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IHE paper with the marvel- THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC. T HE "super" is getting to he ously beautiful half tones." A correspondent's quite an important featujc of local theatricals. Read of reference to The Sunday Republic's Magazine. j him in next Sunday's Republic c . ,., r.T f ,n Sl' '""' "" Cent. I M? I (IIS ( Outside .. I.niils. Two Cent 1 --V-" I !.. I rains. Three Cents. V NIXETY-SECOND YEAR. ST. LOriS. MO., THURSDAY, MAKCI. 2.). V.M). SENATE REBUKES SECRETARY ROOT. FORGED INTO LINE BY PARTY WHIP. SAYS McKINLEY IGNORED AN APPEAL FOR MEDIATION. I. X s f if ''" J hwr,t --- -.. i IM;., poclarc Void TIU IVijiiii. An- Fit-i- Tr.ido Itipuidiin Sfiialoii Cons.'iu in an Karlv Vil on 1'iiiMto Ki.-an Mill. America Asked to Befriend the Boers a Month Before the War. thorizin; Dredging for old at rape Xoiin iirpi v. .r. i2X A'fj-Tr A., y r-ss X V2?7y(ffltirv f, r' K : K k r HIS ACT A VIOLATION OF LAW. I-nn.I and Sho.il Walei. of lli'luuij: -e.i Dfolan'd ipon to Iplor.i- tioii for (Jold 1 Aiiifii can ''itirii-. r.nri n.ir crEiiu W .shirstnn. March -s-Th S r.ate 'lit evening r liukcd the Acntat of War lor Ins ac lion in issuing perm. Is to :redge for poll in tlio gold-bearing sands in anl around s'apc Nome. Alaski. All such permits w re 'cenouill .1 .U.J. mi i it .1- me- ..-iia.e- .. s concerned the I ermits her. tofore issued were null.ticd and revokes, up J their i--u-arre in the future prohibited The discus sion in the Senate to-d i was a contmua tion of the debate j.M.nlai the sirlcfir. s upon favotitism of tlio War Department lc lpg brought promiuemlv to n iluo bv S. t .1 tor Jencs of Arkinsas and def. nd"d n i hilf-hcirlcd fi'-hion 1 Senators Caricri-nd Wolcott Senitor Jon.s discussed the rc n-Ie p'r mts that had been gn-ite.l with great d -tail, and pninte-el out how impossible it was for tbe-e permits to lie i-su, J under th it provision .f th law governing the con rol of na rjWc stream and waters of the Vmtfd States He ihirgci that the issu ance of these permits, prov e-d a desire on the pirt of the dcpartnviit to plav fav.:- Ites" and permit rertam favored mdividuils j to pet in m the ground floor" with "ieir dredge., to the great detriment of Ame-u in miner' who hil cone to tint porn in f ff Alaska un ! r th belief thit the Fiit-l -..A, ...in..... 1n.- .....1.1 n..... ..! - C-.fl.- lil.l.lll,. 1 ; t1UJ I.-. ,11111 1 srne to iliem all ri;ht the tccur.d .w jroS'"tor- .imis-d in the work of lotitin.; mineral Ian i- nif-e permit-. Mr. Jones paid interfered with the richts of American miners and were in violation of eitrj lm maeted li Corpres on the subject. He jntinted out that the t-eerct.iry of War had poi'e out -r his wav to insuo th-e permit- In no t nse of the word rould tln-i mininp le c ristn.Ml as an interferenc. with the lgable waters of th- United State" It apiiarentli. part of a jiHn to pie cer- ,'fr-ons the odiantati of a d.part- ment fermit. so that the mipht -sean-h for pold under a Goieriiment permit in terrilori forbidden to tho.- mmer n he did not possess sueh a jx rmii. Affioii Ileiiiiiiiife.l. This action waa denounce.! as a iolation cf not oni the letter, but the spirit of the law, which was nev.r intended to coxer such a iase as was presented by the con ditions tvi'tins at Cape Nome This was denounced bj Stmlor Jones as not onlj an outrapeous but a plain usurpation of 2uthont The administration wai defemied from the charse of willful cijsic" of tlie law by Senators Carter and Wolcoit, altnoupti Jt was eiont both these Seuitors lielieied the department had crronouI inter prtted the law and made an application of it to the Oue Nome situation. -senator "artcr contended that the condi tions at C.pe Nome and aIon,r the coasi were inuiue Thtj wfre not in coutctnpla. tion at the time certain laws were enacted, for the repul itions of persono who dr sired to cieaiatc under the shoal waters of tha fcea. I nder no circumstances could 'he c'.redsins for sold in the Cape Nome waters be construed a." an obstruction to naviira tion and the , rmits prantod. Jlr e arter Id, l)u.l Uen prant.d solelj to rt lieve the rcdseri, from ihe posibilit of iolatioi of the laws now on the s-atute books and rot with any inttniion of snowlnc favont icm to aiy person, persons or corporation In tbc mam. Jlr W'alcoti asreed Willi the conclusions. r ach(d b Jlr Carter He offered an amendment to the Al isk in cod. hill, placin-j the whole matter under the juri-wilrtlon of the Secretary of the Interior and llmltinp the juri-diction of the r- tary of War to the mere matter of policing IheTerritorj Lnrtcr h Amcu.liiirnt IkhcI. Tliis was oted down to-da and Mr Carter's amendment was apro-d to, whnh is in accord with all the pnaiitKe minim? laws of the L'nlted States. This amendment provides that all land and shoal wate-r I . low mean hiph tide on the shores of Hcl.r inp Sea shall be Miliject to exploration for Cold, etc.. hy citiK ns of the United States or persons who ha,c declared their 'nten tJpn to become such, under such reasonable rules and repul