
and disunited on th* money question, so
that by the tlm* Mr Cl* v.dnnd r. aclx-d
the tariff, feeling himself m some way
bound at bast to fulfill the pledges of
th* platform upon which he had l>* • n
elected, there was prepared under his
: ministrations a tariff bill corresponding
I to nothing which had be* n promised in
! bis name by th* convention that nomi
nated him.
“The result was hopeless confusion
and ultimate disint*-gra*ion.
Cleveland Wants Leadership.
"These are distinct accusations. They
are either true or they are faise. hi the
myriad of comments which I have seen,
they have been completely lost sight of.
In lieu of them, all sorts of stories have
been Invented and published to account
for my invincible repugnance to Mr.
Cleveland."
"Do you think Mr. Cleveland is a c.in-
I dldate for president?”
"1 think h* Is engaged and his friends
are engaged In a movement to bring him
back into political leadership. With
him It means nothing but office. What
ever It naans to them, it nx-ans with
him the concrete things of public life,
for be is jire.-minently a man who never
drops the substance to grasp after the
shadow
"in my belief, h* took up his home
at Princeton amid the conspicuous
shades of a gr* at university where he
could pose and be before the minds of
4,tMM) or 5.000 students. coming from
every quarter of the union, and where
he could occasionally appear as a philos-
I journment comes ns friends. (Applause.)
The pray.-r which I made to this house
at the commencement of this congress
1 that the house would help to sustain the
' chair in enforcing the rules has never
been forgotten. You have been each an.i
all of you sustaining forces in aiding me
tn the discharge of my duty. (Applause.)
for that, my friends. I return my grate
ful acknowledgement.
"I am proud to say that no house of
1 ri'presentatives since the constitution was
adopted has m the same length of time
done the amount of work that this house
of r.-pr'-s. ntatives lias done, (Applause,
and you hav< done your work iik> men—
earnest and honest as you have all been
in carrying vour convictions so far as
possible into legislation. There his never
be. u an hour when the acrimony of de
bate left scars in any breast in this
house You li.ive all been faithful and
untiring, and in the twenty years of ni)
service I have never seen so many
friends in the closing days of a session
as I now witness.
"Now as we are about to part I wish
you .til a safe return to your homes and
• that you may all come back to the next
session rested and refreshed; and I ask
no more than that you may be as earnest
then as you have been in the s*-ssion just
closed. (Applause.) And now. gentle
men. in pursuance of th*- concurrent res
olution of the two houses. I declare tins
the fifty-seventh congress ad
journed sine die." (Loud applause.)
The gavel fell amid the wild applause
that followed. Before it had subsided a
group ..f r. puidi. ins on tlie west side of
the ll.ill. I'sl by Mr Landis, of Indiana,
and Representative Hamilton, of Michi
gan. began t<> sing "My Country. ’Tis of
Thee." Immediately the refrain was
caught up all ov. r the hall and In the
galleries. Then followed the doxology. in
which the correspondents in the press ,
gallery joined. As the speaker descended
from the chair th* air changed to "For
He’S a Jolly Good Fellow.” and the mem
bers swarmed about him to say goodby.
Other songs followed. "Way Down I’pon,
the Suwanee River" and finally "Dixie.”
as the sjH-aker and General Hooker, the
one-armed confederate veteran, embraced
vvarnil) Ti Jubilation was kept up f-r
almost half an hour.
r and t mai For no other pur
: pose than his future reappearance In
1 practical politics, the Tilden Club was
organized."
W. J. BRYAN CANNOT FLAY
G. CLEVELAND IN BOSTON
Boston. Mass., June 30.—(Special.)—Wil
liam Jennings Bryan, who is to be pres
ent it the harmony dinner of the Nw
England Democratic League, will not be
allowed to pitch into Grover Cleveland.
Those who ar* In charge of this gather-,
■leg nave ix-*nl< *1 taat ther* is to i>e no
tearing of old wounds at their g.-istro
nomical excursion. What they want is to
talk of harmony not only for Nebrask t,
but for every part **f th* country, and
unless Bryan can live up to this part of
the programme he will simply show him
self The antl-CJeveland ni«-n, who have
be* n S’o busy hating the ex-president
j that they h,;vi- not ever tied up to any
; other man. were jiartlcillarly anxious that
; this should b* the programme and in th*
I mind s eye they had already changed tha
harmony dinner into one of struggle and
1 gor* . Colonel Williams Gaston, leader
. of th* democracy, was one of the sjieak-
I *-rs nt the Til*!* n Club dinner in New ;
; York. H*- will not permit any oratorical I
| attack upon that affair. Wholl.v apart
from tlx- Bryan feature It Is now said |
that there is a plan to start the Olney
boom that night. This will be unofficial,
but "noiigh will be on hand to make some
| noise.
