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INDIANAPOLIS JOUENAI iL jOLtLLi U'KHKI.Y ESTABLISHED 1SU I3A1L.T K.STAHL.ISIIKD 1W. I VOL. LI-NO. MO. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 29, 1901. PRICE CENTS E V ERY WH ER E. DO KOT LIKE IT 1'ORTO Itl('AS DIATISI'IED WITH supreme toiur-s action. 31rrrl:nns of i;in Junn Hoped They Would ;:ilii tt Vriir'n I'rvr Trnde by the Decision. FEW UNDERSTAND THE CASE ALL WOlI.n LIKE TO II K flTIZENS of Tin-: i.iri;i) states. Dal None I Willin thnt the Intrrnnl Revenue l.ttuii of the Mnlnlnnd lie Applied to the Inland. MANY IN FAVOR OF FREE TRADE KATIVK LEfilSLATt HK MAY Hi: CALLED IX SI'KCIAL SESSION. OoTfrnnr Allen AVorklnfc to Seenre Abolition of Import Datlea with as Little Delay as Possible. HOLLANDER REVENUE ACT REPORT OX ITS OPERATIONS TO 1113 SUU3IITTEI) IN A FEW DAYS. If It Yield Sufficient Money for the eed.i of the Island Free Trade Will He established. SAN JUAN, Torto Rico, May 28. Tha first report of the Supreme Court's decision in the De Lima case, received here last eight, which was Interpreted as declaring the taxation of Imports from Porto Rico to the United States 15 per cent, of the Dingley üuttes, to be unconstitutional, was received here with great satisfaction. To day, when the full report of the De Lima case was published, there was evidenced a general feeling of disappointment among Porto Klean merchants, who had hoped that the court's decision would give them a year's free trade. Porto Itlcans are re luctant to believe that to-day's full report la true. The consensu of opinion of the matter seems to be that the Porto Rican Legisla ture should bo convened In extra session to declare Porto Rico self-supporting without the collection of customs on imports be tween Porto Rico and the United States. A general spirit of complaint that all the Su preme Court's decision? were against Porto Rico U noticeable. When San Juan mer chants were questioned on the subject they manifested much regret at the outcome, as they had hoped to have refunded all the moneys paid under the 15 per cent, applica tion of the Dingley duties. It was general ly expected that the court's decisions would grant Porto Rico free trade and her citizens full citizenship and constitutional privileges. When told If the latter provi sions had been granted the Internal revenue laws of the United States would be applied to the Island, and that all funds and cus toms thereunder collected would be de tosIte'd In the federal treasury, all Porto Means questioned In the matter acknowl edged that thU would be bad and that their present status was preferable, as they did not believe that the Island would stand the collection of the United States internal revenue, and that Mich collection. If at tempted, would necessitate an even heavier trop-stty tax for thy maintenance of Porto Rico. VIEWS OF BUSINESS MEN. Only a few Porto Mean business men un derstood the Importance of the Supreme Court's decisions. Those who are bankers predict an immediate revival of business, now that the staüis of the country has been decided. The manager of an Important American bank, who requests his name not be used, says that he is in favor of tho tariff unless it is absolutely proved that Porto Mean Internal revenues suffice for the island's needs. A membur of the J. T. Silva Ranking Company taid: "The whole thing is h llasco. We would like to be citizens of the United States, but without the application of United States InU-rnal revenue collections. The latter would kill our industries." A representative of the Frltzo Lundt Company, which is the largest shipper of sugar in Porto Rico, said: "The Constitu tion of th United States applies when against us, but not when In our favor. This has always been so since the light ning. If the tariff had been removed at first Torto Rico would now have double crops. The American system of taxation cannot b applied here; there should be ome sensible tax on tlour and rice, but sugar should be free. This legislation ap- Jears fo be for Americans and against orto Means." Mullenhoft c Korber, a large banking house, said: "This is a big step forward, bpain would not have returned anything. It would be a hard blow if the internal revenues of the United States wire applied here." W. L. Marr, manager of a big sugar plan tation, said: "The distinction is too fine to 'understand. Th tariff should cea;-e when the Hollander bill conns Into full force. July 1. otherwise we will be under practi cally double taxation. Our Legislature has been lax. It should have notified the Presi dent that Porto Rico Is self-supporting. I can see. now that the matter is settled, mach Improvement in the future." By agreement with New York houses many Porto Mean shippers will receive half of the amounts refunded under the new decision. Tili: ISLAND'S BUDGET. The people generally are as much disap pointed at not being granted American cit izenship as they an with tho court's deci sion in relation to the tariff. The members of the Cabinet stem to favor free trade. The island's yearly budget is J2.00rt.0o0. A rough semi-oiTUial estimate gives an in come of JÖOu.0) a year from the property tax, $730"0 from excise collections under the Hollander bill, and 7i-,r- from cus toms collections on Imports and exports to nd from countries othr than the United states. Th property tax will be in force July 1. and ass sii.'nts will be mnde on an estimated valuation of Jlnrt.iM't.tji.m. Ex cise, duties arc now bting collected. Porta Rlcan.s arc generally of the opinion that their Legislature should now act. It is understood that Governor Allen is fixing his earnest consideration to the pract