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(TRAXS GATHER FORCES
MORE REBELS IX FIELD.
Talk of 'Amnesty Decree— Demands
of Hie Insurgents.
Havana, Au*. 98.— The deep anxiety of Presi
4>nt Palnm to extend wmm§ aMstUi opportunity
for peare without bloodshed, and his desire to
permit those who Joined tha Insurrection under
tntogMidanoe to repent zrA return to their homes
unmolested, combined with the General wish to
end a situation fraught with so much loss and
rufferinp, has led to consideration by the Presi
dent and his Cabinet of a project, decreeing a
thirty-day amnesty period, during which the
rebels are Invited to lay down their arms and
return to their peaceful pursuits. It was pro
posed to issuo th(> docrce to-morrow, but psjßjssjs.
close to the President strongly opposed the
rner,!=L.re. and the matter was deferred and may
be relinquished.
General Montalvo, who Is now acting Secretary
of the Interior, on leaving the President to
right, paid that at present there was no inten
tion t<-. issue an amnesty. Font Sterling. Secre
tary of the Treasury, said the matter was not
being seriously considered now. and other
friend? of President Pal ma said that the move
BjaaM be unwise.
MBMDEC CAPOTE SUSPECTED.
The Associated Press learns that there are
grave differences between President Pal ma and
Vie- President Metules Capote. The latter is
susp^tfd <-f having considered with Senator
»do Zayas, president of the Liberal party,
the question of whether peace could not be re
ftnred by Palma's withdrawal from the Presi
dency, by permitting Mendez Capote to succeed
him and by giving certain posts to the Liberals.
Hone of those concerned was willing to discuss
this matter to-night, but the source of the cor
respondent's information is trustworthy.
Major Gomez, of the government, reports an
other engagement with insurgents near Casca
ay. in which several men were killed or
wounded. Details of this affair have not yet
been received here.
Secretary Montalvo has recommended the es
tablishment of a censorship, and it Is feared
that sucfi a restriction will soon be imposed.
A train from Havana bearing 150 recruits
and forty rural guards reached Pinar del Rio to
day, and re-enforced the government troops
there. #
A band of 10rt Insurrectionists entered Las
Lajas, Santa Olera province, to-day and got
away with the contents of the local treasury.
18,000. and all the horses in town.
A special edition of the official "Gazette" is
saed to-night authorizes the seizure of all horses
by the government forces. Proper pay
- ill be made for all animals thus taken.
Use lack of horses is at present one of the worst
tjmwbadaj with which the government has to
• nd.
The government has discovered that the move
ments of Pino Guerro and other important revo
lutionary commanders are directed by a com
mittee of revolutionary veterans in Havana. This
practice will be broken up, and several arrests
are expected.
CARLOS MENDIETA A PRISONER.
The government announced this evening the
capture of ex-Congressman Carlos Mendleta, the
leader of the insurgents in Santa Clara province.
He had $8,000 on his person when caught. This
capture has been confirmed from other sources.
It occurred in the city of Santa, Clara. Colonel
Arar.da, who was with Mendieta, also was taken
prisoner.
A fund of $2,000,000 has been set aside by the
Treasury for defence, and drafts on it are
heavy and constant.
The situation is so increasingly serious that
it is tacitly admitted In all government circles
that the enlargement of the army will not stop
at any given number, but will continue indefi
nitely. While the number of men at present
leaving their regular occupations to enlist for
the war is small, employers are beginning to find
that they soon will be confronted with a con
siderable scarcity of labor. Many laborers are
gathering in front of the bulletin boards upon
which are displayed the call for volunteers issued
by President Palma on Saturday night. They.
discuss the attractiveness of a soldier's life at
SU'h unusual pay. and many resolve to enlist.
SHEW BANDS IN THE FIELD.
It was learned to-day that peveral new insurg
ent bands had taken to the brush. The growth
Of the insurrection certainly seems to keep pace
•with the preparations for suppressing it. Xext
to the progress of the combatants, the most in
terestfns; question to-day seems to be how to
er.d the trouble without fighting. Liberals and
Moderates accuse each other of responsibility
(or jr.-. ipi tat ing the rebellion. On one phase
or the controversy the Liberals seem so united
as to suggest an understanding among them
for taking advantage of the present situation to
press upon th* government a proposition that it
ought, 5n some manner, to treat with them or
M least admit them to a conference of some
tort. The Liberals admit countenancing the in
■arrectSon. though they always deny knowledge
of ar.y conspiracy. Interviews, statements and
hli ts given out by th« Liberals all point to the
babiHty that the matter might be settled on
the basis of the admission of the leaders of their
party to the councils of the government and
f ome form of guarantee that in the future elec
tions will be conducted with absolute fairness.