VOLCANOES ARE IN ERUPTION.
Mount Wrangel and Mount Redoubt
Are Spitting Flames.
Seattle, Wash., June 30.—Tho stenmer '
' B* rtha reach* <1 port today from Valdez
I aixl w* stward points. Mount Redoubt. ■
I which bus been in art incipient stage of ’
I eruption since early spring, was n**t ;
I visible, owing to fog.
Mount Wrangel Is in eruption. A dis- 1
I ] :it<-h receiv.-*l at Valdez from Kotzini, j
under ilate ot June 21, says:
"Mount \\ rnnf-a-l is in plain sight of ;
her* aixl great clouds of black smoke ,
can b> seen rolling up from her crest.” j
Asia Minor Being Shaken.
I/ondon, July I.—ln a dispatch from
: Vi* iiiia the correspondent of The Daily .
Exjui-ss says earthquakes have occurred |
simultaneously in twenty towns of Asia ’
! Minor and that may houses have col
! lapsed.
SEISMIC SHOCKS IN TURKEY.
;
Many Houses Wrecked and Much
Loss of Lite.
London, July 5 A dispatch to tho Ex
i change T.di graph Company from Vienna
i says a severe earthquake shock was felt
i at Salonica. European Turk* y, yesterday
i afti-rno'in. According to this dlsjiatch,
many houses were wrecked and there
* was much loss of life.
| Partlcul ir- of the disaster have not yet
' been received.
THEY WIN HAVANA FRANCHISE
Value of the Grant Estimated at
$25,000,000.
, Youngstown. Ohio, July ’.—Messrs.
I Park atxl Hamilton, of this city, have
i received a cablegram from th* represen- I
j tatlve at Havana announcing that fran- I
I "hisi's have been granted them to con- 1
j struct street r illw *y lines throughout j
th* eity of Havana. The con<'*-ssions are '
! said to be wortli fully s2s.i«m.i«** and in
| chide all the franchises In the city of I
I Havana.
MAY FIGHT SUGAR COMBINE.
Spreckels Is Backing Federal Sugar
Refining Company.
Trenton. N. J.. July 2.—The Federal
Sugar Refining Company, that was incor
porated here recently, with an authorlz*'*!
i-ajiital of sl<io.iioo, today filed papers in
creasing its i-ajiital to »50,000.000. one-half
of which is preferred stock, with 6 per
cent cumulative dividends.
The incorporators are Everett Jackson.
New York, jiresidcnt; I*. J. Smith. Mor
| rlstown, N. J., secretary, and Charles T.
Bingham, Brooklyn.
The charter provides that the company
may! redeem its preferred stock at $125
and that the preferred stockholders may.
at any time, have their preferred stock
converted into common.
New York. July 2.—lt was learned this ’
aft*-rnoon that the business of the Federal ;
Sugar R'iining Company, as specified in ,
thu certificate, is principally the relining |
of sugar. The company was recently or
ganized by C. A. Spreckels and his asso
ciates for the refining of sugar by a new
process.
Mr. Spreckels when seen in regard to
the matter was nsked who were the offi
cer* of th'- . ompanj and said:
"The board of directors of the Federal
Sugar Refining Company consists of the
following gentlemen: John \V. Maekay.
Sir William C. Vanhorn. Dumont Clark.
Edwin Hawley, William W. Cook an.i my
self. I am president of the company and
Mr. Mackay is vice president."
GOVERNOR DAVIS DECLARES
JONES IS NO DEMOCRAT
Little Rock. Ark.. July 3.—Governor J< ff
Davis forwarded the following letter to
President Roosevelt today:
"1 notice in the metropolitan papers of
a few days ago a statement that, in ail
probability. Senator James K. Join s would
be, by your excellency, appointed a mem
ber of the canal commission, should the
Panama route pass and become effective.
