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THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
VOL. XXXVII NO. 170
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Fresh Rolled Oats
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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY. MAY 1900.—FOURTEEN PAGES.
MI PAIS
BH DHL
Only Fifty-Two Votes Re
corded Against It
DEBATE WAXED WARM.
Cannon and Hepburn in a Very
Bitter Colloquy.
The Latter Aceuei the Illinois Con
gressman of Falsehood and Re
ceives the Retort That He Him
self Is Acting the Cattleflsh,
Muddying the Waters That Ha
Mar Escape, and m Broad Intima
tion That His Support of the Bill
Is latended to Defeat the Project
—The Fort If ring Provisions Act.
WASHINGTON, May 2.-The house to
day, at the conclusion of the most stormy
dehate of the present session of congress,
passed the Nicaragua bill by the over
whelming vote of 226 to 35. All attempts
to retain In the bill the langauge of the
original bill tor the fortification of the
canal and to still further strengthen the
language on that line were balked by
Hepburn, and the victory of Hepburn
and the committee was complete. A mo
tion to recommit the bill with Instructions
to report bark another bill leaving the se
lection of the route to the president was
burled under an adverse majority of 52
to 17L
Cannon and Bartos Snowed fader.
Cannon, chairman of the appropriations
committee, and Burton, chairman of the
river and harbor committee, made a game
tight to stall off action at this session,
but their appeals were in vain, and the
members rode roughshod over all their
arguments and protests. Much excite
ment reigned throughout the day, and
several times bitter words were used. The
excitement reached its climax In a highly
dramatic scene between Hepburn and Can
non. when the former used the words "lie"
and "liar" as he denounced the distin
guished chairman of the appropriations
committee for attempting "to dishonor
him."
The house was in riotous confusion dur
ing the quarrel. Members crowded the
aisles, and the situation at one tlsne was
so threatening that Wheeler of Kentucky,
Democrat, sought to pour oil on the
waters by raising a point of order. But
he was not upheld, and the two Irate
members carried their war to the very
hilt. There was a show of peace at the
close of the Incident, hut the feeling be
tween the two men ran so high that the
mutual retractions with which such Inci
dents generally end were but the cloaks of
the keenest and most cutting sarcasm.
Test of the BUI.
The bill aa It passed the house Is as
follows:
"Be It enacted, etc., That the president
of the United States be and Is hereby au
thorized to acquire from the states of
Costa Rica and Nicaragua, for and In be.
half of the United States, control of such
portion of territory now belonging to
Costa Rica nnd Nicaragua as may be de
sirable and necessary, on which to exca
vate. construct and protect a canal of
such depth and capacity as will be suffi
cient for the movements of ships of the
greatest tonnage and draft now In use,
from a point near Orvvtown, on the Car
ibbean sea, via t-jike Nicaragua to Rrlto,
on the Pacific o>'ean; and such sum as may
he necessary to secure such control is
hereby appropriated out of any money In
the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
"Be«\ Z That when the president has
seared full <ontrol over the territory in
section 1 referred to, ho shall direct the
secretary of »ar to excavate and con
stru t a canal and waterway from .■% point
on the shore of the Carib!>ean sea near
Urrytown. by way r.ik" Nkargua, to a
point tivar Brlto, on the Pulflc ocean.
Such canal shall tie of sufficient ca;-ac.ty
and depth as that It may tie used by ves
sels of the largest tonnage and greatest
depth now In use. and shall be sullied
with all the necessary locks and other
appliances t.< meet the necessities* of ves
sel* pawing from Qreytown to Brito; and
the pecretaiy of mr -mil also cori»tru<t
such safe anl commodious harbors at the
termini of said canal, and such provis
ion* for defense aa may be necessary f.>r
the safety and protection of said canal
and harbor*
"Six-. 1 That the president shall
t-avise such surveys as may be necessary
for saM canal an! harbors, and In the
const not lot! of the ** me shall pmnioy
•uch i>ers«>ns as he may de. m ne> >s«ary.
-S«~\ «. That in the excavation and
the instruction of sail canal the Sun
Juan river .«nd 1-ftk.i N't.armria, or s.ieh
;arts of each as may be m<ule available,
shall be use!.
"Sec &. That In any negotiation*
with the states of Casta Rica or Nicar
agua the i>re»idei»t may have, the presi
dent la authorised to guarantee to said
nates the uw of said canal and harbors
u; n such t*rms as may be agreed jnon
for all vesse.a owned by said states or
by cltirens thereof.