icability of securing, at an early date, free trade relation between Porto Rico ax.d the United Stat--. A a rt-stilt of tho consultations In Wash ington betwt-n Governor Allen and Presi dent McKlnhy. Mr. Hollander will in a few days submit a report to Governor Al len showing the operations of the former's r.fow revenue act, from widen it will appear that expectations are entertained as to tho adequacy of tho measure It hua be:n fully realize! that the insular treasury Is rapidly Approaching a position where It can dis pense with tho customs receipts accruing" fn.m trad" with tho L'nited St tTes without in any wis endangrring the present finan cial position of the island. Uy tie? provision- of Section 3 of the Eoraker bill free trade becomes operative whenever the Por to Klean LeplalaMire pass's a resolution that an adjust system o? insular taxa tion hns b- n pat Into operation, and President McKinley, upon notification of this resolution is to proclaim free trade fir Porto Mco. If the plan now in con templation Ia carried out Governor Allen will convene the Legislature in extrx ses sion solely for the purpose of passing this resolution. ThH action will pro'oibly be taken July LT, at which time th lio'lmdcr Mil will have been in force lor nearly one month, ai.d it is ; -robabie that free trade will be declared in October. .Mr. William H. Hunt, x-rv'.ary ot Porto Rico, ha- saiied for New York on the steamer Poivce. DEPENDS OX HOLLANDER ACT. Tree Trade Will He Established "When Internal Ilevcnnew (iron. WASHINGTON. May 2S. Administration ofllcials displayed a keen Interest in the reports from San Juan showing the man ner in which the decisions of the Supreme Court In the Insular cases were received in Porto Rico. They are not surprised at the disappointment expressed, as they real ize that the islanders would prefer free trade with this country instead of a contin uation of the imposition of the 15 per cent, of the: Dingley rates. The operations of the Hollander bill, providing a scheme of internal taxation, will be carefully watched here, and the hope, is expressed that it will prove adequate for the purposes for which it was intended. It is said President Mc Kinley will obey tho provisions of the For aker law und proclaim free trade when the Porto Rlean Legislature declares an ade quate; system of insular taxation is opera tive. The Foraker act is mandatory on this subject. As the Hollander bill has not yet become effective tho ofliclals here sug gest it is rather early to discuss the ques tion of the amount of revenue that will be raised under its provisions. The future alone can determine that. VIOLATED FEDERAL LAW. German Editor Mnde n Picture of an American Ten-Dollar 111 1 1. CHICAGO, May 28. American currency laws have been violated by a German newspaper and should its editor appear In Chicago he would be promptly arrested by Captain Thomas I. Porter, of the United States secret service. The specific charge is the making of a half tone picture of a $10 bill. One of these pictures cut from a copy cf the Perllner Tageblatt was con fiscated by Captain Porter yesterday. It wna turned over to him by a reporter. The circumstances leading to his action were unusual. They had their origin in tho publication, several weeks ago, of an in terview with Director of the Mint Rob erts. This interview was copied by the Ber lin newspaper which in addition illustrated the article by a half tone picture of a $19 bill. The reproduction was so perfect that when cut from the newspaper and held up with only the pictured side showing it would deceive many. It might even be passed as currency on recently arrived imi grants or Ignorant foreigners, say the gov ernment ofhecrs. A copy of that Issue of the Berliner Tageblatt was purchased from a local agency dealing in periodicals. "I'll take charge of that," said CoptV.n Porter, when he was shown the picture. "Every counterfeit bill is wanted at Wash ington. If there aro any more copies of that paper to be found in Chicago I will confiscate them. Any one who circulates the copies commits a felony, though per haps unknowingly. It would not be well to let it be generally known what a good reproduction of a money certificate can be made by half-tone photography. Of course, so long as the Berlin editor stays out of the United States he Is immune from punishment, but if he comes within the jurisdiction of federal courts it would be my duty to arrebt him." CANNON CONGRESS. Bis: Guns to Meet In France to Fight Frost nnd Grasshoppers. WASHINGTON, May 28. The French agriculturalists Intend to fight frost and grasshoppers, as well as hailstorms with cannon and smoke, according to an inter esting report received at the State De partment from Consul Covert at Lyons. It has Just been determined to hold an inter national cannon congress at Lyons in No vember next, and Consul Covert is au thorized to extend an Invitation to Ameri cans to tako part. The success that has attended the experiment of firing at ap proaching hailstorms to prevent their ravages on French vineyards, has prompted steps for a still further extension of the usage of cannon in agricultural societies. The theory in some quarters prevails that it is not the frost itself which blasts the budding fruit, but the sunrays following a night of frost, which find the grape, al ready sensitive from ;he cold, an easy victim to the heat. Cannon fired horizon tally ever vineyard.