ition as the tnine-rs. in tr panizinp mining districts ma hue here tofore made or maj hereafter make po crcinp the temporar. possession Iereof for exploration and mining purpce-cs until otherwise provided bj law. One of the most signiti' ant cl iuses In the amenoment. and Ihe one that rcbuk-s Sec ictarj Itoot. reads as follows. "And ail iKrmlls her. lofore granted au thorizing an pep-on or .Mr-ons, .orptri t ion or company to excavate or mine under sny of said waters are hereby revoke! and declared null and void " This amendement was agreed to without the formallt of a ca and n iv vote. It now bicomes a part of tho code of laws for lasK.i, and will probably pass both houses (.ongr.ss in time to control affairs in AU"sVa before the work of mining for k)M on tin's beach begins in June. The moral effect of the adoption of the Carter amendment will cill a halt upon the issuance of further permits by the War De partment, and to Mr. Carter, rhicfiv be longs the credit of righting wrongs th it have leer perpetrated, and protecting the future rights of American citizens who will "k for gold upon the cold snd liarrcu shores of Cape Nome In far off Alaska. ROYAL BETROTHAL. Crown I'rinoe of Japan to Wfd l'rinccss Sakado. Washington. March S. Minister Tack, at Toklo. has informed the State Department that onicial announcement has been made of the betrothal of his Imperial Hichne-. the Crown Prince, to Princess Sikado. The vrecWing probably will take place Curing rest lla. The future Empress belongs to the an cient and historically famous Fi.jin.ira lanlly, and was educated on modern lines jrL the Peeress School in Toltlo. USE PORTUGUESE TERRITORY. British Tioops May Thus Advance Into Jihodt'Sia. London. March 29 The Foreign Office, according to the Dally Chronicle, is ar ranging with Portugal for some thousands of British troops to be landed at I'elra and fent by the Rhodeslan Railroad from Mas l Kesso to Cmatall. A permanent ar rangement is understood to exit for the tfc of this route to transfer the Rhodesian police. The possibility of foreign protest is sug- I rated, by the Daily Chronicle. v taln DAVIS SUGGESTS A REMEDY. 7o Iinp.is,. Jiiiciiml I.'i'miuic- T.i t'l! limn and Toli.uio J'oinls ni lni(iiiiir-s of I'h-s fin Mi-asiiio. tKI'l PMC S-l'O I U Washington. Mar. h fis-Si ritwing per lonal ecnvietions for part e-onsidir.Uioiis iree-trade Kepubliean Seiuitor, have icld td lo the pies-sure of Ihe partv in magers ind eonsent.il to a vote In ing tak.n on the ".unitI and r mo.lt led I'm no Kiean bill 311 1 Uesday net This me ins ,(n adh r n e 1j the senate lo the pi in 0r maintaining a tariff wall jetwesn the I nit.sl Slat, s if.I Puerto ISlco, md the only possible is iie now from . great blunder r. sis upon the President, as he House is ininmitt'-d t.i t It. idea. Senitor Foraker had little dillii ultv to J obtaining unanimous e.insent for Iiing e time ftr a vote He was anxious to cloe he matter up tbL week, but as sevenil Ftnators desire iospt.ik It was tmall li -tided to Le-gin votiig on the new bill" and r-nding amendments at 4 oclo.k on Tties da nt.t The part manager-, who have canvassed the vliu iiion, are convinced tint jnlj th.se live Senators will vote against he tariff features of the bill. Davis, M i--o:i. Wdlint-toii. Pro-tor and Mmim. Th.-v expect the pissase of the lull m its pros, in shape bv a vot of 47 to I" 1 IS s T IM.VN. Washington. March - The Smate to Jiv aijr.ed lo vole on the Puerto IJh.j governmtnt and t.iMft bill Tuesda after noon at 4 o'clock. An important utterance va made liter in the d..j on the l.'II bv jir. ijavis e-f Muincsiita. who .idvoates" free tnide between the Tnilcd Slat, s and Puerto Rico His spn-.il v,,s cmar..tivelv brief, but his rtasonnis: w.is h1 . lo-. anl eogent ili.it he crowded into smii space an imminse- amount of well-digested iiifonnatioii ami c ireful thought His prii.cip..l proiiosittnn was that the monev to be raised bv t..xation should be r.us.l not b a .lutv . vi. d on Puerto Ri.Mii products but bv an i'lternai revenue- tax I vied on rum and the tobacco produced in the island Tin- sjst. m in his opinion. wouH bUer s,tl ,,e -.ple of the lsLitnl of Puerto Rich thin the proio-d tJiilt and would It just, .sjuilabK and constitu tional Mr Davis of Minuesoi.t is. oi.e of t'.e lea lerv of th- moveniiut against the nrop osition to uiipos,. a t,lrl upon Puerto Itlcan produeis "I am so .1. siroi.s of .n earlv vole upon this bill," siiJ Mr. Divi. "that I have thought it better lo address the Senate this a'ternoon much more briel! than I othtrwise would have done This will cause me to omit some discussion of eonsiinni..,,. al imcst'ons and many other matters, auxll- iar. anu collateral to the main subject." ItlnliiK 'I nlr of I'rotcxt. After tho elaborite argumen' of Mr. I;indsay. .Mr. DavK v.,d he did not think it was m-efssar fr ,,,, to ontr , n a ????.tltr,lion'1 "ici"ii of th. subj.st. While In deemed the .juestion virv imiiort ant. he regaid.d it as .ntir.i.v nunpartis.tn. and fell that it ought to be so considered His remarks, he s... w,jUld l dlrw.te.1 to the lions,. i,ii which had he. nine a part of the Smate me..suie n, -. , j i tll,, It e-iuld not le denied Um from the time the measure was reimrt. d to the H u-t until to-daj there bad Ih-i n a rising t d. of pn. Usi against ii and the protest h.,d cul minated in right-ous inhgnatiun It Ii ..) e-onie from every part of the coiintrv n,d from pi p'e in overv walk of Hf. . aMd it was based ufM.n the principle that Puerto Rico, In all the circumstan s. should have fr.e trjdo with the I nite.1 Silt.