Os course, 1 know that you haven’t over
looked th*- constitutional provision which
prohibits his holding any offi-e till th-.-
4th of next March save that of senator,
and 1 desire, .Mr. I’resalent, to say, in be
half of the people of Arkansas, with all
due deference and respect to yourself
and your power of appointment, that if
you contemplate appointing Air. Jones as
a democrat from Arkansas in.honor to
our state we would like to have an oppor
tunity to protest against the proffered
honor. He has been repudiated her*- by
the dem >cracy and by his recent utter
ances and actions has put himself beyond
the party line, but if you desire to ap
point him as a republican, pure and sim
ple, of course, we can raise no-objection;
though, if you appoint him as a democrat
w«- would like to be heard.
"Perhaps I should not have addressed
you thus plainly, and I should not have
done so but for your kind consideration
of me on a recent visit and the express*-.!
desire on your part to have me communi
cate with you freely about any matter
in Arkansas. I feel that this is of great
, importance to the democracy of th s state
and that if this recognition is given Sen
ator Jones it will not be given to him as a
democrat without the protest of th* de
mocracy of this state. Yours very re
, spectfully, JEFF DAVIS.
"Governor of Arkansas.”
KEEL OF NEBRASKA IS LAID.
First Rivet Is Driven by Two Gov
, ernors.
Seattle. AVash.. July I—The keel of
th* battle ship N.-braska was laid In
Moran Bros. A- Co.’s ship yards today
In the presence of a large crowd. Gov
ernor Savage, of Nebraska, ami Gov
ernor Henry Mcßride, of Washington,
drove the first rivet.
Th* ceremonies began at 10 o'clock.
Moran Bros, presented to Governor Sav
age a small piece of steel, the material
punched from the first hole In the first
niece of steel shaped to becom* a part
slructlon
- ■ ' h. .. a section <->f th- N* n««k.i wax
swung Into position by th*- great cr.ines.
A h*at* d rivet was brought and pla.-ni
In position aud th. governors of th.- 'wo
states, with their coats off and th*lr
shirt sleeves rolled up above their el
bows, by alternate st uk.-s tlatt-ne 1 the
rivet into position. When this task li 1
been completed amid the enthusiastic
cheers of the crowd and the tiring of
guns, a representative of the comnany
appeared upon the scene ni.-l proceeded
to pav off the distinguished workmen
for their work. To e.ufi of th* governors
hr- save n check for 3 -ents.
With each of the checks was a voucher
which the recipients will be required to
sign.
OVATION FOR WHEELER.
Fighting Joe at July Fourth Banquet
in London.
London. July 4. The Fourth of July
banquet of the American Society In
London was given at the Hotel ’ *‘> i to
night. There was a remark ibi* manifes
tation *>f synij.athy for King Edward in
his illness and incidentally there w- re
gome open expressions of displeasure with
i Joseph Choate, the United States am
j bassador.
Between 400 and 500 Americans were
present at th* banquet and the specially
i Invited gm-ts included Lieuienant Gen
eral Sir Frai *is Gr.-uf-’ll. th* gov* rn->r
|of Malta; S:r J - -’s G - ion i:sg, ''a
1 minister of the ('.ipe Colony; Sir 1: .»* it
j Bond, th* prnnl' C of N--wf-.iin.il.u;-l
’ Gen.-ral .losepll Wl.o-l-r n-d Hi-- I ’ i
; States consul g--n*-ral tn lamdon. H.
I Clav Evans. Th*- dinner was exp*-dit- 1
! In order to enable Mr. Cheat . Henry
! Whitt. s* cretai j of th American em
-1 bassy,’ and th.- colonial ..111 ial< to attend
i th* j't! »n at the India office.
Having eloquently* t *ist- *l King Ed
ward, Mr. < ’li->ate announced 1 i •
[ sequence of his maj*-sty < gi iv* coin! tl-.i;
I the other usual toasts, with th- ex-a ption
of one to the president of th.- I’nit* 1
j State#, would be omitted m l that then
would be no speech making.
SOUTHERN BOYS AT ANNAPOLIS
' Order of Standing of Cadet Class of
1000 Announced.
Annapolis. Mil., July I.—Th* naval
academy academic board having re
ceived the j>apers in the final examina
tion of the cadet class of 111 11 ", has made
up th* order of standing of th*- men. '1 h--
standing of the southern men Is as fol
lows:
13—jlollis T Winston, North Carolina.