-, pt Asti at sunrie, pro. dueed interesting results. A strip of vine yard ufO feet wide over which the smoke from two cannon had been spread was en tlrely protected from the effects of the frort, while the vines on either side were badly injured. An invasion of grasshoppers is expected this summer in Southern Algeria and the cannon's mouths are to be turned against them also. TOO EMACIATED TO WORK. Porto Rirnni Arrive nt Honolulu In an Enfeebled Condition. HONOLULU, May 18. via San Francisco, May 2. Inspection of tho Porto Rican immigrants brought here by the steamer Colon shows they are In such state from the need of food that they must be held at the quarantine station and fed until they regain strength sufficient to enable them to bear the journey to the other islands and to the plantations on which they will work. A. joint committee of the Legislature yes terday paid a visit to Quarantine Island to inspect the Immigrants. The trip is said to have ended in disagreement as to tho condition of the immigrants and their value as citizens of Hawaii. Over half the immigrants on the Colon were women and children and a consider able number of the men were infirm, while all were more or le.-s emaciated. This Is attributed to lack of food in their old hemes. Some of those who carne will never tx: able to work, and it if said the planters will secure a representative to act for them in Porto Rico and see thnt no more such immigrants are sent here at their expense. Objection is made here to the bringing in of so runny children, who will htve to be educated at the expense of the Territory, nnd of ninny men and women who are said to be unlikely to ever become healthy ani btrong. DRUID IN TROUBLE. Treasurer of the Supreme .Council Charged - 1 1 It Grnml Larceny. FALL RIVER. Mass.. May SS. Dr. Em manuel Harris, of this city, treasurer of the Supreme Council of the American Order of Druids, was arrested to-day on a com plaint of other oilleers of the Supreme Council, charged with grand larceny. There is an alleged shortage of J3..VM in the physi cian's accounts, which ho was unable to make good, although offered a chance to dc so. POISONED BY GAS. Six Persons Overcome, Tito of Whom Mt- Not Recover. CHICAGO. May 2S. Six persons who had been overcome by gas were found in their rooms in the Hotel Irvine to-day. Three of the affected persons were unconscious and John lUnr.an and William Doyle may die. The rest will recover. BY CLOSE V OTE PLATT AMENDMENT FIXALLV AC CEPTED RV CUUAN DELEGATES. Majority Report of the Committee on Relation Adopted by the Con stitutional C'on entiou. RIVERA AND BRAVO ABSENT COXSKHVATIVKS MlSTIOItlU) IiF- ti:kx vote's ox tiii: test, While the Ilndlcnls, Led by Gome, Tanwiyo nnd Portuondo, Num bered Fourteen. SEVERAL BITTER SPEECHES riunxns of the amendment de nounced AS PERJURERS. All Who Favored the Piatt Proposi tion Called Traitors to Cuba and Independence. HAVANA, May 23,-The Piatt amendment was accepted by the Cuban constitutional convention by a vote of 13 to 14. The actual vote was on accepting the majority report of the committee on relations, which em bodied the amendment, with explanations of certain clauses. The Radicals made a hard fight at the last moment, and Senors Portuondo Gomez and Tamayo bitterly arraigned the Con servatives. Senor Tamayo was particularly vindictive and declared that everybody who voted In favor of the Piatt amendment was a traitor to his country. The convention compelled him to retract this statement. On several occasions personal encounters seemed Imminent. Senor Gomez spoke for more than an hour and his speech undoubtedly won over Sen ors Castro, Robau and Manduley. He ap pealed to the patriotism of delegates and rehearsed the long fight for independence, denouncing as perjurers all who favored the Piatt amendment, on the ground that they had sworn to draw up a Constitution for an independent republic. Several Con servatives rose and asked Senor Goraei to retract, but he absolutely refused. The following delegates voted against the majority report: Gomez, Gcner, Fortuondo, Laoret, Manduley, Cisneros, Ferrer, Fortun, Robau, E. Tamayo, Silva, Castro, Zayas and Aleraan. Senors Rivera and Bravo were absent. The convention will continue Its sessions, which will be devoted to drawing up the election law. La Dlscusion, In an extra, this evening, exclaims, "Now will come immediate inde pendence." liy a decree to bo Issued to-morrow the term for paying mortgages will be extended four years, the debtors paying each year, respectively, 10, 13, 35 and 40 per cent, of the principal and accrued Interest. It is under stood that both sides are satisfied with this arrangement. The sewer bids will be opened to-morrow. There are twelve In all. The bidders are required to deposit JOOo.OuO. Havana merchants were not surprised by the decisions of tho United States Supremo Court in the insular cas-cs. Porto Rico is not looked on here as a dangerous rival; but there Is considerable fear that the court may give a similar decision with re gard to the Philippines. The merchants seem confident that the United States will make a reciprocity treaty with Cuba. PHILIPPINE COURTS. Reorganization Mil Discussed by the Tnft CüiiiiiiUüIoii. MANILA, May 2S. The Philippine com mission to-day discussed the bill to reor ganize the courts. Concerning the criti cisms of the nonappointment of native Judges Mr. Ide said the commission was following its instructions that other things being equal Filipinos should receive tho appointments, but the Filipinos had proved incompetent from the outset. Native speak ers welcomed the Anglo-Saxon Judicial pro cedure. All the Important American judges were averse to the provisions making Spanish the language to be used in the courts for a period of five years, but the commission desires to avoid inconvenience to the lawyers. Judge Arenetto to-day suggested an amendment to the bill to tho effect that American judges may Fpeak Spanish, argu ing that it was inconsistent to appoint judges who only understood English while making Spanish the court language. The discussion was adjourned for a week. Sailing Dates of Volunteers. WASHINGTON. May 2S.