- 1'ih.n the question pres, ni. d he s id there was an linlnlie v.iriitv of ..pinion After t plaiuinc britflv an ame-idm nt he had of fered .arllcr in the dav ifr D.vis main-taine-l that a I lrifT csml 1 not ! levl.sl s l-tween I'uerto Iti. u and lh 1'mt.sl States although it was erfi- tlj cuint lent fur Congress t. provide for the construction of internal revrnu. tax. a on the island. I'lep for tin. t oiisilitiiloii. Vh do s-me insist tli.it th. re is no other w..v of solving the qti. sU,,,i pre sented, when a w .v is pn sc nted tint is un doubte.ll) constitution il" impur.si Mr Davis "Whj Ins.st up-m a larilf ii.n th pr.Miuets of th islands bv i bill u tilth is so ephem.nii as to e pite in u jcar and a dav " Vh. indeed, iiisim uj. n tin- pro visions of this mosur.. when ii would l; far liett r to let constitutioii el conditions . nnf inn." Mr Davis contended that the amendment he had proposed would go far to app. .is.s the s-lorm of protest and iudigiMtlun which had arisen and would satisfv th- i-upli of this country and the Pu-tro Rnans them selves. "If I Interpret tho signs of the tlinis in this eountrj." he sai I. ih.-i. is Int. iW -,. iMi-itiou to this bill among oi.r p. opl. . This will 1-j alia jed l.j Hi. aduplion of the ,rp-o-ltion in my amendment And as to t)i I'uerto Rieans, th- would le imt. s;iijs.iol lij the l.-vjing anl olleeiinn of internal revenue tixis on mm an I ml. . Th whole pn.j'et of lew lug a lailn" oil Puerto Itiian pniueis b. sid vvas s. if. .-neralive of objections- .l.j-i-iiops whih spring from evcrj iossi,le sour. . All sorts of arguments had been tirc.-d In support of th tariff. First, ii was chiritv, but that had In. n swept away b the p6s.sessjor, f the two million dollar appropriation bill Then It was "that bejond Puerto Rim lies the Philippine- " "As to that." said he. "I believe um suflicient unto the- dn then-of is the vl! nn.1 tho good thereof. The Philippines will present their problems In time 1 would net work an Injustice against the p. ..pie of I'uerto Rico to meet an uneert lin question as to something eNe " The mxt argument :idvance-i to support the tariff, ho said, was the protection the IZ rer cent would afford to ou- products md labor He ridiculed such a proposition as no protectionist would contend tint 1". .er cent of the Dlngitv rates n..ul.l affopl a !e quato protection for anv thing Adv.rtmg again to the Phihppin. s as a factor In the Puerto Rico problem. Mr Davis said, Ah tn the- Philippine-., "When we come to deal with the Philip pine ciuestlon we will take e-ire of that. Pu. rto Kn-.i is Hitle more than 7w miles, from our coast, the Philippine-, are vi The lslird or Puerto Rie . is uiti-rallv a part of North Annrican jurislelion the i'hillppin. s are a pirt of the dom iln of Asia. Again. Ihe product and people of the Philippines, when th time e-ome-s. the rights of American labor will be protected bv anv party that mav lw in power" Mr. Davis said it was inconsistent to ex tend our laws relating to the coastwise trade to the llind and not extend our t inff law . As to the feeling in the cou:itr upon the question, he -aii "I think I would lm as hrm ns anlod under a sudden, transltorv public mani festation of feeling, but when lint senti ment speaks to us week after week in .in stant swelling volume, we must take heed of It. This question is well understood bv the people Supporters of this bill cannot lav the flattering unction to their souls that the edllcrs of the great newspapers do not understand It quite as w.ll .c we do. The peonle understand it, too. and under stand it well. "They understand well. too. that upon elistilliHi spirits and tobacco there is no" an imposition of a mill of fixation bv this bill The subjects of taxation upon which we place heavy burdens go -cot free on the island of Puerto Rico "And what do they propose as an ex change for that kind of taxation" Whv the imposition of a tariff It Is so ea-v to pi ice a. fix upon these articles Hut I shall be surprised if the proposition to .let i-o does not meet the approval of Congress and the people. Whai are the people going to sav if this bill pnses" They will say: -Free rum and a tax on what the loner people At.. lo EiTO-XiLJ-TID'S -A.a?OT-.OC3-"3rr. Ambassador Paunccfotc "I'm sorry Mtcrum made such a bloomin' row." Secretary Hay '"So ham Hi." WEBSTER DAVIS MIST SEE McKINLEY BEFORE HE TALKS. He Saw Fighting All Over South Africa, and Fellow-Passen gers Say He Is Pro-Boer to the Core His Guarded Replies. t'h t:i j'. i r it 1 1 lis Tun.