••Sec &. That the «um of tU.WiW
is hereby appropriated out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropri
ated toward the proved herein contem
plated. and the «v retary of war Is fur
ther authorised to enter Into a contract
or contracts for materials and work that
may bo deemed necessary for the proper
excavation, construction, completion *nl
defense of sajd canal, to be paid for as
v rlatlons may from time to time Ne
'un-d'ter made, not to exceed In the og
g-e« ite JU<V"
\V umi the h 'use met today, on motion
of Hepburn. In charge of the Nicaragua
canal bill, general debate upon that bill
was closed and the bill was redd lor
amendment under the tlve minute rule.
I'lrst Committer Intendment.
Hepburn offered the committee amend-
Continued on Page Two.
AGUINALDO PROBABLY
KILLED BY IGORROTES.
Xothlng Has Been Heard From Him
by Any One Since He Evaded
March I.ast December.
MANILA. May 2. Gen. Funston
has discovered a rebel warehouse
near Cabanutaan, province of New Egl-
Ja, containing all the archives of the
Mnlolos government, Agulnaldo's corre
spondence up to the time of his flight
and much valuable historical matter.
The belief Is growing that Aguinaldo
was killed by the Igorrotes. There Is
no proof that he has been alive since
MaJ. March, of the Thirty-third regi
ment, abandoned the chase after the
Filipino leader In the Benquet mountains.
An Insurgent officer who recently sur
rendered to Gen. Young, says that the
insurgent Gen. Tlnio holds this belief.
Tlnlo held regular communication with
Aguinaldo until December 28, since
which time he has heard nothing from
him, and Tinio thinks Aguinaldo would
And means to communicate with him
if alive. MaJ. March's Information was
that there were only half a doien sol
diers with Aguinaldo when he lied be
yond the Bontoc wilderness where the
savages are hostile to all strangers.
His Wife Heard Nothing.
Friends of Agulnaldo's wife assert that
she has heard nothing from him since
they parted. She Is in a delicate condi
tion and nearly prostrated with worry.
Therefore she has not been Informed of
the death of her child and thinks It is
with friends at Bacoor.
Saltan of Snla Goes to Singapore.
The sultan of Sulu, with a retinue, In
cluding several of his wives, has sailed
for Singapore, ostensibly on a religious
mission. A Hongong dispatch to a Ma
nila paper saya the sultan has gone to
Singapore in order to protest to the
British against the Americans establish
ing a tariff against Imports, claiming
that it is a violation of the treaty of
1877 between Spain, Great Britain and
Germany, guaranteeing the Sulu Islands
free trade, whereas the Americans have
established a tariff nearly doubling the
prices of tobacco, rice and the Sulu staples
of life, most of which are Imported from
Singapore.
Flllplno Crew Mutiny.
The Filipino crew on the steamship
Escano recently guitlnled in the chan
nel between Cebu and Leyte and killed
the captain, the mate Hnd the owners,
Benor Kscano and his son, with knives,
after a desperate struggle. The muti
neers then scuttled the ship and escaped
to the Leyt* mountains with $28,000.
BUFFALO STRIKE SETTLED.
Railroad Official* Come to an Agree
meat on the BaaU of Conces
sions on Roth Shlca.
BUFFALO, N. Y., May 2.-A settlement
between the New York Central railway
and Its striking ear repairers was reached
tonight at a conference between Superin
tendent Walt and representatives of the
union. The men claim to have gained
the wage concession* demanded, tmt the
company officials will continue to exercise
their own discretion In the hiring of men
and the reduction of forces. Superintend
ent Walt having refused to concede this
point.
The agreement made tonight contains a
reservation that the strikers are not to
return to work until the car repairers on
the Nickel l'late and Le
high Valley roads, who struck In sympa
thy with the New York Central men. shall
have arranged with their employers to re
turn to work.
LONG REBUKES CHADWICK.
Scathing- nml Public* Hrprlmnnil for
the Inexrußiibl* I ndlaeret lon of
His Attack on Srhley.
WASHINGTON, May 2Secretary Long
today mado public the correnpondencfl
which ha* taken place between the navy
department and Capt. Chad wick respect
ing the published Interview In which the
captain is reported as severely reflecting
upon Rear Admiral Schley. The «ecre
tary's letter was written today and was
forwarded only after the secretary had a
conference with the president on the sub
ject. The department's action in the case
Is a severe reprimand, and it Is note
worthy that its letter has been made pub
lic. a fact which In itself adds to the
weight of the punishment administered.
Secretary f<ong in his letter sayi;
"The department regrets that it has oc
casion to reprimand an officer of your
rank and experience for in*-xc usable in
discretion and offense against the navy
regulations.