-In reply to a request from the War Department General MacArthur has informed the department that the volunteers will leave Manila for the United States on the following dates: Transport Thomas sailed May 27, via Na gasaki, with the Forty-sex enth Infantry, U3 officers and 972 enlisted men; a battalion of the Forty-ninth Infantry. 24 officers and enlisted men: band nnd three companies of the Thirty-eighth Infantry, it) oificers and 2s") enlisted men. The Ohio sails to morrow, direct, with headquarters and ten companies of the Forty-second Infantry. 20 orllcers and 7i0 enlisted men. The transport Grant, xvlth Forty-eighth infantry and txvo battalions of the Forty-ninth Infantry: the transport Kilpatrick. with the Forty-third Infantry, and the transport Logan, with two battalions of the Thirty-eighth Infan try and tho Forty-fourth Infantry, sail on June j. General Corbin said that the troops men tioned in General MacArthur's message comprise all the volunteers now in the Phil ippines, find the arrangements made for their departure indicate a compute fulfill ment of the law requiring the disbandment of the volunteer army by July 1. (irnorul Corhln's Companions. WASHINGTON. May 2S. Adjutant Gen eral Corbin will be accompanied to the rhillppir.es by General J. F. Weston, commissary general, and General George mnt. It Is the desire or tecrernry uooi that a complete investigation of the dmin ictf.itli... . . l ........ .L-1r-irf e-i cnta r t . army in the Philippines be made and the result reported to him. Ziou Home Is n Hospital. CHICAGO. May 2S That Zlon Home is a hospital, within the meaning of the law, is the purport of an opinion submitted to day by George H. Kriete. attorney for the health department. Acting thereon. Com missioner Reynolds forwarded to John Al exander Dowie one of the regular applica tion blanks for a hospital license. If the "doctor" signs the application Dowie puu himself undf-r the authority of the city, and must abide by tho regulations of tho health department. If he Ignores Dr. Rey nolds he wiil liavo the law to deal with, for the- ordinance provides penalties of Jl'.'O for a first conviction and mere on subse quent occasions for those running hospitals xvlthout a license. NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES. Another Itnrnl Free Delivery Route fur Indiana Poitmnnters' llonds. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, May 2S. -Additional rural free delivery will be established July 1 noxt at Edlnburg, Johnson county. Length of route, 7C?4 miles; area covered, S3 square miles; population serxed, 1,7-50; number of houses cn route, Jarxis Brant, Alex ander Pruce and Albert Drybread appoint ed carriers. The controller of the currency has ex- I tended the corporate existence in the Citt- zms' National Hank of Crawfordsville un til May 28. ly21. The bonds of James W. Howard zs post master at Rurket. Kosciusko county; Ma bel Lane, at Belleville, Hendricks county; Cornelius 13. Sappenfield, at Dogwood, Har rison county, and James M. Iliggs, at ln- galls, Madison county, were approved, and their commissions issued to-day. The postoflice at Luray, Ind., has been discontinued. Patrons will be supplied by rural carrier from New Castle. John Franklin Atkinson, of Lebanon, Boone county, was to-day graduated from the medical department of Columbian Uni versity, this city. The secretary of war has approved the findings of the board, of which Major Gen eral Brooke xvas chairman, appointed to investigate the claims of Major William F. Smith, United States army, retired, that he ami not General Rosecrans conceived the plan for the relief of Chattanooga, Tenn., by military operations to be con ducted in Lookout valley in October, IS to. The board found that General Rosecrans devised the plan. The Supreme Court to-day affirmed the judgment of the Supreme Court of Wash ington State in the case of Charles W. Nordstrom, under sentence of death on th charge of murder committed in that State, and directed that the mandate be Issued at once. The case has become famous by rea son of the fact that Nordstrom's case has been postponed for nine years by reason of legal complications. The Navy Department has approved the plan of the balanced turret for the nexv monitor Nevada, and this will be a prece dent for the monitors Florida, Wyoming and Arkansas, of the name class. This is the first introduction of the balanced type of turret for the monitors, and it pructl cally makes universal this form of con struction among the large ships of the navy. By this new system the entire struc ture, including the guns, is balanced at the center of gravity instead of the center of the turret, and the weight of the finger is almost sufficient to swing the guns about in their track. Lieut. H. H. Ward, who hag for sexreral years acted as assistant to Admiral Crown lnshield in the Navigation Bureau, has been ordered to Inspection duty in connec tion with the torpedo boats Lawrence and MacDonough, with the ultimate purpose of taking command of the former vessel when ehe is commissioned. In the case of Frank M. Falrbank vs. the United States, the United States Supreme Court has granted leave to the attorney general to file a petition for rehearing. The case inx'olx'es the question of the validity of the tax on foreign bills of lading under the war revenue act which recently were decided ly this court to be unconstitu