- la.!! tr e New York. Mar. Ii I-Willi v.rj apiai arc nf having iM'nefltcI bv- his va. utiou. which began prior . the e'liristmas holi davs. and himself nillnning that the long oi.ting and ") mil. s of -a trivel had .--tabli-hed his h.alth. Mr. Webt.-r Davis. Assistant Ses-retarv of the Interior, returned to-dav from tile se ne of war in South Africa During his siav In South Afiica Mr. Davis was the retipieut of exceptional courtsies fiom Inith side- On arrival at Delagoa R.iy. the private car of Pre!.! tit Kruprr was placed at his iispei:i! In this equipage ho travelul comfortably lt the front, alter i.ilng his respects to the Transvaal executive and to President Slcj.fi of the Orange Uri1 State. 11. was an lntcrcsteI spnetmor of nil the flghtii g from t ol nso to plon Ivp. n the Tupel i. and of the siege of Iilv smith Subsequently, he j..lms Oen. ral Cronje at Magersfont in. .mil from an eminence- in that ndghl"rho(el wiin sel the approach f the Itritish for- s iindi r Lord Rolx rt Iiter lill he enlere.1 the Rrltlsh lines and h id pie tsant i onv. rse with the ( ommand. r-m-Chief anil with !neral Klte-h. n r. r -turning after a dav's absence to rejoin the l.ion of South Africa "' He left for home on Febrtnrv 14. liking the Delag.n Ilav reute to Nap.es. and ar riving ill New lork this morning on the steamship Aller of the North ".. rnim I.lojd lane, from Genoa Manh ! At ejuariinli'i.. Mr Davis met his private secr.tar. Mr Frank J. Humm r f Washington, vvlio 1-ost.sl him on the latest developments in the jsilitleal world at home' and abroad. Tho twain dined at the Wallorf. and late in the day left for the Nation ii Cipital. strirtly Private -lam-nr-.. Although hrralded bv fellow jiassengera lis pro-lleer in I1I1 svmpithie. Mr. Davis was er guareltsl In discussing the lioer war and tils connection therewith He made It plain, however, that he had Ken charged with no mission either by his own Govern ment or the Pretoria authoritl--, and that from Hrst to last Ids Journcvinss had IV-cn strictly of a private iliararttr. He sought Infoimitlon rath.r than gave it. and one ol the Ilrst questions be akfi was feir a ns of the Herald-Republic corr-iind;it with tho Itoer arinv. Mr Thomas I' Millard. "When I left Pretorii." said he. ".Mr. Mil lard bail purrhaseel the ii-ual khaki outlit prcparatorv to going to the front. He was to join General Cronje at the Minlder River, a few dajs liter, and I have no doubt that he did so 1 have been Inlere-sted to kuow wnether he was captured with General Cronje s army at Pairdcberg. and fully ex pected to receive tidings of him on my ar rival at New Yolk "Mr Millard reached Pre torii just its I was alieiut t leave, and I was glad to be of rvlcc to him. as far as lav In my powci I arranged through Seretar) Reitz for the iu lerviw Willi l'rerjdcnt Kruger wh.cli Thu Republic published a few el.ij s ago. This int. rv lew I brought back with mo to Naples, mailing It theic, as requested, to the otlice of The II. rat.! In Paris." (Ulsewherc The Republic publishes a .lis patch from Mr .Millard, elated Pretoria. Wfdiusdav. March .. This is conclusive evidence that the correspondent was not capture! by the Itritish at Pant-del rg. e r that, if captur.-d. he was released and re-turre-el to the Transvaal Republic) Mr. Davis repudiated a numkr of Inter vhvvs In whieh heh.nl hen frcelv quoted by Im.lon newspapers. Ills attention wis called llrst lo this dispatch to the Lnndoi. Daily Mail from its corrcspemdcnl at Na ples "Mr. Davis said that he had been cspeclal Iv struck l the neglect r the Bngilsh in regard to the b.irlal of their dead. They hardly,' he declare-il, Mig any graves at all, but are hiding the corpses under a few shovelfuls of earth, from which are con stantly seen emerging a fevnt. hand or head When the heat or rain comes, corpses of fer an atrocious picture ' " Another correspondent at the same plice attributed to Mr. IUvls a slatymcnt that intervention to end the war was out of the question, and that "now that they havu lieen disillusioned from the state of mind In which the Iloer.s were al the moment of mv elepartiir. and fiom what has hap pened! since. I iK-lleve that their resistance will not be persisted In much longer." Pure I'nbrie-alloii. These so-callesl irtcrviews,' " said the Assistant Secrclar. "are pure fabrications. I will not deny that I witnes-vd the battles of Spion Kop, a:id mado some observations, aor that I tuok photographs of tho eceaa for tnv own personal amusement, hut until the Aller rca hed t.uarantiuc this morning and voti eiine :ilK,.Td I have not talki'd with i news-pap r m in since I left Mr. Mil lard in Pretoria, and I have given out noth ing for piiblleation I saw ever thing worth seeing from the standpoint of a i-ctator. while In South Africa, but. In the v.rj. nature of thligs. my pesu.n Induced tl.e tilmo't .aulion. .md even now the- propri eties demand that I shill firt se-e the Pre-s-id nt before taking the public into my con lldence " Then jour call i.pon the President will 1 In a sense', otliiiiir w.es suggested. "In a unse. .." Mr. Davis repiieei. 