The insurgents In the field, who. of course, are
far more radical in their demands, and are Im
porlant factors in this discussion, do not think
of a<c*pttng less than the complete annulment of
the last elections. All the Liberals would in
sist, under any circumstances, upon a general
amnesty for all rebels. The government, at this
«*8«. does not think of considering any of these
tentative proDonals. The Palace authorities
Wtf« to-day in a most hopeful mood. No ad
vances Trom the Liberals have yet been made,
however, n, a t are at all likely to be considered
before toe government suffers some f.erious re
•sjss and probably not even then.
CHANCES OP INTERVENTION.
Ai: SlecuasJoa of till* port leads Inevitably to
th* subject o? American intervention. If the
MOffie4 Should 2nsi for a long time. Intervention
1» '"orjßi^ertd protasMa. If the government suh-
Guei the Insurrection and chastises members of
Ifcs Literal party, the feeling of rancor will
Probably continue for yearcC
t'anta Clara is becoming a thoroughly r*
tallious province, Entire villages a n«l even some
•arr* io^t.s hare taken up arms against tie
■SM.uuMnt, The attitu«l.' of the people is en-
Isasljr a ouestljn of the attitude of the leaders.
foniitr Mayor of Trlni.lad has suddenly placed
k'-£:se:f at ttte head of a, band of on» hundred in-
Karsenu. Th« Mayor of I.as Ci uces is leading
fc >*r^S from hlfi town, conulstinc of two hun
*r*'J rexn
Orlonel Avaioa. v.ho is in command of the gov
•*irr,«-rT Denes at Fan Juan y Martinez. !s still
♦'ttltiug for order.- and reJnCofeomefUs.
Tii« • . "o.u'o* oS Havana is still kept nervous
\ ar {RR VBV B ;I ißT ''- cneowUrt.
\hiTd »f your>« sxniati 'ivin^ la Havaisa have
"**t?<ia tfeair s*rvi •„« ucj «*s. eu., and (ieiieml
_ „ To-day, ruin.
Xo-mottow, fair :iud colder; northwc.t winds.
SHAKES IX TRAIX WRECK.
Kcrmit Roosevelt Escapes Injury.
When Cars Jump Track.
St. Paul, Aug. 26.— Delayed for several hours,
but uninjured by the wreck of a train in which
he was coming East from a visit to his father's
old ranch at Melon, N. D.. Kcrmlt Roosevelt
and his friend, John Heard, reached St. Paul
this afternoon. The boys rode about St. Paul In
an automobile and then continued their east
ward journey.
At Berea a split switch caused five coaches of
the train carrying Kermit Roosevelt to leave
the track, but none of the passengers was In
jured, although the President's son, who occu
pied a compartment in a sleeplns car, and sev
eral other persons were shaken up.
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AUTO SMASHED HV CAR.
One Man Killed. One Mai/ Die—
Five Others Hurt.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. 1
Providence, Aug. 36.— One man, a chauffeur,
was killed instantly, another probably fatally
hurt and five other persons were Injured in a col
lision between an automobile and electric car at
Lakewood. a suburb of this city. Police Inspec
tor Aime Frageau. of Fall River, suffered a com
pound fracture of both legs and internal in
juries which may cause his death. His brother,
Mayor Samuel Frageau of Rock Island, Canada,
was also seriously injured.
The other occupants of the automobile, Mrs.
Aime Frageau and her daughter, Mrs. Samuel
Frageau and George J. Parquetto, of Fall River,
were hurled out, but escaped serious injury.
The accident occurred on a grade crossing where
the electric cars, which run on a steam roadbed,
attain high speed. The automobile waited for a
southbound car to pass and then went directly
In front of one going north.
STRETCHED TWO MOXTHS.
Cadet Endures Long Suffering to
Lengthen Broken Leg.
Wilkes-Barre. Perm.. Aug. 26 (Special).— Cadet
J. Walter Wilde, of Hazleton, will return to
morrow to West Point, which he never expected
to enter again. He will return with the reputa
tion of being a hero. Wilde was appointed in
the spring of 1905. Last fail, while at home on a
visit, his horse fell, rolled upon him and broke
his leg. When he came out of the hospital the
leg, well healed, was found to have shrunk sev
eral Inches. The deformity prevented him re
entering the academy.
The latter part of last March he went to the
Polyelinic Hospital in Philadelphia. There Dr.
John B. Roberts rebroke the leg. It was put in
a plaster cast, noisted at right angles to his re
cumbent body, and to it. by means of pulleys,
was fastened a 800-pound weight. His body
was strapped to the bed so that the weight
would not lift him up. In that position, unable
to move, with the terrible weight dragging con
stantly at every muscle and tendon in his leg,
he lay for two months. The pain was intense
and constant; for days at first he could get no
sleep, so severe was it. Later he managed to
obtain some restless naps; but he bore his
sufferings with great fortitude. He was strong
in the faith that it would be successful, and
that he would be able to return to West Point.