"It appears from your letter that In
your Interview with Mr Atkins, whom
you knew to be a newspaper correspond
ent, you spoke of a fellow officer, your
senior In rank, in a way calculated to
bring him Into contempt. You knew this
to be a violation of the naval regulations
which forbid the c ommunication by in
terviews of such comment and ritlclsm.
You knew it to be against the good order
and discipline of the service, because It is
the example of one officer in high rank
reflecting upon the honor and character of
another -an example which, unrebuked
and followed, tends to bring the whole
service into contention and scandal. You
knew that the professional business of
your Interviewer Is to collect material for
publication.
"While he may not have had Jostirt itlon
In publishing what you understood to
be a private conversation, you anew the
risk you ran. and within a year had been
reprimanded for similar mtoconda t in put
ting youreelf and the wrlfare of the service
to the same risk with the *ame refill You
have thus again and further impaired the
confidence of the department In your dis
cretion. It is true that your case dl«l*is
from some recent cases of '-ftense on the
part of other officers In that objectionable
remarks rna.ie by them were ma !e under
circumstances which they knew
their publicity. In your tease the depart
ment unreservedly accepts your statement
that your remarks were 'ln no sense and
in no part intended for publication nor
considered as an Interview.*
• It is for this reason that it tal;es no
other a tion t.ian this emphatic reprimand,
the receipt of which you will acknowledge."
< taint* « ommission Appointments.
WASHINGTON. May I—The president
has selected William Glover Gage, of
Michigan, to be commissioner for the
United States on the new Chilean claims
commission, and William H Hunt, of
Montana, to be agent for the United
Stales before the same body.
118 AS 10
US OF ROBERTS.
Is Establishing Posts Clear
Across the Free State.
TO PREVENT BOER RAIDS.
Boers Follow Their Guerrilla
Tactics, Threatening Convoys
Preparations Continue for an Ad
vance From Klmherler, and Sir
Alfred Mllner Sars That the Be
lief of Mafeklng Will Be Inder
taken—lt Is Beported That a
Large Part of the lavestlng
Force Has Been Withdraws—
Kruger la Beported to Be Again
Asking for Terms of Peace.
LONDON, May 3, 4:10 a. m.—The imme
diate objective of Lord Roberta is to es
tablish a line of British posts from on ft
frontier of the Free State to the other at
right angles with the railway thus pre
venting Boer raids southward. It is e»-
sential, therefore, that the Boers should
be expelled from the rugged Thaba N'Chu
district and be forced to retire to Lady
brand.
Hoera Pushed Back.
As the result of the desultory firing
Monday and Tuesday the Boers were push
ed back a tew miles, but nothing definite
appears to have yet been attained. The
Boers continue to follow their harassing
tactics. One well horsed commando, op-
'Bishop S. M. Merrill, Who at the Chicago Conference.
prating In the neighborhood of Siannas
po*t. Interfere* with (h<> BrltiKii oonvuya
going from Bloemfonteln to Thaba N i*hu.
The enemy nearly captured a onvoy 1 inn
day, but they were driven off after a, bn#k
light.
Prritarnllun. for Idvanre.
Preparations ft* an advancu continue at
Klmberley.
Sir Alfred Mllner ha* wrltlen to the
mayor of Kimberiey assuring him that the
relief of Mafeklng ha* not ■ wnl to occupy
his attention and that of the military
authorities and that nothing will be it ft
unturned to raiae the siege.
<!lrrß*lkraln« the i.arrUoni,
The Brltleh garrisons alone the la iwajr
toward Warrenton have been strength ne.l
and aupplUa are g«lriß forward A mount*
f d force has gone to Barkley Waat tn <vn-
M , .. iif *he I: ■ having <•<■ upled
Windcorton. A thou.MUi! Boer* .nreaten
the communication* be-, ween Boahof and
Kimberley.
Mala, chief of the Taungs, ha* Info.ißed
the British that the Boer* are preparing
to resist their attack at Phikowanl. twen
ty mile, north of Warrecjon.
Inreilmrnt of MafrLln, Weakening.
A corr««ponden! at Fxiurenao Marque,
rwbied Tueaday that a large part of the
Investing fori* at Mafeklng ; :a» been with
drawn.
Oen. Buller continue, quiet. The Vc.cn
assert that they are delaying an attack
upon him tn the hope that all the fcorae,
of the British wl'J die of horse *l:kne*a.
Ktnirr A>l» Peace Term*.
According to a correspondent of toe
Daily Telegraph with ls>r4 Robert*. Freai
dent Kruger la again asking peace term*.
