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No. 15,616. WASHINGTON. D. C.. SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1903-TIRTY-TWO PAGES. TWO CENTS.
TH EVENIN4 STAR.
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CHAMBERLAIN BAC(
Warm Greeting to the Colonial
Secretary.
GIVEN TWO -OVATIONS
ON ARRIVING AT SOUTHAMPTON
AND LONDON.
He Warns His Hearers Not to Be Too
Sanguine About Results He
Accomplished.
LONDON. March 14.-"Southampton wel
comes home Britain's empire 'statesman,"
in huge letters surrounded and intertwined
with union jacks and stars and stripes. was
the motto that first greeted Colonial Sec
retary Chamberlain and Mrs. Chamberlain
on landing at SouthamptOr today from
South Africa.
The travelers had a magnificent greeting.
The quays were elaborately decorated, the
ahips were dressed :atpbow fashion and
rounds of cheering and the blowing of
whistles and ,sirens greeted the liner Nor
man as she passed up Southamptom water
with Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain, accom
panied by Lord Selbourne. first lord of the
admiralty, standing on the promenade deck.
As soon as the steamer* was warped to
her dock Mr. Chamberlain's family went on
board the Norman. _They were shortly af
terward followed by the mayor and cor
poration of Southampton, who welcomed
the travelers. The mayor's daughter then
handed a bouquet to Mrs. Chamberlain,
and a procession was formed, with the
mayor and Mrs. Chamberlain leading and
Mr. Chamberlain and the mayor's daugh
ter coming after them, and walked'through
cheering crowds to the reception hall.
Mr. Chamberlain Looked Jaded.
Mr. Chamberlain was bronzed. but he
looked very thin and appeared to have aged
considerably. He showed evident pleasure
at the heartiness of the welcome. The
party then entered carriages and drove
through the tronged and decorated streets
to Hartley Hall, the scene of so many
previous functions connected with the
South African war. There an address of
welcome was presented to Mr. Chamber
lain, who. in the course of his reply, warned
the country not to overestimate the results
he had actually achieved. He was hope
ful and even confident that the Dutch of
South Africa would herdafter loyally take
their place as members of the empire to
which they now belonged, but it could not
be expected that the long record of vacilla
tion and weakness which led to the war
would be wiped out in the twinkling of an
eye.
Subsequently Mr. Chamberlain and his
l>arty took a train for London, where a
large crowd awaited their arrival. Premier
Balfour and practically the whole cabinet
were present at Waterloo railroad station
to meet Mr. Chamberlain. The greetings
which he received were everywhere most
cordial.
Wife Gets Full Share.
Mrs. Chamberlain came in for a full share
of the welcome. Special cheers were given
for her. and in the greeting of the deputa
tion from 1 irmingham which went out to
meet the Norman in the Solent she was
specially mentioned. Referring to this in
the course of his reply to the Birmingham
delegatee Mr. Chamberlain said:
"I thank you very much for including, as
indeed you should. the name of my wife. It
is indeed true that her companionship has
been of the greatest assistance to me. In
deed. I hardly know how I could have got
through the great task I undertook but for
her co-operation.''
YOUNG HIGHWAYMAN CAUGHT.
Charged With Holding Up Drug Stores
in Denver,
D1iNVER, Col., March 14.-Fred Wilson
and Carl Remington, both youths of nine
teen years, are under arrest on the charge
of holding up drug stores in this city. A
number of bold robberies of this kind have
occurred here of late, the guilty ones in
every instance being boys answering the
same description. It Is said that Wilson
has made a full confession.
Both Wilson and Remington came to Den
ver from La Junta, Col., where the former
was employed as a harbor and the latter
served as a waiter. Wilson says he came
originally from Buffalo, N. Y.
POSSE LOOKING FOE FORGERS.
They Defrauded a Colorado Bank to
the Extent of $3,300.
SALIDA, Col., March 14.-Employes of
the F'irst National and the Salida State
banks of this city, armed with rifles, are
searching the country around Salida for two
men who successfully defrauded the banks
by means of forged checks, securing $3,300
in cash. Two checks, for $2,000 and $1,300,
bearing the names and indorsements of
local business -men, were presented to the
banks and on telephonic identification were
paid.