His faith was Justified. At the end of two
months the leg was found to have been stretched
to its normal length. Then his recovery was
rapid, and now there is in his walk no evidence
that he was ever injured.
SIDES WITH FUXSTON.
General Chaff ee Criticises General
Greely in Controversy.
i'Sy Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Los Angeles, Aug. 26.— Another Sampson-
Sohley controversy is likely because of the criti
cism by Major General Greely of Brigadier Gen
eral Funston. growing out of conflicj in orders
during the recent harrowing days in San Fran
cisco.
Lieutenant General Adna Chaffee, who lives
here, throws bis castor Into the ring in the fol
lowing interview:
Fortunately, there are few officers with Gen
eral Greely's propensity for fingering into mat
ters that would be better left alone. When I
mapped out the present scheme of military divis
ions and departments in 1903. it was at Secre
tary Root's request, and the result met his ap
proval. There is not the slightest reafaon why
there should be an embarrassing conflict of
duties unless one or the other has a tendency to
mix in business not his own. In the San Francisco
disaster the respective duties of Generals Fun
ston and Greely were clear. As General Greely
was absent wh*n the trouble occurred. Funston
was, of course, in supreme command, and I
know that he was quite competent to carry that
responsibility.
telfa;rafhic XOTES.
Rochester. Aug. 26.— An Italian named Salvatore
Genzo died at 11 o'clock to-night of pistol wounds
Inflicted by Giuseppo Rutera. Tho then quarrelled
over a woman.
Ban Francisco. Aug. 26.— Remarkable building
activity has been ehown in Ban Francisco the laat
week. Three hundred and sixteen building permits
were Issued, at a total valuation of $1,273 000 Of
thet>*» 180 were for permanent buildings which were
bepun during the week.
Annapolis, Md.. Aug. 26— John M. Thaler, of
Baltimore, and Edward Sephton, of Inston stu
dents of the Annapolis College of the Redemptorlsts
were drowned in the (Severn River to-day. Sephton
went beyond his depth, and his companion lost his
life In attempting a rescue.
Griffin, Ca., Avar. 26. — Mrs. A. R. Spongier, a
fifteen-year-old bride; Ml«is Beulah Hanoox, six
teen y*ars old. and Miss Pearl Hamsey. of Colum
bus, eighteen, were drovfied yesterday while
bathing In a small creek In the northern part of
this city. Their bodies were recovered.
Cleveland. Aug. 26.— Seven persons were injured*
and twenty others were imprisoned in a disabled
streetcar last night, following a head-on collision
on the Woodland avenue line. Almost a r.s-nk fol
lowed the collision, and those who were Xastened
In th« disabled car were trampled on by other pas
sengers In their efforts to escape. Sono of the
Injured will die.
Tonawanda, N. V., Aug. 26.— John N. Scatcherd
and Walter J. Dunham, business men of Buffalo,
had narrow escapes from death to-night, when a
trolley car coming from Niagara Kalis struck Mr.
Scatcherd'B automobile. The oeav) machine turned
turtle, throwing out all its occupants, except Mr.
Scatcherd, who was pinned beneath It. His right
chouJder waa hurt.
Rochester. Aug. 26.— Christian Science healers are
censured In a verdict rendered to-day by Coroner
Killlp in the cane of Fanny Green, a young woman
who died here of oerobro-splnal meningitis. Hhe
was ill eleven weeks, and the coroner finds that
she was attended only hy Christian Scientists. The
coroner recommend* that the Health Bureau pro
ceed against the healers, under a city ordinance,
for neglecting to report a dangerous disease.
Shrrveport. La.. Aug. M.— United States marshals
arriving to-day from Bernlce, La., report the arrest
at t hut place of L. M Dendy, one of th* wealthiest
planters of North Louisiana, and his non. J. J.
Dendy on a charge of violating the peonage laws
by keening Negroes in servitude. The Detidys were
carried to Mor.ro-. La., where they gave bond In
tho sum of $1,000 for their appearance at the next
term of the federal court.
■cranton, p nn., Aug. 26.-Fr.ink Holland, tl.irty
nve y«nrtnld; who was lr;iv««lllnR with the Barnum
& Bailey cir>us. was ground to death by falling
under a circus train to-day. His home wm in
Inger«oli. Canada. Vlncenso Errlnonl. a foreman
of the Ddaware, Lackawann* X Western Railroad
Company, was Fhot and Instantly killed by Luigl
Balwintr In an luilan boarding shtnty to-day The
i.reakinc of n phonograph record caused toe shoot-
XEYV-YORK. MONDAY. AUGUST 27, 1906.-TEX PAGES.- ffl^^,,
MAY DEPORT ORPHAXS.