21 Stafford H. 1»..y 1. . Smith Carolina.
25- William K. Riddle. Tennessee.
32 llcrb.lt C. Cock* Virginia.
33 R-ib.-rt A. Abernathy. T*-nuessee.
35 llavn* Ellis. Georgia.
48 Luk* E. Wright. Jr.. Tennessee.
&g Hugo W. (Jsterhaa-s. Virginia.
William B. Ferguson, Jr., of North
Carolina, and John A. Spilman, of Vi -
ginl.l, who groin <t* *1 tin- naval a<-.id*mv
i numbers 2 and 3 respectively. ar.- not
I rate! her*, as th*-) ar*- undi r spe f i] in-
- strti.'tion at th*- Massachusetts Institute
; of Technology.
•
SIAM’S CROWN PRINCE COMING.
He Will Visit the United States in
a Few Weeks.
Washington. July 5 Th*' Siamese min
ister, Phya Akh.iraJ Varadhara. accom
panied by Mr. Ixiftus. his secretary of le
gation. came to Washington from East
Gloucester, Alass., t**.lay to confer with
Secretary Hay with regard to the ap
proaching visit to th* I nited Slates of
the crown prince of Siam, owing to th
i abandonment of the coronation re
monies this visit will take place * aril -r
thftn was originally predicted. .•.•rt.nn.'y
before September next. Scr.-tary Hay
was given th* assurance crown price will
have a cordial wlcome to th* United
States s<> far as the government can ar
range it.
HauTiis Taylor Is Chosen.
Washington. July 4.—Hannis Taylor,
formerlv United States minister to Spain,
I has jus't been elected to th* chair of :
i English constitutional ami common law. i
> and oi International private law in Co- I
| lumbian university.
PRICE: FI YE CE NTS.
AMNESTY FOR FILIPI
NOS IN EFFECT ON
JULY I,
General Chaffee Is Relieved of Hir
> Duties as Military Governor.
Roosevelt Takes Occasion To
Pay Tribute to the U.
S. Army.
I
Washington. July 3. —The president has
’ formally declared the restoration of peace
I in the Philippine archipelago, ile ha*
■ I placed the islands under complete civil
. control and has extended general am
' nesty to tlie Filipinos who have been in
! rebellion. These three things, marking
one of the most import mt chapters in
• Philippine history, were accomplished
1 through the i**u< of three aeparate or*
ders and proclamations, one by the presi
dent over his own signature, extending
amnesty; on* through Secretary Root by
I the president’s order, relieving General
i Chaffee from his duties as military gov-
I ernor. ami a third, which takes tae shape
of a general ord r addressed to the entire
army of the United States, in which
Secretary Root takes occasion to express
the president's high appreciation of the
work it has accomplished both in Cuba
and in the I'hilipplnes.
Amnesty Proclamation.
The amnesty proclamation is as tol
lows:
"By the president of the United States:
"A Proclamation:
•■■ • - ■ f
■. ■: ■ in In
surrection against the authority and
sovereignty of th* kingdom of Spain at
diverse times from August. 181*6. until
tlie cession of the archipelago »y that
kingdom to the United States of Ameri
ca and since such cession many of the
persons so engag' d in insurrection have
until recently resisted the authority am!
sovereignty of the Unit' d States; and
"When-as. The insurrection against the
authority ami sovereignty of the United
States is now at an end and peace ha*
been established in all parts of th* arch
pelago exc* pt in the country inhabit*-d
by the Moro tribes, to which this procia-
I mation does not apply; and
"Whereas. During the course of the In
surrection icainst the kincd**m *f Spain
| af;d against the go, • rnment of the U lited
I Stat* - persons ,-ngaged therein, or those
in sympathy with and abetting th'-m.
c -mmlttert many acts in violation of the
laws of civilized warfare, but it is be
lieved tii.it such ts were g neraliy c -m
--mitted in ignorance of those laws, and
under orders issued by the civil or miii
tarv tnsurrectlonarv leaders; and
’ Whereas. It is <l*-em«-l to be wise and
’ humane, in accordance with the benefi
, cent purposes of the government of the
United States toward th*' Filipin*. people
and conducive to p*ae<- *>:*! rs and loyalty
I among them, that the doers of such acts
. who have not already suffered punish
ment. shill not be held criminally re-
I sponsible, but sh*!| be relieved from
* punishm* nt f'T participation in these i:i-
■ :rr- ctl >ns, and I r awful *s ■ :n
--mltted during th*- course thereof by a
I general amnesty and pardon.