It deve'ops that a confederate of the men
who presented the cheeks a,t the banks had
answered the calls on the telephone. When
the fraud was discovered a posse of citisena
and bank clerks, headed by the cashiers of
the two banks, heavily armed and mount;
ed, started in pursuit of the men.
KUKLUX AT WYNNE, ARK.
Eleven Men Under Arrest and More
Trouble Feared.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
WYNNE, Ark., March 14.-Cross county
is in a reign of terror over the midnight
rioting of a band of white caps. All ne
groes have been warned to leave, and more
than 200 families have left their homes and
fled.
Detectives from Memphis. Louisville and
Cincinnati have been employed by wealthy
plan ters. 'l'he et real 'ight occurred oni
the fourth night t@ey were on guard. Se
creted in and around an old negro cabin,
the only one left, were the detectives, in
charge of Capt. John H. Brown of Memphis,
who was to give a signal whistle when all
was ready to resist the expected attack.
A band of mounted white caps rode out
of the swamp and fired a volley at the
house, then turned and rode back into the
dense copee. It was found thirty minutes
later that Capt. Brown had been killed. re
eiving a charge of buckshot full in the
face.
Eleven men are under arrest here, heavily
guarded, pending the verdict of the coro
ner's jury. The jury has been in seessoin
three days, and -suo'ee-oi tritnesses are
being summoned. The j4r is In secret sa
slons and ntMe.~WW Sw Ut. A large
ero. .o.s with the white
sps- Is -hie, mnd is 4e Beared
an attempt- will be made to resce the pais
onere whent ther -ae ceaveyed to the county
jail at Vandalb. The whle caps are called
kukiux here because of the nature of
their opesations. but the band has adopted
the name of Binith's Chapel Band. It is
likely that a verdict will be reached by the
jury tonight.
SECY, ROOTTO DECIDE
Who Shall Get Contract, for
Filtration Plant.
MANY COMPLICATIONS
PBOTESTS MADE AGAINST PLANS
OF THE ENGINEES.
Jewell Company of New York and Har
mer & Quinn of Philadelphia
Make Claims.
Acting Secretary Sanger of the War De
partment, after three days' consideration
of the matter of the award of contracts for
the construction of the District filtration
plant, has concluded to leave it to Secre
tary Root for settlement. He was influ
enced to that course of action on account
of the complications of the case and the
fact that Secretary Root is expected to
return to the city from New York to
morrow.
It is agreed on all sides that prompt ac
tion is absolute:y necessary in order to pro
vide pure drinking water to the residents
of the District within a reasonable time,
as well as in order to comply with the
terms of the statute making provisions for
the plant, which requires its completion
on or before December 1, 1904.
Every preparation has been made for the
immediate prosecution of the work and the
only hitch, which however is a most im
portant one, is as to who shall do it.
Two sets of bids for the plant were sub
mitted to Col. Miller, the engineer officer
in charge of the water supply system. The
first set was rejected because the bids were
in excess of the funds avai'able for the
purpose.
New bids were called. for, in the hope that
the figures would be reduced to meet the
requirements. The result, however, did not
justify this expectation. The second bids
were also in excess of the appropriations,
and it then became necessary to apply to
Congress for additional funds.
Appropriation Increased.
At its last session Congress met the sit
uation by appropriating $600,000, and in
increasing the limit of cost of the entire
plant to $3,468,405. It was supposed that
this action had removed all possible cause
of trouble, as up to that time the lack of
money was the only obstacle to the imme
diate prosecution of the work. Inasmuch
as the bids first received had been rejected,
and as none of the bidders had entered the
second competition for tne entire work, the
officials of the War Department considered
only the bidders at the second competition
in awarding the contracts for the work.
The only single bid for the entire work
at the second bidding within the limit of
available funds was that of Harmer &
Quinn of Philadelphia,.amounting to $1,987,
183. There were other bidders on single
items, covering all the work and materials
needed. which were lower in the aggregate
than the bid of Harmer & Quinn by $170,000.
The question then arose. with General Gil
lespie, Colonel Mackenzie and other officers
of the corps of engineers, to whom the
bids were referred, whether it was in the
interests of the government to accept the
bid of Harmer & Quinn, or to subdivide the
work into parts, giving each to the lowest
responsible bidder and in that way make a
saving to the government of about $170,
000.