APPEAL TO WASHIXGTOX.
EUig ; Islamd Inquiry Decision Against
the Forty lAttle Russian Jexcs.
Tho board of PX'eicdal inquiry at Ellis Island
met yeeterday. and after thoroughly sifting the
case of the forty Russian J«w!»h children who
arrlvr-i Saturday, oa the rtsamer Amerlka, de
cided that they should be deported. Their de
portatlon was at onoe orOsred. Thoy will not
be sent back, however, until Washington has
aoted on the appeal which was at onoe taken.
It was the belief of many on the Island yes
terday that the Washington authorities would
not nphold the decision of the board and that tho
children would be allowed eventually to land.
All the children were made orphans by the recent
massacre of Jews In Russia. They were gathered
from the centre of the recent trouble by Mrs.
Sophia Pearlman. of Berlin. Several wealthy
Jewish families of this city are said to have
supplied the moneyand obtained homes for them
In different parts of the country.
The children were taken before board No. 2, of
which Inspector Parbury is chairman. Secre
tary Waldman of the United Hebrew Charities
appeared In behalf of them. He said that they
would be cared for and educated and that there
was no chance of their becoming a burden on
the public. The board, after mature considera
tion, thought otherwise, and decided that they
should be deported.
Under the ruling, Mrs. Pearlman must return
with her charges to insure their care on the
journey back to Hamburg;. In the mean time the
children will be well fed and well cared for on
Ellis Island. Yesterday they were turned loose
In the playroom, where they spent the day hav
insr a good time.
JCMP FROM M'RXIXG < AR
Three Persons Returning from Fort
George Hurt in Small Panic.
The motor of a southbound Third avenue car
burned out laet nig-ht as It was returning from
Fort George with a large holiday crowd. The
car was at 103 d street, when the flre was dis
covered. The motorman, supposedly becoming:
excited, put full speed on for a minute before
stopping the car at 101 st street.
While the car was going at full speed several
persons Jumped off.^but all except three escaped
injury. Those who were hurt were Pasquale
Palazzlo, of N"o. 180 Baxter street; Joseph Bor
meri. of No. 206 East 98th street, and John Fun
dlnf, of No. 137 Ohystle street. None of them
were seriously hurt.
JUMP 110 FEET UNHURT.
Four Boys Land in Allegheny River
and Swim Ashore Uninjured.
[By TWecraph to The Tribune.]
Plttsburg. Perm., Aug. 26. — Paul Ruski, seven
teen years old: Jack Keenan, eleven; Frank
Fergxwon, eighteen, and Albert Shuttle, nine
teen, leaped from the top of the Pittsbung Junc
tion Railway Bridge over the Allegheny River
to-day to the water, 110 feet, while playing "fol
low your leader." Ruskl, who was leading, made
a clean dive, going down head first. The others
jumped. They landed In about fifteen feet of
water, came to the surface, and at once swum
ashore.
REOTED FE.';M fAPSIZF!) TATEOAT
Brooklyn Han Picked Up in Narrows by
Steamer Thomas Patten.
Robert Belsh, of No. 454 Court street, Brooklyn,
was picked up in the Narrows last night by the ex
cursion steamboat Thomas Patten, clinging to the
bottom of his overturned cathoat. Later he ap
pealed to Serpreant Mott. of the Harbor Police, to
look out for his boat, which was adrift somewhere
in the bay.
The Thomaa Patten was homeward bound from
Pleasure Bay with a big crowd aboard when her
captain heard cri«B for help. With his searchlight
he soon located a man on an upturned boat,
stenmed alongside, and, letting down a ladder, took
Belsh on board. Belsh said that he. had started for
Coney Island, and that off Sftth 6treet, Brooklyn, his
bont was overturned by a gust of wind. He clirab^d
over the side with such agility that he did not get
wet above his knees. He called for help, and says
he saw several boats pase him without offering aid.
When he was rescued the crowd of the Thomas
Patten cheered him.
BOILER BLOWN F7KOI TRUCKS.
Driving Wheels Lead Freight Quarter of a
Mile— Two Killed.
Little Falls. N- T., Aug. 86.— The boiler of a
freight locomotive of the New York Central &
Hudson River Railroad exploded Juat west of here
to-day, cauelng the death of the engineer. Chris
Wagner, of Albany, and the fireman, Edward Hall,
of Oneida. The locomotive was drawing a heavy
eastbound freight when the explosion occurred.
The boiler was thrown from the trucks high in the
air and landed on it 3 end 100 feet away, blocking all
four trucks A freak of the explosion was that
neither the driving wheels nor tender of the engine
were thrown from the tracks, but ran on with the
trnln for n quarter of a mile.
"I. I. A. C. PRESIDENT" IN COURT.