'but not in the sene jou tne'in. It i cus-lomary for a public nfliel.il. after a lavo of ab sence to piy I.ls re3le-cf to his .hlef ml tlut is what I will do as a matter of .ourse l had no mission to South Afrri. however, ami mv vlit to that far-awav 1 ind men ly fulfilled a promise made leng ago to mv .1.1 friend. James G. Stovve. the I 'iltcd States ( oiisul General at Caps Town. Mr Stowe Is a Kansas City man and was associate! with me in business and polltlrs before anil afier my election as Major of tha: eitv He was sent to Cape Town at mv r-iuest. .md when he was leav ing the fnlt.sl States. I promised him that I would spend my next vacation In his btillwiek Afl.r the Ohio campiign of last jear I wa In a rundown condition, md ask.si for a 'cave of ntr-en".-. which the S'cretar) of the Interior grantesl. "Then, recalling my promise to Siotir. and wl-liiig aNo to see something .if Iho lighting In South Africa, I set out for Cai Town on December . going bv v.ij of Southampton Til re was no seeree-y about mv trip, and the tlieoo tint I h id a Gov eiuineiii mission Is merely a newspaper deduction." 11 r. line Is Hvaslve. ske-cl what he thought of the Rocrs. Mr Davis slid "I cannot ill-cuss the liners n a militant sense, but I will say that they arc a God fearing people and are not to be ranked as harlmrian" Prespbnt Kru,er I found tn be a vitv r markable man. I met President SPn of the Orange l"ree State and most eif the I to. r Generals, including Cronje and Joula-rt. of whose eleath I hive heard with ngret The-j were alt verj kind to me. and I have eirlv pleasant m-morlc of them I m.i) "ay tho same of J.oril Roberts and his ehlcf of staff. General Kitchener. In fact, everjwh.ri' I went I received only the most courteous treatment. 1 saw all tho bittles fought about I-il smith anil was on th fighting line a great ileal of tho time. Of what I saw and of my Impressions I can not speak at this time. IVrhaps In a few davs I miv have something to siy, but not now " "Are the Roe rs the Hnd o' people. Mr Davis," The Republic correspondent asked, "with whom we. In the light of our own traditions, can properly sj rr.pathlzc"' "That." he answer-!, "is a very comprc. heiuOve question, to answer which would leid me lo sav more than I care lo .it thii lime I cannot answer -our question " A quer concerning the Macrutn case elic ited a like reply, but Mr. Davis old say this much about the report that Ihe Hocrs would destrov Johannefburg rather than see the town fall Into the hands of the Rtitifh- "I elon t believo It. I think tho Roers are altove anv thing of that kind " llnil Real lew. Mr Frank I.inge, a tobacco merehant or New Vork. who resides at No. IS West One Hundred and Kightecnth stree-t, and who also was a pissenger on the Aller. talked rather freely of Mr. Divls"s impre sior.r as he had gatlicrd them on the voage from Genoa. "I found him to bo pro-Boer nil over," s-ld Mr I.inge. "He said to me that the Roers were In the right in this war. but that they could hardly be expected with a fi n-e le-ss than 40,0i) men to check a Rrlt Ish army of nearlv 3M,0y). I expressed sur prise at his estimate of the numerical strength cf the Roers, but he said his fig ures were right and that the Rocr forces had been greatly overestimated. We never had more than 5.00 or G,tXJ men in any one engagement, and more often than not. Ruller and Rolerts with their vat forces wire confronted by a Boer con tingent of le-s than 4.0. Mr. Davis cited several pathetic instances where he had seen father, son and grandson fighting side by side, with tho women of the family loading I heir rifles. He told me that In LEADING TOPICS -IN- TO-DAY'S REPUBLIC v i:tiikii hi i.i.iri iv For Ilis-aMiri lir in nt-siern: rain in e-iisterti portion Tlmrsdn- : eeild-r lei semllirnst portion: Friday fair; lleirt llerlv villi. Is. For Illinois Ruin eir sneivr 'Ilmrs eltl" ; ee.l.Ier in ttri'ltie fciiiitlii-rn por tion: Frldn fair: frcli nortlirrl tiln.l e. I'or rUmnn- t e.l.ler nml crnernl li fulr '1 linrnellt-: Frjeln- fnir; nitrfli erl vvln.Is. I'age 1. Davis Must s.e the President Refore Talking Foreid Into Ian. by Part Whip. Senate Re hukvs .secretar Root Savs Pr(-si!cnt Ignonsl Ror Ap'il. r. Reis she-llirg Maf-klng. Japan Prepares for War. 2 JmiU rt Dc.nl at Pretoria. Idaho Investigation -I. Tavlnr to Accept Court's Decision. R fused Th'm a Hearing lvv Henderson Kplalns the Rill. -. Rohan Reported Dead in Alik:i. More Ounce in Missouri Pacific. Railway New. WV.uher Report. C. Sporllng News. Ii-:ultsat Racs-Traiks. T. oting In Illinois. Fu'.eralof C. C. Maffllt. S. Kditori.il. SKirty Kvcnts. ?. Chlcigo Market CJuotatlons. Pn'sbv terian Heresy Chargrs. Saloon Party's Circular. Hermit Mav Re Kvlctml. II. New- Corporations. I.. Grain ami Produce. II. Flu. infill Ne-ws. II. Sldener'a Irftler to the Mayor. Plan to Consolidate Liverymen. Iiel Kneeling I !e fore His !!cI. Plans to Welcome Dewej. his opinion It would be a shime to ivermit this vvar to continue." On the way up the bay. Mr. Divis was akel if ho hail mule these- statements, lie rellerabsl his previous statement thit lm had not exprcs-cd his iicrson.il ievvs lo anyone for publication. The Assistant Secretary e.f the Interior brought baek with him manj ndlc of the war in addition to photographic views nf battle sernes His bagg.ge. consisting ef nine pieces md any number of Imlos and other unique, weapons usel by the Soiilh African sav.ig.