Under the terms of the competition the
War Department reserved to itself the
right to reject any and all bids, or to ac
cept each bid in part or in whole.
Decided to Distribute Work.
After full consideration of the question
in all its bearings the engineers decided in
favor of a plan of distributing the work
among the individual bidders best able to
perform the work they had bid upon, in
preference to giving the entire job to one
firm, which it was believed might have to
sublet contracts to the very same con
tractors to whom the government engineers
would have given the contracts.
In that event it was argued that the
War Department would simply be giving
Harmer & Quinn a bonus of $170,000 for
supervising work which the officers of the
government could do just as well without
the additional expense.
Protests against the plans of the engi
neers were made by Harmer & Quinn and
also by Mr. Parmalee of New York acting
on behalf of the Jewell Filtration Com
pany of New York. Harmer & Quinn claim
ed the contract on the general ground that
they were the lowest bidders for the whole
work at the second competition, and also
because they were the only bidders at that
competition whose bid was within the limit
of cost.
The claim of the Jeweli Filtration Com
pany was based on the fact that they ac
tually submitted the lowest bid received by
the government, and argued that the fact
that they had failed to renew their bid at
the second competition should not operate"
against their bid, for the reason that -at
that time there was no ground to suppose
that Congress would increase the appro
priations for the work.
.Tewell Company's Claim.
In other words, as all the bids in both
competitions were in excess of thi amount
available at the time, and before Congress
increased the working fund, their bid,
which was the lowest of all submitted,
should be accepted in preference to any of
the others, especially as they claimed "to be
better able to perform the particular kind
of work required than any of the others.
To further complicate the subject, it
seems that while the matter was under
consideration by the engineer officers CoL.
Miller wrote to the Jewell Filtration Com
pany to inquire if that company wasn still
prepared to undertake the work at the fig
ures given in their original bid. in view' of
the fact that Congress had provided addi
tional funds. The company replied that it
was, and it is now contended by the repre
sentative of the company that this corre
spondence was equivalent to an acceptance
of their bid.
Each of the protestants brought onsider.
able influence, mainly political, to bear upon
the authorities with a view to a decision as
desired by each. The contest finally became
so warm and vigorous that Gen. Gillespie,
chief of engineers who ordinarily would
have bad the final determination of the
question, concluded to submit it to the ap
proval of Assistant Secretary Sanger, who
is in charge of the Wa:r Deperament in the
temporary absence of Seewetary Root.
Transferred to War Dertnent.
The effect of that action was simply to
transfer the contest to the War Department
proper and the people in interest thereupon
drected their energies against Assistant
Secretary Sanger.
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania has taken
particulasty active interest in the case,
spending several hours at-the War Depart
of Hiarmer & Quinn adetet
show that they alone of ait the bidgerg q
entitled to serious censideration in the p
tr.
It is said that Seater Quay, the other
Pennsylvania senator, be.esas ral
urged the award of the contract to OJarm
& Quinn. The seaier toeaer of that fin
is a -o of the late jResntative,Hajiner
of the Phnladelphia it
The bid of Narmer A Quisa is oyer en
-evra lngsaties meta -s li
" /
than the other biddera, but they insist on
having the contract for the entire Work
and decline. to have the items of their.bid
considered- separatefy, or, .in fact, to 'con
sent to any division of the work.
It will now devolve upon Secretary Root
to straighten out this tangled mess. The
main question for him to decide is whether
the award for the entire work shall go to
Harmer & Quinn at their bid of $1,987,183,
whether It shall go as an entirety to the
Jewell Filtration Company at its bid at
the first competition or whether the plan of
Gen. Gillespie and the engineer officers
shall be followed and the work distributed
among several contractors under the direct
supervision of the officers of the engineer
department.
In case the engineers' plan is adopted the
principal contracts will be awarded as fol
-fows: Excavat'ion, etc., Taity & Allen,
Washington, D. C., at $415,845; concrete
work, etc., the Brennan Construction Com
pany of Washington, D. C., at $756,860; fil
ter gravel, L. E. Smoot, Washington, D. C.,
at $116,325; filter sand, L. E. Smoot, Wash
ington, D. C., at $315,450; cast iron pipe and
specials, the Camden Iron Works of Cam
den, N. J., at $43,000; vitrified pipe, Thomas
J. Somerville & Sons, Washington, D. C., at
$23,208.