Man Calling Himself Auto Club Executive
Berates Officials, and Is Lectured.
Amltyville. Long Island. Aug. 26.— feature of
to-day's automobile raid was the arrest of a person
who said he was president of the Long Island
Automobile Club. The Incident occurred when Ser
geant Ketcham arrested Bert Smalling. who was
driving a big car west with a party of friends. He
covered the measured course In 91-5 seconds, which
is at a speed considerably greater than twenty
miles an hour. The car sped by the officers, and
the sergennt went to a hotel, where he arrested
Smalllng. When arraigned before Justice Wells
Smalltng plejided guilty and paid a fine of $35.
Outside of the courtroom the person who s<d he
was president of the Long Island Automobile Club
was seated in a machine carrying the flag of the
association. "They are a lot of grafters." he
shouted, and continued to denounce the officials.
The stranger's remarks were heard by Justice
Wells, who prompt!} ordered the man to be brought
before him. The man at first refused to come out
quietly, but quickly changed his mind when he saw
thnt th<- officer meant business. He «m severely
lei-tured by Justice Wells. He failed to give his
name.
At the Long Island Automobile Club, No. 3CO
Cumberland St.. Brooklyn. It was said that Presi
dent Wlllmnrth had not. to the knowledge of the
club officials, been out on Long Island during the
day, and that he had said nothhig of an eplso;i«
like thnt narrated above.
RIDES TEN MILES TO SAVE SEVERED EAR.
Spokane. Wash.. Aug. 26 (Special).— After his
right ear had been blown from his ho-ad by tho ex
plosion of a freight engine ut Bucke-ye. on the
Spokane t-alls & Northern Railway. Frank m.
Fleming Marched until h* found the missing mem
ber, boarded an automobile and rode to Loon Lake,
ten miles distant, and there a ■urgeon sewed the
ear back in its original position. Surgeons beliovo
that ii« will not b« msflgured by tho accident.
FOB A KER OX HIS RECORD
EXPLAINS RATES STAXD.
Opposes "Partial Indorsement" of
Members of Congress.- -
WnsMn£T..n. Aug-. 26. — Senator Foraker. In an
Interview to-day, discussed the political situa
tion in Ohio, devoting: corwlderable attention to
the probable action of the approaching Repub
lican convention in that state with respect to
.those Representatives and Senators who had
differed from the President In some matter of
legislation.
"I am sorry to learn," he said, "that the Re
publicans of Ohio are having some sharp con
troversies, but the subjects of difference do not
seem to me very important. I cannot think.
therefore, that there is likely to be any serious
Injury done to the party, whatever may happen
to individuals.
"So far as Indorsing me is concerned, that is
not important to anybody except myself, and X
shall try to accept with equanimity whatever
may be the action of the convention.
"It is true I opposed the President's policy as
embodied in the Hepburn bill, but not, as it is
commonly stated in the newspapers, because I
was opposed to governmental regulation and
supervision of railroads, for the record will show
that I have done as much in that behalf aa any
other Ohio man in Congress, but because I
thought the Hepburn bill unwise, unjust and
unconstitutional.
•'My contention was that, under existing law,
which I helped enact, having been a member of
the subcommittee that framed it. especially if
amended as it should be, every serious wrong
of every kind practised by the railroads can be
remedied, and that all evil practices can be
broken up as nearly as any law will enable us
to break them up.
"POSITION ALREADY JUSTIFIED."
"Everything I said in that respect has been al
ready fully Justified and vindicated by the many
successes the Attorney General has met with in
the numerous prosecutions he has instituted dur
ing the last nine months, until which time— long
after the debate commenced — no one seemed to
realize, not even the government's own officials,
the excellence of the laws we already had.
"Existing laws have been found, according to
the judgments rendered in these jroceedlngs. to
apply to every kind of rebate or discrimination
between individuals or localities, no matter
uri'ler wbat form or guise practised, that any
body has yet complained about,
"When somebody finds some evil practice that
existing laws do not forbid and provide an ex
peditious remedy against and heavy punishment
tor. I may charge my mind as to the correctness
of my actions— aa to whether it was wise or not —
but not until then.
'.'This is a great subject, full of- troublesome
questions both of law and cf policy, that cannot
be properly discussed In an Interview.
"Excepting the Rate bill I supported the Presi
dent as to every other measure he urged upon
Congress, except only Joint statehood for Arizona
and New Mexico. I opposed that except on con
dition they should be allowed to determine by
vote in each territory whether they wanted Joint
statehood. I think the great majority of the
people were opposed to the Idea of the President
forcing Joint statehood on these territories
against their protest.
WILL MAKE NO COMPLAINT.