tional. The State Department has succeeded in Fettling satisfactorily another claim of an American citizen against the government of Peru. Minister Dudley, at Lima, has cabled the department that the claimant in the case of J. II. Hayball vs. Peru is willing to accept the sum of 8.00 silver soles ten dered by the Peruvian government. Hay ball was United States consular agent at Chimbucto. Peru, In 18S3, and his claim wan based upon the seizure of his horses and pillages of his property by armed and uni formed men of the party of General Caceres in July of that year. MRS. WU EN ROUTE WEST. Wife of the Chinese Minister Plensed nt the Hospitnllty Shown Her. CHICAGO, May 28. Mme. Wu Tingfang, wife of the Chinese minister to the United States, spent txvo hours in Chicago to night. She was accompanied by two serv ants and an Interpreter. During her short stay here she was the guest of Mme. Hin Lung, No. .12.3 Clark street. The wife of the Chinese minister Is on her way from Wash ington to San Francisco, where she expects to spend several months. Charley Fung, the student interpreter, who is accompanying Mme. Wu, says she is enjoying the trip and that the hospitality of the people they have met en route is more than they had ex pected. At midnight Mme. Wu and hr party left over the Chicago & Northxvest ern, for San Francisco. TILLMAN EXPLAINS. Tells Why He Will Attempt to "Pitch fork" Senntor McLanrln. COLUMBIA, S. C, May 2S.-Senator Till man gax-o out a lengthy statement to-day, addressed to the people of South Carolina, in explanation of his action In resigning. Senator Tillman rexiews his political ca reer in South Carolina, goes over the re cent political events in which Senator Mc Lanrln has figured, and declares that M Laurln attacked him in Charlotte Green ville and Oaffney. McLaurln. Tillman av was making a canvass of the state unon rosed. and he stepped in. MoLaurln. he declares. Is supplied with unlimited monev Ho does not think the campaign xvill be too hard for the benefits to be derived. TWO BOYS DROWNED. One Tried to Rescue the Other nnd Roth Perished. PLEAS ANTON, Kan., May 2S.-IIarry Noiman. aged eighteen years, and Todd Blakey. aged eleven years, were droxvned in the Marals-des-Cygne river near here to-day. Young Blakey while playing n the xvater got In over his head. Norman tried to rescue him and both were drowned. GASOLINE VICTIMS. Txvo Little Children Burned to Death nud Mother Fatally Injured. BELLEFONTAINE, O., May 28. The two children of Mrs. Frank Sickles, aged two and five years, respectively, wre burned tc death by a gasoline explosion at their home in Belle Center to-nicht. In attempr h.g to rescue the children Mrs. Sickles was fatally burned. IN A LONELY FARMHOUSE. Txvo Women nnd a Child n urn cd to Di-nth Near Wntsekn, ill. WATSEKA. 111.. May 2s.-Three persons xvere burned to death to-day in a lonely farmhouse northwest of this city. The vic tims were Mrs. Mary Hershberger. aged seventy; Mrs. Hattie Maggee, aged twenty two, and Calvin Maggee. aged five. GUSHER IN LAKE ERIE. MroiiR SpoiitlnK OH Well Struck on .Middle Ilnss Islund. SANDUSKY, O.. May 2S.-An oil well that throws a tix-lnch stream of petroleum fully feet Into the air has been struck on Middle Bass island in Lake Erie, a few miles from this city. There is much excite ment at Middle Bass. DICKEY OUSTED sunntisn at closing session of THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Chairman of the Revision Committee Displaced in Favor of Dr. Clinton, the Moderator. DR. MOFFAT MADE THE MOTION AM) IT ItAISED A STORM AMONG TUB STAID COMMISSIONERS. Quiet Restored hy Dr. Dickey, Who feuld He Did Not Relieve Reflection on Himself Was Intended. ALCOHOL AND CIGARETTES TWO OF THE QUESTIONS ACTED OX BEI OltiJ FINAL ADJOURNMENT. Action of United Presbyterian As sembly on the Creed Article Re lating to Secret Societle. PHILADELPHIA, May 2$. -The one-hun-drtd-and-thlrteenth Presbyterian General Assembly was dissolx'ed at C:15 o'clock to night by Moderator ' Minton after having been in session for nearly two weeks, dur ing which time many matters of the ut most importance to the church were consid ered. Chief among these xvas the question regarding the revision of the Confession of Faith. After a discussion continuing nearly four days this momentous subject xvas referred to a special committee of twenty-one members who xvill make recom mendations a3 to the manner in which the creed shall be revised and present them to the next General Assembly which meets in New York. To-day for the first time since the As sembly convened the equanimity of the commissioners was disturbed by the Intro duction of personalities. The trouble oc curred during the discussion on the chair manship of the revision committee. Rev. J. D. Moffat suggested a change in the minutes of yesterday's session so the rec ords would show that a new committee had been appointed to revise the creed re gardless of the old committee, of which Rex-. Dr. Charles A. Dickey, of this cit;l was chairman. His suggestion was adopted, and Rev. Dr. James E. Moffat, of Cumber land, Md., moved that Moderator Minton be elected chairman of the committee. This incensed the friends of Dr. Dickey, and al though Dr. Moffat's motion prevailed, the subject was revived later In the session by Rex. Dr. S. J. Niccolls, of St. Louis. Dr. Nlccolls moved to reconsider the motion, but as he had not been present during the earlier debate he was declared out of or der. The motion to reconsider was then re newed by Rev. W. D. Crockett, of Canton, Pa., and many of the commissioners par ticipated in the debate that followed. Real izing the delicacy of his position Moderator Minton relinquished