< uniliu of Boer Ueleaalei.
The departure of the Bver delegate* f:am
Holland to the United Sf»lc* and what
they have said of their purpose* and hope,,
draw British attention to American vie*,
of the war.
Today's Chronicle sars: "The men who
count In the I'nitcd State* are r:ot likely
Continued en Pag, Elgin.
DREDGING PERMITS
WILL BE CANCELED.
I'nlri. Semite llsiks 11111 Is
Changed In the House—Special
Provisions of the Bill.
Special IHspwtch to the Post-Intelligencer.
WASHINGTON, May 2.-If the house
does not chango the provision enscted by
the senate relative to mining on tide
lands of the Alaskan coast, all permits
granted by the secretary of war to dredge
or excavate ocean sands for the purpose
of extracting gold, will be revoked.
All United States" mining laws are ex
tended to Alaska. By special provision a
sixty feet open reservation airows tide
lands will not be required on townsites or
mineral lands. Another special provision
gives miners' organliatlone power to reg
ulate beach mining below mean h!gh tide.
Appropriations for the Coast.
The secretary of the treasury is author
lxed in the simdrv civil bill, reported to
day, to let the (on tract for a lighthouse
tender In the Thirteenth district, to cost
$120,000.
Special Washington and Alaska appro
priations are surveys on l*adflc coast and
Alaska. $lO7, ",00; Kverett harbor Improve
ments, $135,500; Grays harbor. SSO 000; fog
signal at Tacoma, sfi.ooo; Investigation of
the mineral resources of Alaska. $35,0(»i;
education in Alaifca, $30,000; reindeer ap
propriation, $X.000; Alaska seal fisheries,
$12,000.
METHODISTS IN SESSION.
Ueneral Conference Votes to Admit
Lay Delegates Equal In Number
to Clericals.
CHICAGO. May 2.— The pulpit and the
pew share equally in the highest govern
mental body of the Methodists. Without
a dissenting vote the general conference
at the Auditorium today ratified the ac
tion of the annual conference in extend
ing equal representation to the ialety.
The provisional delegates were admitted
without a contest.
Mrs. MoMahan withdrew her claim to a
seat In the conference rather than Jeop
ardize the status of her male colleagues.
The step taken makes the Methodist
church a democratic body, the
rule of the preacher passes with
the century. The episcopacy in
the church long since has been re
stricted to a superintendence without any
authority beyond the placing of ministers
nnd suggestions to tha general and snnual
conferences.
The minister* were mora enthusiastic
over the lose of their power than the lay
men over their addltionai power. There
were IS7 provisions] delegates elected to
fill lip the disparity In their proportional
representation. Only eighty-five, however,
responded to the roll call following their
* '.mission. The limited lay representa
tion gave tha pews 12& votes. Four min
isterial delegates were absent. As the
roll was BAde up today, there were X 4
preachers and 23« laymen on the regular
list.
l>l«iTttl< T < HIKF 4RKFJTBD.
Prominent Mrtlran Official < hnra'il
With Murder.
CITY OF MEXICO, May *-An Ireport
ant arrest has been made In fhUpa. state
of Guerrero, the prisoner being no less a
person than Col, Vega, who is civil chief
of thai district, a position resembling
somewhat that of Totted fttates marshal.
He Is believed to have guilty knowledge
of the facts in the esse of the assassina
tion of two prominent Frenchmen In that
district some months ago. It was altaged
at the time that Messrs. Court mont and
Dupln got Into a quarrel with Indians,
who resented their going there on in *■% ■
plorlng exprdtt lon. The government ha*
pushed It, Investigation Into the < r!m<-
with great energy, and the mult la the
arrest of Col. Vega. who yesterday un
*uf"Mufulljr tried to cut bis throat. A
partial confeaaion ha* been secured from
the mayor of the town of Topoalllo and
several Indiana.
<«» Ki|ili),lon Hrrrli, n nulldlßK.
CHICAGO, May 2—A terrific explosion
at 4 p. m. today wrecked the third and
fourth floors of the Uale A Bempll drug
store, in the heart of the business district
here, and seriously injured three men.
Thp explosion waa due to escaping ga»
Every window in the buildlnir was shat
tered and many persons were hit by fall
ing «lass. A fire followed the explosion,
feui it was quickly extinguished.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
lID II
u is lie.
It May Reach Three Hun
dred or More.
SOME OF THE INCIDENTS.
Friends Found Locked in Each
Others' Arms.