LEASED THE WTT.TARTD EUILDING
New Quarters Engaged for the Depart
ment of Commerce.
The permanent quarters of the new De
partment of Labor and Commerce, or. rather
the office to be occupied until a new build
ing for the department is authorized, will
beinth nw ilrdbuLgon 4t
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heavilgot the ntrct ing the eonire ior
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TWO DA OF IRAdEI
GERMAN WILL NOT PEESLNT
DEAND UNTIL MONDAY.
Initial Installment of $340,000 Prom
ised by Venesuela Due Today
- Allies and The Sag>e.
Venezuela's initial: installment- of .tba
$340,000 pledged to Germany in satisfaction
of that country's claims of hongr will not
be paid today, as provided for in the peace
protocol. The German - ainister, Baron
Hadenhausen, will not resc$t Caraeas until
Monday, and as the Berlig goveranment at
present has no accredited representative
there Germany has allowed Castro two
additional days of graes. In the- event,
however, that this payment, -amounting to
about $70,000, is not forthcoining as soon
as Baron Hadenhauser applis for it Bel
gium will be asked to aid President Castro
in the administration of ri4 utoms busi
ness, as provided in the prD(ocol. Bt the
protocols, which were signed at midnight
February 13, Great BritaA reesived a cash
payment of. $27,500, German -was promised
an advance payment of S in five
monthly installments beginninF one month
from the date of the signing o the proto
col, wile Italy is to be paid $27,500 'two
months fromi that date. Minister Bowen~
handed the British ambasaor a check for
the British payment - de ntit the protocol
was signed, and arranged Ght(ermatny
and Italy should receive $hr aracas.
What steps President Cast baf aken to
meet these oblig&tions Is kje, here.
Some concern is felt'bhere t$1ence of
the allied powers regarding Se~tof The
Hague protocol, which was *ii~ to them
some weeke ago, and the abe4 of any
repressntation on the..p 4et ay mean
that ai plan is unddr con dration looking
to the settlement at Caracas of the -prefer
ential question by PresIdent Castlo and the
representatives of the al{ied po ar there.
A;lthouWh there is no inhon thtt the
Venezuelan president"yonld acetsuch a
compromise, it Is bea&se here at he will
be asked to do 'uo. GRitmter Woweni lsO
po'sd to pereaftting' the allidd powers
escape from appeassincer gt b a ue,t
inasmuch am the cost oifu trib
unat would probably- ex *a unlt 12n
volved- European poe g he other
Near Admiral cogh1an1gS~WA?aon tO
Look After Amnerlea apests.
The Caribbean squadron, epscomand3
of Admiral Cogtiesa has * dered to
Honduras.!rhereth rey aqn sag
ing serious proportions, to L4S Ame)rican
interests. Acting qo e ho'te NavT
Darling -hss sent the islu~ble in
structions to Admiral -Ca at Ban
"Proceed wIth sadePan
ther, jiarietta, Vixen (hell
pr6tection American uet Cr
tea anO Canys, neHo
with iinistdr. leaveVix
(tender) undr omus;at Juan."
Admniral C to ~ '~ on Ahe thee
in a positiosi jtens ib be
ren
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and reports a satisfactory situation in the
islands. The consul says the local upris
ings which have occurred since the termi
nation of the rebellion hav@ greatly de
creased, "owing to the effective, civil and
military policy" that is being pursued in
the islands. "The process of pacification
throughout the archipelago," he says,
"continues in a most satisfactory- manner."
After writing of the situation in more detail
he speaks of the . achievements as the
"Great results of Governor Taft's extraor
ainarily able administration."
Accompanying the letter is a copy of a
papal decree issued by the pope for the gov
ernment of the church in, the Philippines,
which, in conclusion, says: " Let reverence
be paid to those in authority." The consul
In writing of the relations of church and
state directs attention to this exhortation
of the pope.
CFFEBED TO DR. BOWEN.
Post of Consul General at Guayaquil,
Where Thomas Nast Died.