the chair to Vice Mod erator Pitcairn. The matter was finally ad Justed by Dr. Dickey, who advised the As sembly against reconsidering the motion, saying he xvas confident there had been no attempt to cast any reflections upon him, but that the commissioners merely desired to honor his successor as moderator. Dr. Dickey's friends xvanted the election of the cheu nan to be made by the committee, in xvhicn ex-ent it is conceded Dr. Dickey xvould have been re-elected. The motion, however, was lost. There are still six mem bers of the revision committee to be ap pointed, but Moderator Minton said to-day he had not yet made any selection. The closing hours of the Assembly xvcre devoted to routine matters. The report of the committee on temperance urged min isters to call the attention of congressmen in their district to the necessity for com pletion of legislation now pending regard ing the drink tratflc in the islands of the Pacific. The report also urges the gov ernment to take effective action towards the suppression of the liquor traffic in all of our new possessions and indorses the petition xvhich "our foreign board and many other American missionary societies have sent the President asking that our government shall initiate proposals to the powers that shall lead, in connection with the settlement of other Chinese difficulties, to the release of China from treaty obliga tions to tolerate the opium traffic, which she has long desired to prohibit." Con tinuing the report says: "Inasmuch as the cigarette habit among the young people of our country has reached such alarming proportions as to demand declsix'c action on the part of the General Assembly, xve recommend that our permanent committee be directed to call the attention of our churches to this great exil and to urge them to use their utmost endeavors to counteract the same." The committee on the Peoria plan of electing standing committees approved the system. In accordance with the resolution offered yesterday by John H. Conxerse, of this city, a special committee on evan gelistic work was appointed. In dissolving the Assembly Moderator Minton made an eloquent address, and be fore final benediction was pronounced the commissioners sang the beautiful hymn, "Blest Be the Tie That Binds." NO "GOAT" RIDERS WANTED. Members of Secret Societies Cannot Worship rrlth Presbyterians. DES MOINES. la.. May 2S. By a vote of 90 to 63, this afternoon, the General As sembly of the United Presbyterian Church adopted the judiciary committee's report with regard to an interpretation of Article 15 of the creed. The action of the Assem bly is in effect to exclude members of secret orders from admission to the church. It 13 also Interpreted by some of the delegates to mean the expulsion of members of the church xvho now belong to secret societies. The final discussion on the question was long and heated. M. C. McKittrick. of Los Angeles. Cal.. said he would rather cut off his right hand than to vote for the ex clusion of members of secret societies al ready in the church. "If we let this report go through as it is," said Dr. McCreery. of Pittsburg, heatedly, "We are saying that men who have been good members of the United Presbyterian Church for years must be turned out of doors. I want to tell you. fathers and brothers, that if we piss this report with out amendment xve are going to make more trouble than the United Presbyterian Church has ever een." Some members of the Assembly who are most violently opposed to secret orders ob jected to the section of the report of the committee which removed the ban of the church from organizations which do net "inculcate a Christie's religion." R. G. Campbell, who moved to strike out th section of the report xvhich said the testimony does not include such orders, held that labor unions should not be approved by the church. This idea was strongly op posed. Sisters Denied Rights by Dunkurds. LINCOLN, Neb., May 2S. Business meet ings cf the National Dunkard Conference began to-day, and one of the first decisions of the standing committee was to hold next year's conference in eastern Pennsylvania at a place yet to be decided, but probably at Philadelphia. One of tha questions of church law which the Dunkards aro deeply interested in is the subject of divorce. Congressional en actments are being studied by the brethren and the matter formally discussed. It is unlikely that any chanpo will be made In the rules of th denomination, which are firmly opposed to divorces, at least at this conference. The conference refused, after long discus sion, to make any change in the church law which denies the sisters the same privileges In the conference as the brethren. End of the Baptist Anniversaries. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 2S. The Baptist May anniversaries, which have been held in this city during the past ten days, came to an end this ex-ening. The "concluding words" were delivered by Rev. H. C. Mabie, of Boston. CARNEGIE TRUSTEE SUED. Cnrnesie Stock to Amount of 92,370,- OOO Involved In n Leal Aetlon. PITTSBURG, May 2S.