"But. however this may be, as to myself I shall
not make any request of the convention nor any
complaint as to its action, whatever that may
be; but I cannot forbear suggesting in this con
nection that if the convention should try to
conform to the rule prescribed by Mr. Burton of
indorsing 'lejs cordially than the President
those who may have differed from the President
ks to some matter— no matter how honestly— lt
would have come hard problems to solve.
"For instance. If Senator Dick is to be indorsed
'less cordially' than the President because he did
not agree with the President about the Philip
pine Tariff bill, what is the convention to do as
to General Kelfer and the six other distinguished
Ohio Republican members of Congress who
joined with that sturdy old veteran in opposing
and voting against the President as to that
measure — one of them, Mr. Nerln. who repre
sents the dlstriot in which the convention will
be held? Are they ajeo to be "partially rebuked'
by indorsing them 'less cordially* than the Presi
dent and their colleagues who voted with the
President?
"And how about Mr. Burton himself? Would
he not be 'hoist with his own petard'? Does
he not now and then "kick over the traces' and
differ from the President and from his party?
Is he to be indorsed less cordially' than the
President because he has opposed the Presi
dent's policy of increasing the navy? Is not the
navy, so to speak, the apple of the President's
eye — the biggest of his big sticks— and are not
the people with the President as to his naval
policy by an overwhelming majority?
MR. BURTON ONCE IN OPPOSITION.
"Take another ease. The President and Sec
retary Taft mads known to Cdhgresa at the last
session that unless we restricted them to Amer
ica they would go abroad to purchase supplies
and materials to be used in the construction of
the Panama Canal when they could buy cheaper
abroad, thus saving njoney on the purchase and.
as they were to be used in Panama and not
brought into the United States, saving the tariff
duty besides.
"I think I may safely say that with a great
majority of the American people this proposition
was not popular. Certainly, to Republicans
generally It seemed inconsistent with all we
have been contending for with respect to a pro
teotivo tariff.
"The Idea of constructing the most majestic
work in progress in all the world, the greatest
ever undertaken by any nation, a purely Amer
ican enterprise, to be built by American's and
paid f©r by American money, and going abroad
lo buy materials and supplies, thus giving pa
ti-onage. to foreign manufacturers and giving
employment to foreign labor Instead of buying
in America, from Americans, and giving all these
advantages to our own people, seemed so unpa
triotic aod. under the circumstances, so inde
fensible, that Congress adopted a resolution pro
hibiting It except in cases, if there should be
any such, where the President might deem it
necessary to do so to escape extortion.
"In the Senate this resolution received the
support -of every Republican. In the House it
was supported by the rote of every Ohio Re
publican except the vote of Mr. Burton. He
voted 'No'
"I do not mention this to criticise him. for
he not only had a perfect right, but It was his
fluty so to vote if that was his judgment. No
self-respecting man would consent to hold a seat
In Congress if he could not so vote; but I men
tion it to show that If we Indorse the party and
what Congress has done — as we must- and then
apply his rule, he will have to be indorsed 'less
cordially' than his party.
"And so I might go ort Indefinitely asking and
anstt erlng many other similar questions, bat I
forbear until the convention, when. If I have
opportunity. I will be glad to go fully into the
subject for the benefit of all who mny be suffi
ciently concerned to listen, if there are any
su- h."
THE ST. LOUIS LIMITED
Leaving New Tork at 1:96 p. m.. via Pennsylvania
Railroad, arrived at St. Louis en time. <:30 p. m..
m days out of l*i"L-^Advt.
MR. ROCKEFELLER JOKES.
Says Life Xozcadaus Is "Rush, Rush
All the Time."
IBr BjßsjßJßjl t» Tb» Trltnse.l
Cleveland, Aug. 2G. — John D. Rnck-fe-ier to
day came out aa an exponent of the stapla llf«i-
Ia a twenty minute conversation with a news
paper reporter ha ssssi a variety of topics,
among them being bjmsbjssjssi and the mode of
living.
He Joked about the heat. Although the mom
in X was >:..■ sj the. hottest of the season, he
did not show any effects from the heat. Daily
practice on his golf links has hardened him. and
he can endure the heat as well as a man many
years his Junior. He chatted freely, delaying
Sunday school and keeping a room full of people
waiting to shake his hand.
"This is really one of the warmest days of the
year, isn't it?" he remarked. "I shall have to
put more tubing on the upper end of my ther
mometer at Forest HIIL I suppose the heat of
to-day will be reflected in the headlines of the
papers on the morrow." And the smile broad*
ened as be chuckled over his little Joke.
His conversation showed that he Is familiar
with the newspapers of New York. He In
quired as to their standings, the personality of
their editors, and discussed their policies. He
said the rapid life Americans are leading MM
reflected in the New Tork newspapers.
"We are leading an awfully fast life In this
country." he said. "It is simply rush along all
the time. The newspapers for the most pasi
keep pace with the times. They show the life
of their readers. People live too fast. Their
life is accelerated by the headlines. Concen
trated excitement all bound up in a few words.