The post of consul general as Guayaquil
has been tendered to Dr. William Shaw
Bowen, a newspaper and magazine writer.
He had been selected to take the place of
the consul at Valencia, but the post at
Guayaquil is worth nearly $1,000 more.
That is the place that .was declined by Mr.
Bawter- upon his arrival there because of
the fear of yellow. fever, which had been
the death of Mr. Nast, the cartoonist.
WHTAYE1 WRIGHT'S CASE.
Ihis Country Will Not Resist His Ex
tradition.
It is said at the State Department re
specting the case of Whitaker Wright, the
promoter who is said to have absconded
from England to Egypt, that even if it
should appear that he is an American, na
tive or naturalized, the United States gov
ernment would zagake no resistance to his
extradition. It lias been the practice of
both the United States and England to
allow such extraditiona where they were
sure their citizens charged with crime would
secure a fair trial and exact justice.
-TO SHORTEN THE TRIP.
Proposed Trans-Atlantic Route Prom
Galway to St. JTohn's.
British shippers are planning to cut the
trans-Atlantic trip by one day, not by faster
steamers, gut by a new and shorter sea
route.-This fact is reported to the State
)epartment by United States Consul Mahin,
at Nottingham. The new route is to be
from Geaway on the west coast of Ireland,
sne of the: best natural harbors in the Brit
lah Isles, straight across the Atlantic to St.
Johns, Newfoundland, a distance of 1,816
Nbfes, as against 8,116 from Liverpool to
e Yrkand 8,095 from Southampton.
Lm N~ew York, to St. Johns the transit
wrill be by rail. On the other side the
iistance from Gaiway to London is less
than from Queenstown.
By a new treaty malde between ussa and
Perd., :which went into effect February 15
Last, all, trad, between -the United States
*nd-eria* will be affseted. aecording to a
eport to the State Depassiot frem United.
Ofte 'inister LMeihnan ;t Constantinople.
nade a .i m a taa
THE BURDICK_INQUEST
Beginning of Inquiry Into
Buffalo Murder.
DR. HOWLAND TESTIFIES
MADE FIRST ETAMTW,ATION OF
DEAD MAN.
Told Jury Substantially the Same Facts
He Gave Out to the
Press.
BUFFALO, N. Y., March 14.-The inquest
into the murder of Edwin L. Burdick was
begun in the police court here today be
fore Judge Murphy. - The court room is
small, and only. a limited number of per
sons were admitted. Among the first wit
nesses to appear were Mrs. Seth T. Paine,
Miss Barrett. the stenographer, who boards
with Mrs. Paine, and A. Carlson, another
boarder at the Paine residence. Mrs. Paine
was accompanied by counsel. Only one
witness at a time was admitted into the
court room. The inquest began with the
calling of Dr. Howland, assistant medical
examiner, as the firet witness. Dr. How
land handed to Judge Murphy- the report
of the medical examiner on the death of
Burdick, which stated the cause of the
death.
"Under the law we are compelled to hold
this inquest," said Judge Murphy. "We
charge no ene with this crime. The pur
pose of this investigation is to lay this
crime, if possible, at the door of some one."
Testimony of Dr. Howland.
Dr. Howland was examined by District
Attorney Coatsworth. He said he had been
summoned to the Burdick home by te'le
phone on the morning of February 27,
shortly after 8 o'clock. Dr. W. H. Marcy
rhet him at the door and told him "that
something had been going on there, and
that Mr. Burdick was dead." "I am not
sure," continued Dr. Howland, "but I
think he told me that he was not certain
whether it was murder or suicide. He
asked me to make it out as a case of sui
cide, if possible, as there had been a good
deal of gossip in the neighborhood respect
ing the relations existing between Mr. and
Mrs. Burdick." The witness said he then
examined the body, and told Dr.. Marcy
that it was impossible to entertain the sui
cide theory for a minute. Asked as to
what further conversation he had with Dr.
Marcy, the witness said the former told
him of the divorce proceedings in the Bur
dick family.
. Dr. Howiand repeated the- conversation
he had with Mrs, Hull as to the fding of
the body of urdick, the 4und1 of a win
dow open, t fact that there were no
tracks in the snow outside the window and
the finding of. the. open- drawer. Another
thing the. witness Said. Dr. Marcy told him
was that he found the WifldbW ciaftains in
the den drawn and, being unable, to raise
them, had to tear-them down.