-Clarence Burleigh and Knox & Reed to-day filed a bill in equity for William W. Blackburn, secre tary of the Carnegie Company, In his ca pacity of trustee for the Carnegie Company, against Andrew M. Moreland. president of the Moreland Trust Company, and former secretary and former trustee of the Car negie Company, in xvhich Mr. Blackburn names the Carnegie Company as co-defendant and seeks to secure the transfer and control of Carnegie Company stock of the xalue of $2,37ti,Ouo, acquired by Moreland when he held the Carnegie Company trus teeship, and which stock he now holds and has refused to transfer unless he is paid a half million dollars claimed as compensa tion for services as trustee. The stock which Mr. Blackburn alleges is unlawful!' held by Moreland is part of 20Ü.OOO of the capital stock of the Carnegie Company, put in trust by the subscribing shareholders of the Carnegie Company at the time of its incorporation, for the benefit of deserxing employes and officials of the company. Mr. Blackburn asks for an injunction re straining Moreland from transferring the stock of the company to any other person than the plaintiff; also un injunction upon the Carnegie Company restraining it from permitting any transfer of the stock held by Moreland to any ouier person than the plaintiff. CAUGHT THE THIRD RAIL. Would-Be Suicide Nearly Shocked to Dec th on Brooklyn Iirlde. NEW YORK. May 23 Manuel Maruskle. of Brooklyn, tried to commit suicide late last night by jumping from the Brooklyn bridge. Just before a train was due to leave the Manhattan end of the bridge he jumped from the platform and ran along the tics. In Jumping over a rail he tripped and fell. To save himself ho caught the third rail with both hands. He struggled hard, but could not get away. Inspectors Kasler and Lyons saxv him fall, and while one ran to him the other ran to the switch house and turned off the electric power. Maruskie's hands xvere severely burned and he suffered shocks enough to kill an or dinary man. He was arrested for attempt ing suicide. He said he was tired of living and was trying to get a place to Jump from when he fell and caught the electric rail. The police say he is demented. FAIRBANKS FOR PRESIDENT. He Will Re Supported by the Full In diana Delegation in lfX4. CHICAGO, May 28. Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana, was formally announced to day as a candidate for President before the Republican national convention of 1304. Harry S. New, Republican national com mitteeman from Indiana, who arrix-ed in Chicago to-day, is authority for the state ment that Indiana will stand behind Mr. Fairbanks in his race for the honor. "Senator Fairbanks xvill be supported by a solid delegation from Indiana." said Mr. New. "The whole State will be back of him at the next national convention. He is the logical candidate of the party, and with his nomination Indiana will be assured to the Republicans." POISONOUS GOLD RING. It May Lend to the Mnrdcrem of .Marie Defenbnch. CHICAGO. May 2S.-A gold ring taken from the body of Marie A. Derenbach may prove the connecting link to a formal charge of murder growing out of the case of conspiracy to defraud fraternal orders and Insurance companies, now on trial here. The ring is in possession of the State's' attorney. It is said to have been examined by expert chemists and pro nounced affected by a jf-culiar poison xvhich xvould trace its way through the hu man system, causing death. To-day's evi dence in the case was decidedly against Dr. Unger, who is charged with being the principal conspirator. GIRL THREATENED. Her Sister's Eyes to Re Pnt Oat If $10,000 De Not Paid. DAVENPORT, la.. May 2S.-The police are looking for the writer of letters to Mary Shaxv, granddaughter of the late millionaire lumberman, George S. Shaw, of Cloquet, Wis., threatening to attack and put out the eyes of her sister if JM.0) cash was not placed where the writer of the let ter could get it. A man confronted the younger girl here a day or two ago and repeated the demands made in the letter. She kept an appointment with him after notifying the police, but the man had .taken alarm and did not appear. SCARE AT CHICAGO. Advent of Armed Sioux Indians Canned a Police Riot Call. CHICAGO, May 2S. A fully armed party of forty-six Sioux Indians passed through Chicago to-day on their way East, where they are to take part in an Indian vlllago exhibit during the summer. The advent of the Indians caused commotion at police headquarters, since the police have been expecting an inxaslon of the Pottawato mies, who have threatened to seize the lake front under alleged government grants made many years ago. A wagon-load of officers started out to quell a possible riot, but returned when they found the red men peaceable. CALLED A "CHEAP SKATE. Harry linker Did Not Like the Epi thet, nnd Shot Three NcKroes. SIOUX CITY, la.. May 2. Because he was called a "cheap skate" at a colored church social to-night Harry Baker walked a mile, procured a revolver, returned to the church and shot three other negroes, one of whom. Jim Askew, will die. The others, Charles Watktns and Louia Cloyd, are not dangerously wounded. Rivalry for the af fections of a colored girl, and ihe statement that he could not buy Ice cream caused Baker to commit the crime. SHE DID IT IN FUN. .Miss Bishop Pointed n Rifle nt Miss Wolfruin, ivlth l'sunl Result. NARDIN, O. T., May St. Miss Nora Wolf rum was instantly killed by her friend. Miss Bbhop, at a picni? near here. A pic ture was being made of a group of young reople, when MIj-s Wolfrum asked Miss Bishop to point a rifle ai her lor fun. Miss Bishop diu so. The rifle was dl.charicd accidentally, tho bullet piercing Mis Wolf rum's heart. DID NOT DECIDE siritnxm coitit took no action IN TWO INSULAR CASES. Adjournment- Till October Wlthont Deciding the Philippine Tariff and Several Dooley Questions. CONGRESS MAY BE CALLED if it is i-onn THE DE LIMA CASE APPLIES TO THE PHILIPPINES. President nnd Cabinet Will Consider the Question and Tnke Aetlou After Fall Deliberation. LEGISLATION IS NECESSARY srooxr.ii resolution' not surri- CTENT FOR ALL CASES. War Department. However. Will Sooi Promulcnte a Nexv Tariff Latr for the Philippines. SENATOR FAIRBANKS'S VIEWS MONDAY'S