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f - 7 \V ffjr Wl W? I ’. IWfr31 * OBCOUtcw 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-