Quilt Tied Around Victim's Head.
"He also told me that a quilt had been
wrapped three times about the head of the
murdered man," said Dr. Howland, "and
that he had found a pool of blood on the
floor."
Mr. Coatsworth brought out the fact that
Burdick's body had been moved by the
murderer after the crime had been com
mitted.
Dr. Howland described the clothing found
in the room, the finding of the luncheon, a
six-ounce druggist bottle containing whisky
and a cocktail glass. He could not say
whether the glass had been used. He had
seen Detective Holmlund take a letter from
Burdick's pocket.
"I heard Dr. Marcy say," eont4nued the
witness, "that Mrs. Hull was subject to
heart failure. While Mrs. Hull was giving
her statement she occasionally hesitated.
and at such times Dr. Marcy prompted
her."
Witness saw no weapon in the room.
"What was your conclusion as to whether
Burdick was killed in the den?" he was
asked.
"I think he was."
"Do you think he was killed on the
couch?"
"I think he was on the couch.'
"When he was killed was he lying on the
couch in the position in which you found
the body?"
"Judging from the location of the wounds,
he must have been lying in some other po
sition at the time he was struck."
Found a Tuft of Hair.
Dr. Howland stated he found a tuft of
hair on the couch. He was of opinion that
it was longer than Burdick's hair.
Dr. Howland stated that from the condi
tion of the body he was of the opinion that
Bun11ck was killed about 2 o'clock. This
is regarded as important, as it would tend
to nullify the statements made to the dis
trict attorney by Officers Meyer and Reid
regarding the "lone woman."
In reply to another question an affirma
tive answer to which would have shown
that a woman had been in the room, the
doctor gave a negatIVe reply.
Replying to a question by one of the at
torneys represenltiuig the Burdick family,
the witness 3ai4 hie opinion was the blood
found on the door was thrown ffom the in
strument used in copnmitting the murder.
Detective John W. Holmlund, who fol-'
lowed Dr.. Bowland.on the stand, described
the scene in the den, and related the con
versation he had with oue of the maids.
He found snome letters and a revolver An
Burdick's coat. The trousers, he said, were
lying on the couch and looked as if they
had been placed 'there carefully and folded
over. Two of the letters found in Bur'
dick's pocksts were from a Mr. Cleveland
of Clevelan4, .,ejave thema tAo Superin
tendent Bul. The witness hada talk with
Dr. Marcy. The doctor, he. sid, gave him
the impression that he wanted the matter
kept aulet. He did not want .the affair
made any more public than was necessary.
At noon a reces. was taken unti 2 o'clock.
DENIED BY A.P. GOmrAir, gI,
Deport tazsd X1a 1Father Clash
Owe Folities.,
BALTIMORE, Mdi,, March 14.-Arthur P.
Germandf., sotut United Stm tes Senator
Gorman, ad wrho is now a candidnt, for
the state ==e=a Oem HoW2ar4 eounty, sai
to the* AM -Psein '*=***- to
day that the pumlished Story to the sqsct
that hi. father wil ogpose his esa=Ma=
is not tre. 'us #tatent isdie e'
sai he, "the very contrary belag the
truth.~
The cheapest, quickest and
easiest way to convey useful in
formation to the citizens of any
community is by the use of the
columns of a widely circulated
local newspaper, like The Even
ing Star.
WANTS EQUAL CHANCE
Germany Uneasy Over Cuban
Reciprocity Treaty.
WILL MAKE DEMANDS
FOR IDENTICAL REIVILEGES
PROM EOTH COUNTRIES.
Fear Expressed That This Country Kay
Monopolize Trade of South
America.
BERLIN, March 14.-Germany. as sool
as the reciprocity treaty.between Cuba and
the United States is ratified, will ask both
the Cuban and United States got ernments
for identical privileges. It is perceived
from the full reports sent here from Wash
ington and Havana that German traders
will be placed at a disadvantage, and the
specialists in the foreign office who manage
Germany's cases in the negotiations for
new commercial treaties have talked over
the Cuban treaty with representatives of
the embassies of the continental powers,
with the result that intimations have been
made that other -governments intend also
to request the same treatment. While an
noyed at the prospect of the United States'
trade having lower tariffs in Cuba than
that of Germany, no one supposes that even
a collective protest on the part of ti con
tinental countries would cause either the
United States or Cuba to recede.