DECISION A VICTORY I'OIl THE ADMINISTRATION. Ex-Attorney General Grlgs AIno X Opinion that the Government Has Been Upheld on Mulu Points. WASHINGTON, May 23,-After a eslon of three minutes to-day the United States Supreme Court adjourned until the second Monday in October. The brief session wa devoted to a final disposition of motions. The remaining insular cases, one of them that of the "fourteen diamond rings," deullng with importations from the Philip pines, and the other known as the second Dooley case, inx'olxing the question of ex portations from the United States to Porto Rico, failed to receive attention to-day, and they go oxer until the next term. Interest in yesterday's decisions of th Supreme Court centered at the War De partment to-day, and efforts were madt to ascertain the intention of the de partment regarding the Philippines, as they are under the department's control. Secre tary Root would express no opinion, Bay ing that he had not yet the full text of tha decisions before him and that it would re quire careful consideration before the en tire import of these opinions could be as certained with a view of governing future executive action. Several senators and representatives called on the secretary to-' day and discussed the situation with him. giving their views and interpretations of the opinions rendered yesterday and tha bearing they xvould have in the future gov ernment of the Philippines. Among thtsa were Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, chairman of the Philippine committee of the Senate. He expressed the opinion that the decisions of the court would maka Philippine legislation absolutely necessary in the coming session of Congress. He also xvas clearly of the opinion that under the Spooner law tho President had abso lute power to provide for a revenue, both customs and internal, for the Philippine islands in the general scheme for the Phil ippine government. Another suggestion made by senators previous to the time xvhen it was not supposed that a decision la the Philippine case would be rendered by the court bimilar to the De Lima case la Porto Rico was that an export duty on goods coming from the Philippines to the United States could be levied in order to prevent free trade from the islands to the United States. Any such necessity xxlll b obxiated, however, by the determination of the Treasury Department to continue to collect Dingley rates on Philippine products and goods coming from the islands. Figures were furnished at the War De partment showing the collections from ths Philippines. From April 11. li.1. to Feb. :. li01 there were collected on goods imported from the United States into the Philip pines $1.012,023. During the same period there were collected on exports from the Philippines to the United States $DC,HJ. From April 11, mo, until April 12. 1j0, tha date of the passage of the Foraker law, the collections on imports from the United States to Porto Rico were $426.237. TARIFF LAW PROPOSED. It is believed that the War Department will promulgate a tariff for the Philippine soon. The Philippine commission, together with officers in charge of the customs in the island, prepared a provisional draft for a new Philippine tariff whlcli was pub lished in March. That draft has been un dergoing a number of modifications at tha War Department and is still receiving con sideration. Secretary Root he been hold ing back this tariff awaiting the decision ot the Supreme Court in the insular cakes, and it Is now probable that it will not ba promulgated until he has had tlrna to ex amine the opinions of the court with care. The following statement is made con cerning the proposed tariff and xvhat is be ing done at the War Department: "The tariff as prepared at Manila was bated entirely upon the specific syntem of duties, which levies customs charges ac cording to weight or number of imported articles rather than according to value. This principle has the approval of Secre tary itoot. but it is thought deklrable to apply an ad valorem limit In certain cases xv here there is a wile difference between the values of articles classified under tha same paragraph. The hpecific duties will be retained In most of theie case, but it xvill be provided that the articles shall pay not less than a certain ad valorem rate. The ad valorem rate on the necessaries of life and articles essential to the develop ment of the islands will not run hightr than IS per cent., but upon articles less neceary it will rie to 20 pr cnt.. und in the case of luxuries to higher propor tions. In such cases the fpetltic duty will first be ass'psed. the value of the article will then i-e estimated nnd it will be de termined whether the amount of the fi-d:i3 duty is as much a the ad xaloretn llmiL If the amount of the s-pacific duty falls below the ad valorem limit & sulheifnt amount xvill be added to bring the net duties up to th.- limit. If tha tq-ecitlc dutv is hlpher thnn the ad valorem limit It xvill be collected in full without reference to such a limit. It i be'.iexed that this method cf as -slJ.g the dutWs will obviate the objections mace by tl.a I hilippino commission to any ad valorem duties, upon the ground that they would afford temptation to undervaluation and ba difficult to fix in the absence of competent experts in the custom house at Manila. The effect of any practicable degree of undervaluation under the system proposed would be trlHIng upon the i; t dutit- pall and not xvorth the risk of seeking to ue fraud the revenue. Absolute accuracy it valuation will be less Important, moreover, than under the American tariff, and tht proposed system. In the nature of the cae