People see the big lines, rush to read the paper.
rush off again to read some other paper and rasa
to a flre. It Is rush, rush all the time."
Mr. Rockefeller made it plain that his Ideas re
garding newspapers did not run toward the big
headlines.
Mr. Rockefeller did not address the Sunday
School this morning. He thought the hear sjsj
so oppressive that members would be g!ad to
get fresh air before the church services. He at
tended church, as Is his custom every Sun. l ay.
SAX FRAXCISCO TIED UP.
.V tret tear Mcv on Strike— 'Autos
Fill Gap.
San Francisco, Aug. 26.— With the exception
of the California and the Geary street lines,
street railway traffic in San Francisco was ss*>
pended to-day as the result of a strike for
higher wages by conductors and motormen of
the United Railways System. The strike went
into effect at 5 o'clock this morning. The rail
roads made no attempt to run cars and there
was no disorder. Further action in the strike
awaits the arrival to-morrow of Patrick Csi
houn, president of the United Railways Invest
ment Company.
Automobiles and other vehicles were used to
day and they did a good business.
Although the California and the Geary street
lines were In operation, their limited equipment
was Inadequate. The employes of these two
lines will not be called out. but they expect their
employers to follow the lead of the larger com
pany in any change that may be mads in the
wage scale
A XEW VALPARAISO.
Ml for Reconstruction of the CHy —
Bourse Still Closed.
Valparaiso. Aug. 2&— The government has
drawn up and presented a bill for the recon
struction of Valparaiso. In order to prevent the
flooding of streets they are to have a uniform
level. The minimum width of streets, without
counting sidewalks, will be fifteen metres. Tho
government will pay cash for lands expropriated
for this purpose. Custom duties will be sus
pended for eiKht«*an months on construction ma
terial.
The destruction by dynamite of dangerous
buiMlngs is bringing out protests.
The Bourse and commercial houses are not yet
doing business, and because of a lack of money
the banks are forced to continue limited pay
ments. •
A state of siege continues here and nobody
is allowed on the streets after 6 o'clock in the
evening.
There have been some accidents aa a result
of the use of dynamite in blowing up damaged
buildings.
President Riesco has replied to an offer of the
European banking firm of Rothschild to help
bufferers from the earthquake, saying that he
hopes Chilian resources will l>e sufficient for this
purpose. The weather here is fine.
WHAT (r. li. SHAW SAYS.
The Playwrights 'View of Mr.
Roosevelt's Spelling Decree.
London, Aug. 27. — Among the numerous opin
ions canvassed by the newspapers of President
Roosevelt's order with regard to a reform In
spelling. George Bernard Shaw says.
There has been nothing like it since Mahomet
reformed the calendar by making the year con
sist of twelve lunar months It serves us right.
The thing had to be taken in hand somehow,
and If we refused to attend to our own expert*
we must make the best of the two energetic
amateurs who have forced our hands.
NEWSPAPER IN P-iO\ETiC RANKS
[By Tslesrraph to The Tribune)
Worcester, Mass., Aug. U6. — "The Worcester
Telegram." beginning to-morrow, will use Pres
ident Roosevelt's phonetic spelling.
AMERICAN CLERGYMEN IN LONDON.
London. Aug. 27.— Many American clergymen
occupied leading pulpits in London to-day, in
cluding Professor Oarr. of Lincoln University;
the Roy. Reuben Thomas, of Boston: the Rev.
Dr. Whitman, of Philadelphia ; the Rev. Dr.
Hamlln, of Washington; the Rev. Dr. Hugh
Johnson, of Baltimore, and the Rev. Dr. Way
land Hoyt. of Philadelphia.
"PRETTIEST WOMAN IN SOUTH" ENGAGED
( By I>l*rraph to The Trtbun*. ]
Atlanta, Aug. J6.— Formal announcement was
made in Atlanta to-day of the engagement of
Mlm Adelaide Allen and Leonard Day. a young
lawyer, of New York. Miss Allen wa» declare,', by
President Roosev?lt to be the prettiest woman he
had met in the South on his last visit here
MME. VODJESKA SELLS HOME.
Lo» Ansolea, Auc. Mme. Helena 3lodje*ka.
with her husband. Count Ro&enta, started for New
York to-night, Mmc Modjeska has just »old Ar
den. her mountain home, half way between Lo«
Anjreles and Ban Die?o, to the Townsend Dayman
Company, of Long Beach, for HO.OOOi n will be
made a resort.
• GUESTS KILL HOST'S SON.