-s. was passe) by the cils toms idlhers s a coiirtesj. as well as the right of a Government oP.It-l.il PROTEST TO TURKEY. Knnijio.in I'owi'r Object to In rrt'iiscil Iiiiitirt l)utii". Constantinople. March It The foreign embassies here have sent a collective role to the Gove-rnment declaring In positive terms that they will consent to no Ircreise In the Import elutles without a previous understanding l'Ing rtaeheel between the Powers and the Porte. The embassies also propose -0 protest against the stamp duties, already put In for.-e. without such an agree ment lieing made. MIF.RICY MIT IN IT. Washington, March . It is said at the State Department that the United States Minister at Constantlncple is not acting In concert with the Ministers of other Powers In seeking to prevent the Increase of th Turkish customs duties Although the Fnited Slates would proilt hy any ton, erted action which lemlesj to prevent such a handicap on trade as Is propose! through the Increase of customs duties, the subject Is one which our Government reganis as properly within the sole purview of the Kuropean Powers. The same statement ap plies to Ihe propose-! combined protest against the Turkish stamp duties. GOES TO MEET RHODES. Millinii.iiie P.ir on an Important Mission. SPECIAL. RY CARI.K. London. Thursday. March "5 (Copyright. 1 bv the New York Ileraid Compnnj,.) Much significance Is atta"het! In pollclcal and financial circles to the fact that Mr. A. Relt has started for Madeira to meet Mr. Cecil Rhoele. Mr. IMt is the Ie.idir of the South African millionaires, and It Is surmised that some big financial move is on the boards, and that all arrangements will b made by the two financiers during the voyasc from Madeira here. Macrum's Testimony Surprises and Disconcerts Republican Members of the Investigating Committee Former Consul Says the British Possess Ameri ca's Official Cipher Code, Ti. l:..'jl- i:mai. It'll t .kt IVnosjtiatua .we. V.'asliingt'ni. March J -Kormir Connl Ma. rum of Pretoria was In aril let-day by the House-Coiniiiitti-e on Fori-igit Affairs. Mr. Mcerum e-iliibite.1 p. the committee two env-lopes which hail been opened an'l llalue. bv th. lrill.h censor anil told of numerous instance-, where l-legi-am sent bj him a- nr.su! had leeii il. Ijyed r transinls-ion bad been refused by the cen sor. He- mad., the ixwitive statement that ho had evidence that the Rritl-h Government otllciaLi in Afri a vvr In itossession of the secret e-eble code ns.sl hv our State De partment, and gave as ..n instance of that fact that his resiu.-si fer a l-ave of nb- nee was published in a Natal paper Iie fore nis telegram had rtaelud W.isIilng lon Members of the committee tried to pn du c an admission from Macriini that his dispiteli in this e-.i-e Was in ordinary com iii. rcia! e.i.1. I ut he mamtain'sl thut it was the d-partnienf.s cipher of the commcr.-li! cede, which the chairman admitted was a se ret tnans f communication. l.tnlfI let Anterlen. Rut the mast signltlcant statement ma'le bv Ma rum and one vvhbh disturbed Chair man Hitt ami the R. -publicans . xeecdlnglv w is what he said about the efforts of Con sul General Slow.- lo ili'luf-e the State De part m nt t Inf rcede t prevent war. ma'i i full month before- the eiutbre.ik of hostil ities. On this point the testimonv wis interest ing anl e xpli. it. Mr. Mac rum -.mi In September last I met Colonel Sto.ve. Consul Genera! at Ca:e Town, b hii rc rrtiuet. He had tret the President of oiw of the- Republic. !'rediit Slejii of the Free State, and I know that lie hail asked Colonel Stowe to request a settlement of the diilie-uity then brcvlng llneen tho two Republics and Great Rritain " Chairman Hitt: "He asked Colonel fctovve to request of whom" Macrtim: "Of the President of the L'nilecl St iti-s "' The Chairmin: "Of an.vltody eDe?" Anwer: "No. sir " The Chairman: "What answer dri Colonel Stowe make?" Answer: "He said lc woilii oe verj- glad If sij. h a thing could ! done, and 1 have cnsen to liehevc lh.it the question was submitted to the authorities In this co--n-trv." Custion: "What answer was reeeivel?" Answer: "I vv.-s mformisl by Colonel Stowe that the answer from Washington was unfavorable" Grim UiiCMtloti. The Clnlrman Iverv gnv.-lj): "In a matter of lid sriousnes have jon any evidence to show that an unfavorable an swer was sent to Colonel Stowe"" Answer: 'The statement was made to me In writing bv Colonel Stowe. I have r.t ropy e.f his letter with me here, but may have- it in m cotre"siondenee at home." The Chairman- "Are ji.it sure, on so grave a eiuestion, of what Colonel Stowe stateel' That he hail submittev! this propo sition to Ids home Government and that an unfavorable unswi-r had been received from the Secretary of State 7" Ansvvi r. "I am quite positive. Colonel Sloive stateel that he had cables! the reque-st to Washington. If ne-ss.irv 1 think I .vn produce doemn. ntar evidenc in support of m statements em this jHilnt." Mr Macrum's replies t" these interrogi-torie-s eati-ed a very ellstinct se-ns.)lion In the conunllte e Mr. Dinsmire ask'it Mr Macrum to fit the elite of this interview. "When was it." he aske-d. 