A Very I nrsf off the Killed
Men Were Married and Wad Fam
ilies and Nearly All of Them Wert
Natives off This t ountry or Wales
—The Fall Number Alain Will Jl«t
Be Known 1 atll All the Bodlea
Are Taken Out, as the Company'*
llooka Do Kot Show How M»njr
Were la the Mine—Heroic Work*
BALT LAKE, May 2.-Every house In
the little town of fccofleld is a house of
mourning. The awful scene of yester
day had passed away when the day
dawned this morning, and tha awful
calm of despair had taken Its place.
The agonised shrieks* of the widows and
the moans of the fatherless were no
longer heard. The stricken ones were
beyond all that and their grief could find
no utterance.
Hnndreda of Volunteer# at Work.
When the removal of the bodies from
the mine began yesterday, hundreds of
men volunteered their servlcea for tha
dpurpose. (These rescuer* came from
other mines and towns surrounding and
worked Incessantly to bring out the
burned and mangled remains of the dead
miners. The bodlea were taken to tha
company buildings as aoon as they were
brought out of tha mine, and were
there dressed and laid out preparatory
to the coroner's Inquest and for Identi
fication.
Faffd Many I>an«era.
Many of the roecuera cam# near loa
inn their Uvea from the fatal afterdamp,
but the work was continued In the face
of all dawrcr; and moet of the brave
fellowa remained at their poata until
they were almost ready to drop from
physical exhaustion and tha deadly ef
fect * of tho poisonous fumes.
First Mas Taken Oat Alt*#.
John Kirton waa the first man brought
to tha surface. He was still alive, but
presented a terrible ilsht. Ilia soaip
wax burned to a binder and hla faro
waa almost unrefofntMbl*. In hla hor
rible pain ha cried out to hla compan
lona, begging them to tnd hla misery by
taking hla life.
It was 2 :30 o'clock I hla morning when
Superintendent Bhnrp sent hla valiant
worker* to their bed*, and waa himself
the last to leave. Aa ha came down the
hill, attired In a rough miner's ault, hla
face blackened with coal duat and hla
eyea almost starting from their sockets,
hla every move told of th<» terrible or
deal he had gone through while working
with the rescuing party underground.
Nearly all the bodies ha found were
those of men personally known to him,
and his voice trembled «s ha described
what he had seen. Yet ha kept his
nerves and bad always a quiet word
of comfort for the affile tad. and wise
counsel for the foreae of workers.
line Hundred and Tlllrtf-Mffs Head
When active work erased at the mine
IJT7 dead had been recovered. Fifty of
these were laid In a row In the lit tla
meeting house of the laitter I>ay Halnts,
while other* wore stretched out In the
improvised morgue. Just as they we»e
found In the mine, awaiting the touch
of rough but loving hand* to con»p«»*e
their limbs, wash the dust from their
| faces nnd close their staring eyes.
Over :t«H) Were at Work.
I According to the cloSest estimate there
were about 10 men. all fold, craployed
j at the two 'mines, will* h are pra< th ally
one mine. About fifty of these wera
! working In what Is known as the No. 1
back level and raise, so far from tha eg-
I plosion that It had spent Its force be
fore tha shock could reach them, and
I they all got out. They beard the report*
| but did not grasp tha situation at once,
; one of th« men continuing to load a car
! after It occurred.
% »>w of the lracl«l*st*.
The terrible sweep that death has
i made may be illustrated by a few of tha
j Incidents that have so far developed,
i John Muir f one of the oldeei residents,
{ and a well-known miner, perlahnd almost
j side by side with his two sons aud hla
sou-In-law, O BJoroson.
Only tbo two widows are left as tha
broken r* mnar«ta of this family circle.
Of another family, eight perished. F.i#y
were Hubert Hunter, three sons and four
nephews. Of course each death w ** a
l«theilc. one, but tha very climax of * vi
nes* was reached in er*M»
John James was accompanied inside by
his boy. They were trying to escape to
\ the mouth of the tunnel when the deadly
damp overtook them and a moment later
they wera dead When found by tha reg
cuers the£r arms were tightly clasped
each other in an embrace that death could
not looeen.
Killed While l,«okisg for Kels.lves,
Will Clark, an employe of tha company,
working outside witn hundred* of otr>?rs
rushed to the mouth of the tunneL His
father and brother were both lns*de a .d,
i wild with grief, ha joined the first party
! of rescuers. When the word to enter was
given. he daahed recklessly ahead to c .ro
mance the search for hla dear ones, when
the lurking damp enveloped him as m a
winding sheet and he was dead before
, could reach him.
Three men were found by the rescuer*