But Germany's position is to be defined
c'early, so that the United States may not
complain when Germany gives other na
tions preferential treatment. Th.- princi
ple which the German foreign oilce lays
down in entering upon correspondence con
cerning new commercial trcatics is "give
and take." The most favored nation theory
is really abandoned. Special conventions
are to be drawn up to fit different situa
tions. This principle seems to be accepted
by Russia, Austria and Italy, and the trade
policies are to rest upon the reciprocity
Idea.
What is the subject of some concern here
is that should the Cuban treaty be accepted
and found to work well similar treaties may
be arranged by the United States with
Mexico, Brazil and Argentina, ultimately
resulting in the United States obtaining a
monopoly of all the South and Central
American markets.
TO BE OPENED TO SETTLERS.
A Large Tract of Land in Southern
California.
LOS ANGELES, . Cal., March 14.-The
United States, through the federal land
office at Los Angeles, will open to settlers
within the next sixty 4ays about 1.000.OUO
acres of land in California. This land is
situated between The Needles and Mojave.
and borders the Colorado river. Much of
It is- valuable for agrioalture. The pros
pective throwing open of this vast tract
to settlement is the result of a recent de
cision of the United States Supreme Court
with respect to the famous grant made to
the Atlantic and Pacific railroad by act of
July, 1866.
In the territory which elbraces this
great tract the Southern Pacific has selec
tion privileges. Authority for the reserv
ing of entry applications for the 1,000.W0
acres in question has been received from
Washington by the officials of the United
States land office at Los Angeles,
RETUEN OF THE YAYFLOWER.
It is Thought That the President Med
itates a Trip.
The President's naval' y&Mll~aillower
has arrived at the Washinston navy- yeed
from a short visit to Lambert's Point, Va.,
where she took on a large supply of coat in
anticipation of her requirement by Presi
dent Roosevelt for a cruise in Chesapeake
bay after the adjournment of the Senate.
Although not admitted at the Navy Depart
ment it is believed that the President has
a trip of that kind in contemplation before
his departure on his long western trip. In
case he goes down the river the President
will undoubtedly be accompanied by several
friends.
Eeriah Wllrina Much- Impr.wed.
NEW YORK, March 14.-The condition of
Beriah Wilkins, owner of the Washington
Post. who has been critically ill for several
days at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel with
paralysis and kidney troubie, was much
improved this morning. A member of his
family said that Mr. Wilkins pa'seed a very
comfortable night and that the family now
had good reason to hope for hi.s recovery.
. .
Prelates Refuse to Testify in Court.
ROME, March 14.-Caidinal Gotti. pre
fect of the propaganda, and Monsignor
Veccia, secretary of the congregation, have
both refused to give evidence in the suit
before the American civil courts which
Father Murphy, former pastor of a church
at Tecumseh, Neb., has Instituted against
the Right Rev. Thomas Bonacum, bishop
of Lincoln, Neb.
Death of K. Legouwe.
PARIS, March 14.-M. Legonve, 'the
dramatist and member of the . French
Academy, died suddenly today.
Will Accompany the Presidepit.
Surgeon George A. Lung of the navy,
who has served as attending pbyslclii to
the President and family I9r sevpral moonths
past, will shortly be detached from that
duty and ordered to Philadelphia 'for duty
at the naval hospital In that cIty. Rear
Admiral P. N. Rixey, surgeon general of
the navy, who was President McKinley's
family physician, wVl serve in a similar
caantty for President Roosevelt and fam
ily, and will accompany the President on
Comning ?.try a tE s
Hector de Castro, United States esusmi
general at Rome, has tramsotted to the
State Departament oopies of the, pregram
and regmiatiqns of- the poultE|y exhibition
to be held in Rome tromn 1 o2
neat, in connection witth tand
eengress of aguiculturisis.
Rewdawy Qad a 07 MarW t. ,
A leWei reeived at the Navy Deport
aset au Wes es sawenses seE psit.a