'thit Mr. Stowe was asked hv the President of the Free Stale to communi.-ate this proposition to the Slat- Department-"' Mr Macrum "It was more than a month. pr.il.aM six we-eks, before the outbreak if hostilities ' In answer to tho committee's request for n rcrt en this matter. Sc retnry Ilav sent tt the committee a conimuniiation from Cnul General Stowe. ronllrmlng Mr. Mac rum's words. The eommuulr ition states that Colonel Stone approach.-.! Itritish High Commissioner Mllr.er. iinoim-till,. ai.d that Milne-r dictated an unfavorable reply to Pre-sldnt St.jn's rcqusi. It el.ws not appear In Secretary Hav's rejvort to the committee that the Wash ington Government made anv attempt lo I ring about a settlement without hostllltl--?. nor eloes the Secretary indicate what reply he made to President Sleyn's request, it an reply was made. Miirrnin s. Testliniiny. There were nnny visitors In the e-ommit-t.c-reKtm when Chairman Hitt called the committee to order Mr. Macrum was nskil bv Chalrnnn Hitt to make such statement as he saw lit reganllng the opening of his mall by the Rrltish censor. In opening. Mr. Macrum re-called the statement lie had made some time ago to the Associated Pr.-ss. That statement, he said, practically cm. bodied all he rad to say. He explain-! that when he aski-d for a Iave of ah-en--- he dsires! to come home for private busin.-ss reasons, and also bec-aus. he desired to place before the Fnlteel Stites Government certain facts, which he deemed it essential should lx known here. He undcrstocve!. he said, that the British had possession nf our cable cipher. He ias not certain of this, but he hail since had information which convinced him that his suspicions were correct. He also desired information as to his course when the settlement came at the end nf the war. Further, he had a petition from some American rcsidenta In the Trans vaal, asking that the United States main tain absolute neutrality, which he vvantc! to present to the State Department. The petition he reid to the commttte-ee. It was signed by Gordon, the consular agent at Johannesburg. Ilnll Held n Moiilli. Asked us to when he was Ursl satisfied that his mail was heing tamper-si with, lie said that war was declare! October li He did not receive an mall between that date and the se-cond week In November. Ordinarily, he had a bo of mall every week. "Did ether people rtcelve mail during lint pent !" asked Mr. Williams ot Mi- Sssip "Not that 1 know- of." replied Mr. Ma crum. I'r.-ssert f.ir sp,s, ia, information as it if.w lie ,-ot ihe Intimation that the Rutlsn W.''r" "C "". "a'I 'I lav lug his mail he re plied that when his mail did not arrive hi tei..graphe. our 1 oiisul at l.nnio Mar quez i.-in. sting him ti. inquire of Cape town v.h it wa being dclave.l. ,. rh-. Consul i l,renzo Marqu'i rcpli 1 that be as., hid neeived no mill Mr .viae rum said the rielsv of his mall erentcl la .oiivietioii in his mini that the British .....ooriu.s were responsible Th first a -tuai e vide ii. e he had w.:, the re ' tip: of two .p..nCtl 1. 11. rs II.. itrntln.l .... ,n. tn.,A. e vhl. h. he said eontainest those "letter. On .s mini a prn ite e ittzep. addressed to tti li.i'.d Sfiti s f. n-sil at Pretorli and the ;tnir was to linn It name from Cjllsul Stowe at Cape Town. Ite-n.l t.eev ermiient s Code. Mr William Allien s.m.rli of Hi, 1., - . terngett.l the w.tness sharpl on th. r a "soiis for staling hr? belief that the Rr.tisn , autiioritiis had js.ss-s-i,,,, of the btate De ; Isirtment s ipher Air. M.I mm s.il.l K. n.tl.l nne e1-M .u,. i fa't from actual km-.vleslge, but'ther ere ..wii jae-is vvnien eonvtn. t.I him that su. was the ease He , xpl Uiud that on Nov la 'r S h had i-ahled the State Depirtmtn' In cipher askirg for a 1-av. of absen e That message In -.one through Durhai. The. nxt div. November T. he said, he hid leen inforuie.1 a ri..wsirtp-r at Durtv.ia printed the fact that he had asked tor l-ave of absence -.Mr--;"R,'"n "as J-owftHUng to Interr.igat. air. Macrum as to th., h-n,... ,,. .. Ie used bv him in this rii-pateh. espe I etallj as to whether he had used what w s known as ti siat.r code a common coK lurchasable anv where. Mr. Hitt thought it , Improper to ton. h the matter of the cod s ....,.o,-t.. u- ,,. e.overrment. but It was finally agre.-d that no h.inu could come t.Hl'e wasus'. ."' J ''S W nhets,t,r the aIa"- Tfc,e ','iz ' ;iil Mr. Macrum. w.n sent in the Mate Department cipher of the Slater cede "And von claim the substance of that dis patch w is made public?" asked .Mr. Smith. I do "Wh. r "In Natal" -Was tt .in nec-irate p jbHcalion"" 1 l not know " ton. J.Vlrn'm,,v-"lI " npt,r ""n the publication He had onlv bee,, informe I that the fact thu he hid asked leave o' absence ha I ben printed He alllrmed that in. o-ie knew of this f.,et sitve himself At this point Mr Howard of Genrci 1 interpos.d to question Ihe utilitv of Mr Mierum "Ii lo k- :n me. said he. "like an e ffort to con e... t a ser.s-,tion out of nothing." Rut the committee d-.