IBy Tthrraph to T*» TVlbur*]
Pittsbure. Aug. W-R. U ColUngwood. of Swiss
dale, whose son. nine years old. was killed last
evening by bting run over by an automobile owned
and driven by Robert C. Baker and J. A. Phillips,
to-day furnished ball for the men. They were his
guests last evening, sod Just as they started from
his residence. Mr. Colllngwood's boy darted In front
of the machine, was knocked down and almost in
stantly allied. The father saw the accident, awl
•i\u:i.':-.iU-<l his «uo«t»
PRICE THREE CENTS.
GENERAL ML\ KILLED
MURDERED AT PETERHOF.
Wife Seizes Girl Assassin — Thirty
t?i<> Dead frnm Bnmh.
St. Petersburg-. Aug. Saturday's unsac
sssM attempt on the life of Pnnkr InUl*»
with Its sickening, useless slaaght«r of thlriy
two persoss was followed to-night by anoth«?
revolutionary outrage In which General HM
commander of the Semlnovsky Guard Risluieiiff,
who. sine* his promotion to be a genera has
been attached as a personal adjutant to th- •>!'.'«
of the Emperor, was killed on the station sjsej
form at Peterhof by a youns woman.. who ttff
fhre shots Into his body from an automatic re
volver end then, without resistance, submitted ;
to arrest. The capture of the girl was eTt?ctei
by Genesal Mln's wife, who held her ur.t. *>-•
arrival of an o£lcer.
This was the third successive attempt on ths
life of General Mm, who was e*SJS»Sj»BSI to
death by th* terrorists tmr ssJssißJi bAbi the
GS^ERAI* KATILBJOta.
Xoted Russian ©deer, -whosa life is thraatenad vt^
Terrorists- f
Moscow revolt last Peoerv.b^r ' r. a^'irrt -at the*
stern represe 1 ■ practised by a *BitaMon an4«r
hjs command, and especially for the wholesale
execution of persons condemned bar SPsMßsssa
court martial for boms; caught with irr-j* in'
their har. Is
Any one of tho live wounds would aav- r-
suited fatally. Two of them entered under the>
left shoulder and ranged downward, while the
others penetrated to the chest from the baefc.
General Mln was returning from the capital
to his summer residence at Peterhof. and had
Just greeted his wife and daughter oa the plat
form when a young woman almost a girt—ap
proached from behind and fired two shots into
his back and then three more into his body as
it sank to the ground. Further shots were pre
vented by Madame Mln. who threw herself upon
the murderess and seised the hand which best
the pistol. The woman did not attempt to es
cape, but she cautioned Madame Mln not to
touch a handbag which she had placed oa tba
platform before shooting the general, explaiatns;
that it contained a bomb.
To the police the girl said that she had exe
cuted the sentencei of the fighting orgaalssjklßSi
of the Social Revolutionists. She refused I pjsjg
her name.
General Mln only last week, after the contu
sion of the manoeuvres at Krasnoye* Sato. dss»
missed the bodyguard which had accompaascA
him ateos the first attempt was mad* or. hu
life, saying that the polios of Peterhof wnnsj:
be sufficient to guard him and his villa at .Petal
hof.
During the Moscow revolt Mln. who w*s I :.«a
a coloneL commanded the Ist battalion of (M
Seminovsky Guard, which operated wtthir :i*
city itself. The 2d battailon of the sjbjbs) BBjflsjj
command of Colonel Riman. conducted a bsjbbs>
sive campaign along the railroad to I Bjsj| for.
which Riroan also was condemned to death. Un
deterred by several attempts to execute thi* sen
tence. Rlraan accepted an appoint! l^«
staff of General Ska Hon. Governor General off!
Warsaw, after the bomb outrages at Vksjsssj|
and started two days ago to assist la the | .p
pression of anarchy In Poland.
The central committee of the Social Revota
onlsts has drawn up a proclamation which sjssj
that unless the government forthwith alt.-s vj
policy such acts as the attempt on the Ufa «f
Premier Stolypin will be pursued to the utmost,
and government representatives will be killed by
hundreds.
A girl dropped a bomb late on Saturday
evening in the Nicholas Boulevard, at Odessa,
fifty paces from the palace of Governor sTsnl
of the>
promenaders. No one was injured except the
girl who dropped the bomb, whose hand was
shattered.
It Is sui>i-need that tho l»>mb accidentally fell
from her hand before she had reached th* en
trance to the palace. Sh«? and another girl and
v university student who was accompany tos;
them w#re arrested.
Private advices received here from Tiflis sajr
that a plot against the life of Count Vi»ront.:.>ff-
Dashkoff. Vicrroy of the Caucasus, has been dis
covered, and that many arrests have been made,
including several officers.
The daughter of Premier Stolypin. who was in
jured by the bomb explosion in the Premier's
summer home on Saturday and was erroneesjsty
reported to have died, is still alive, and rsssefl a>
quiet night under the effects of an opiate. Tks)
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