. "N*w. th- n-fore. b, it known that I.
. Th* 'wb.ro R*"s-v<’t. president of the
I United Stat* -of Vmeri I. by virtue f
| th* power and authority vested in me by
the constitution. >i ■ hereby proclaim in 1
; declare, without r*s*rvatl >n or condiHc!
I except as hereinafter provided, i full and
’ sons’ tn th* Philippine ar, hi;** lago who
I have participated in th* insurrection
I if*ir- -aid. or who have given aid and
i comfort to per- ins participating in said
I Insurrections, f r th* offenses of treason
lor s-dition. an.i for all off-use.-,, political
lln their ch.iraet. r. committed in the
| course of si: -h insurrections pursuant to
1 orders issued by th- civil or military in
' surrectlonar . iiith >ritb < or w hich grew
out of inter:: i! ,*oliti< il feuds or dissen
sions iwtw-'M-n Filipi’ -'s ai-1 Spaniards or
th*- Spaniard a:ith->rit!.-s. or which r--
, suited from i:p--rna! j*olltl< a! feuds or
I di<s*-nsi«>ns ini- :g th* Filipinos th*-ni
i selves during eith.-r of s ud insurrections.
Persons Excluded.
Provided, how-ver. that the pardon and
amnesty hereby grant'-.! shall not in
clude such p-rsons committing crim* s
since May 1. 19"2. in any province of tho
i archipel.mo at th* tlm* civil government
1 was establish*-.!, n.*r shall it include such
j persons as have b-en, heretofore, finally
I convicted of th* crim* s of murder, rape,
i arson or robbery l.y any military or civil
tribunal organized unc’.-r the authority of
) Spain or of th- l idled States of Ameri
; ea, but for which special application may
1 be made t*> the projw-r authorities for par
-1 don by any person belonging to the . x-
I i-mptcd class* s, and such clemencj as :s
' consistent with humanity and justice will
I be liberally ext.-ndtd; and further, prv
' vld.-d that tiiis amnesty and pardon snail
not ass.-ct th*- title or right of the g<>v
i ernment ot til* - Unit* d States or that of
' th*- Philippine island- to any property
I or property rights heretofore us* d <*r
I aj.pi opriat* d by the military or civil aa-
I llioriti.s Ot 111.- government of th* I nit* I
I State- or that of th*- Philippine islands.
I organized urd- r authority of the Unit* J
■ Stat.-s l*y way of colitis ation or other
' wise; aud
Provid d further. That • v*-ry p.-rson who
' shall s< • k to avail Inins, if -•! this pt— -
I latnation shall take and subscribe tin- : d
lowing oath l*y .my authority in th* Piul
j ippine ardiiiwl.igo authorized to adminis
ter oaths, namely:
-j. . solemnly swear tor affirm, that
1 I recognize and. accej.t th*- supreme au
thority of th* Unit.*l Slates of Ameri
ca in th. Philippine islands an<l will main
tain true faith and all* glance ti. i'-:-;
' that I inijw.se upon myself this <>!>ogitioti
voluntarily w ithout mental reservation _or
* purpose of evasion, so help m* G-*d.
Given under my hand at the eity of
i Washington this 4th day of July, tn the
year of our Lord on.- thousand nine h :n
--i dr*-d and two. an*! in the one hundred and
twenty v* nth year of the in*l> p* ndenc*
: of th* Unit* d States. -
THE* »l H.RE ROOSEY ELT.
Dv th* presld.-nt.
ELI HU ROOT.
Secretary of War.
Chaffee Is Relieved.
General Chaffee is relieved of his civil
duties and th*' Philippine commission is
made the superior authority In the fol
i lowing order:
"The insurrection against th* sovereign
i authority of th*- United State- in the
I Philippine archi|M-lago having ended and
provincial civil g ivernm-nts having been
| established throughout the . ntire territory
, of the ar hijx'lag*. not inhabited by Moro
tribes under the instructions of the I’hil
ippine commission dated April *. Il***, now
I ratified ami confirmed by the act of con-
I gress approved July 1. DC. entitled An
act temporarily to provide for the ad
| ministration of Affairs of Civil Govern-