-i.ieil t. proceedin I tn re-plv to some questions from Mr Bur'e-!""'-.. f JI;crun atei that he had been granted a leave of absence by Secretary Hay on November 13. ' llrlll-.li Il.-ld lu, llrssnge. ..lte reael to the committee a message from the cable company sayini. a cipher cabl sent by him to the See-retarv- of State No vember II had been held up bv- the militarv .ensjr until December 3. Askeel if other t onsiiLs had suffer. d anv inconvenience In the nntter of communi-Mtlng with their home Government. Mr- Macrum said that they had The Belgian and German Consul lotli told him that no cipher telegrams were allowed to go through. "Did vou report to the State Depirtmert that -our mail hid been openedr asked Mr. Berry of Kentucky. "I did not." "Did you mention it upon our arrival In Washington" "I .lid not." "W hy' "I would prefer not to answer that ques tion This reply raised a gecera! laugh In the committee-room Mr Adams of Pennsvlvanla tiien proceed ed to cross-question Mr Macrum rather se vere Iv upon the duty of a Consul to remain at his po.-t eluring corrplicatinns llclvlnley erj I'ro-llrlllsb. Mr Macrum describes an alleged meeting between President Stevn of the ejrange Free State and Consul stowe of Cape Town, at nhleh he was present, in which he iiil Sten was verv anxious that Stowe should do something to settle the diniculty which was brewing. He said that President Stevn suggested an appeal to th- President of the Fnited States and that Mr. Stowe had re plied that he would be glad if some such thing could lee done ' "And I have re i-on to helievp thit th question was ssibmittcd to the Iresident of the Fnited states." idded Mr. Macrum. "and that he returned ai unfavorable re pli " "What mike's vou say that?" inquired Mr. "I was tol.l so hv Colonel Stowe" "Was thit stat. ment in writing" "II was " "Have vou the letter" "N. it is in the hies of tho I'reton.i con sul He-" fler further questioning Jlr Macrum sab! he might have a copy eif the letter, he ce.uld not say jeisuitelv Subsequently h sal.! he thought he could produee it in a sdiort lime Ilav Wus "Out tn Haeruiu. Mr. Macriini went evr thtt ex. hinge of telegrams with the Stele Department rel i tive to his leave, hut as these were in tht cipher of the department, the i-ommit'- ill 1 not .til for ihm. He stated that his reason for not making a report to the Stat Depirtment on the condition, in Son'h Afri a was thit when he e-allee! on s-sls-tant Seeretarv Hill, he said to Mr. II'! tint h uuderstoest that he had been r -lieved. Mr Hill respond..! thit this was true I -eler such circumstances. Mr Mat run sali. he hail no report to make to the depart ment. He endeavor. I. however lo see th Secretary of State, but was told that Mr Hay was out sriTclnrj Hay's ISrpeirt. After hearing Mr. .Mae-rum. the committ" went Into executive resslon Chairman Hut presented i Utter from Sec'relary Hay. giv ing in del ill the elepartmt nt's view of the subject, and this was subsequently ma le Iiillt. The e-ommittn took no action as ?- making i report, and it was stated bv mem lers that there was nothing to Ik? done It -jon.l taking the testitnonv. S. cretar Hay's letter, giving the olhciit view of the case. Is ,13 follows: -Washington. M.tnh -14. I3X IInnra! i: It. Hut. hairman Committee on For eign Affairs 1 1011-. of Represent itive.: Sir In response to jour inquiries of this morn ing I have the honor let report that up lo t'lls date Mr. Mae-rum. I tt. Consul of the 1 nile.l Stales at ITeteria. lias mado no rep resentations to this department in regard tit tl.e ..pening of his mill lij the British au thorities "Although without anv- Information ex e. Pt the allegations of Mr Maerum. to 1 wlil.ii a reference wis mule In a rr-solu- ...... ..e.i... tin... .. .r .... --........ .t-'.e . ....- j..ii-..- eee ..ejneseiil. Hive's. mUK- irg eerlaln In.iulrles of this elep.irtment I mentioned the matter to the British Amhas sielor. who matle inquiry in regard to It of the British Government ami was Informed In return that the British Government was. not aware of nnj such Incident having tak en place, but If an) thing of the sort had oc curred It was t-ontrary to the Instructions of that Government Consular Letters Opened. "I rec-civeei no further Inform ition in re gard to the matter until the "1st of this month, when this Government was In formed by a message from Mr. J. C Stowe Consul General of the United states at Cape Town, that" " Two letters from this consulate, one to I retorl.i and one to Lorenzo Marquez. were opejied bv the censor at Durban. Vp on notice of this. 1 called upon the High t ommlss.oner. who w ired Durban, ami a '.''-i"0!0.1?' "'iw-'-cy returned. .. rrn,1' ' all the inform ition possesse.1 bv this department in regard to the incident o.'JV1", "1" l? "'' allegation, as to our Consuls In South Africa, having lte.cn apiproachcd with suggestions of mediation Continued on Page Ttreo