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WASHINaTOiN, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1900.
Price One Cent.
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00H PAUL IN PRETORIA
He Reinrns to the Boer Capital Sat
isfied With the Siluatiou.
Ivrusrer and Ste n Protest to Neutral
Power .Asrnlnxt the Alleired Hui
jtloj 111 cut t Ivnfltr Troop b the
KiiRlisli in the Mnfeklnc: Garrison
and " Itli the Kclletlnir Column.
Hotiertn' tihnnci' Line in u Sharp
Utriiiihh at Poplar Grov c Brabant
Kntrrn JumeMovt n "Without Oppo
sition U-itihli forces Vlv audits;
'lonnrtl the IllKfirarxberfi: Jtnusrc.
PRETORIA, March 10. via Lourenco
Marques, March 10, 11 a m President
''Kroger has returned from his visit to the
fighting lines in the Orange Tree State
and Natal. He expresses himseir as sat
isfied with the general situation There
was a sharp skirmish jesterday at Poplar
Groe with Lord Roberts' advance lines
President Kruger, of the Transaal, and
President Stejn, of the Orange Free Stat,
hae made a protest to the representatives
here of neutral powers against the eni
plojnient of Kaflir troops b Colonel Da-don-Powell,
the commander at Maf eking,
and Colonel Plumer, -who is trjlng to re
lieve the Mafeking garrison, and who has
had seeral engagements with the burgh
ers in the icinltj of Gabeiones, on the
western border of the Transaal.
So far as general news is concerned,
there is nothing startling The greatest
good order prevails m Jobannesbuig and
Pretoria
LONDON. March 10 General Brabant's
column entered Jamestown, Cape Colony,
jesterdaj, without opposition General
Kitchentr. according to a newspaper des
patch, was at Kimberlej on Fndaj Ad
ditional troops, including the remainder
of the Canadians left Cape Town for the
front jesterdaj.
A(hnnce of the British.
According to Boer reports 12 000 British
troops are advancing along the Help
wakaar Road and threatening the Doer po.
Mtions m the Biggarsberg range.
The correspondent of the "Times," at
Lorenco Marques sends the following
despatch "There is something mjsterious
teout Commandant General Joubert's quit
ting the field for the "VNar Office at Pre
toria. The mo'-t probable explanation is
thai he has either lost control oer the
bwghers or no longer has confidence in
tbom It is possible, however, that his
arrival in Pretoria is in somewaj connect
ed with the preparations for a siege which
are suppobed to be in progress All male
Europeans in Johannesburg have been
commandeered for police serv ice "
The "War Office has issed a list of cas
ualties at Poplar Groe on Thursdaj Two
men were killed, thirtj -eight were w carri
ed, and one is missing
A despatch from Palmietfontein, Cape
Colonj, dated jesterdaj, sjs "The reb
els in the Lad Grej district are fcurren
doring their rifles to the local field tornet.
He has alreadj recced fiftj-flve nfls
and S0.OO0 roundb of ammunition "
Plot f the Boer.
A despatch from the Louioneo Marques,
dnted March S savs "Johannesburg is
to be blown up Preparations are alreadj
bcng made b the Boers to uttcrlj destroj
the city aad the gold mines
"TbiB news comes from Pretoria It s
gonerailj credited here The report sajs
that high officials in the Transvaal capital
mtewlj avow that the British flag will ucer
ffc ever Johannesburg, and that before
British troops enter it, the citj will be
2041 to the ground
"Mines of tremendous power are now be
ing laid in variou parts of the citj Dj
namitc hi huge quantities is being planted
cverjwheie Before touching off the spark,
however, the British will be permitted to
get oer the right spot Electric wires hae
been run from the mines to the principal
forts and the touch of a button there can
Wow the cit into a mass of shapeless
ruins This will be done -when the Brit
ish arc far enough into the town.
"Dynamite is also being planted in the
gold mines and thej, too, will be destroj -o&.
The Boers believe that the British
desire to control the mines absolutelj was
the main cause of the war The Transaal
Government has forbidden the pumping
ont of several gold mines which had been
tieodod, especiallj the Simmer and Jack
Mine.
"K Boer commando has taken up a po
sition at Bloemhof with a Mew of inter
cepting anj British troops who might be
traveling bj railwaj toward Mafeking or
marching to Kleirksdorp "
"WARM: RECEPTION FOR WHITE.
Hi Address to the People at Pieter
mnritzhui K.
PIETERMARITZBURG, March 9 Wh'n
Gonoral White, the commander at Ladj
?inh, reached here todaj, he was enthu
Masticallj recehed In response to the
cheers of the people and the official re
ception, he said he was unable to denj
himself the honor of recening the corpo
ration's, address, although he was suffering
from feer, and his temperature was 102.
He thanked the people for their cour
toaj, and paid a high tribute to the Natal
volunteers Among other things, he said
that he belied the fall of Ladj smith
would bae been the signal for a general
uprising of the Colonial Dutch.
IMPRESSIONS OF THE BOERS.
A CorrcKiionilent aj Tbe reerj
CIeer in AVn r.
LONDON, March 10 A. G. Hales, the
"Dailj News" correspondent, who fell into
the hands of the Boers, Februarj 7. and
was ireleascd a few dajs ago at Bloem
fontein, telegraphs tome inside Impress ons
of Jhe Boers
He tars ' thej are clever as ca s in their
lough mountain countrj and nearlv as ac
tie, dasbmg from point to point with
marvelous rapidltj; equal! j at home on
foot or in the saddle, necr bj anj chance
txposing themselves needlcsslj, but brae
nough when mere courage Is necoss.ry.
They watched our men moving toward
the.ni on the edt from behind bushes,
rockb, and loose earth, often allowing our
fcouts to get within a fen jards, and per
mitting thorn to ride away unmo'estcd."
Burned bj Curling; Tonsris.
HAGERSTOWN, Md , March 10. Miss
Magdalene Carroll, daughter ot George A.
Carroll, of Hancock, had her eje terribly
burned bj a curling iron, which her moth
er was using on her daughter's head. The
hot iron entered the eye just below the
pupil. The girl's father took her to a Bal
timore specialist, who said he could tae
the injured optic.
THE AMEER'S POSITION.
Aftjhnnlxtnn'n Unler Jsarw He
i
rrlcml of Great Britain.
LONDON. March 10 The Ameer of Af
ghanistan has authorized his agent in
London to publish the following statement
of the policy of Afghanistan toward Great
Britain and Russia. After sajing that he
has deoted much anxious thought to the
possibility of Russia taking adantage of
the Transaal war and adancing through
Afghanistan on India, he sajs:
"1 have come to the conclusion that Rus
sia feared Afghanistan, as a war with the
Afghans would mean a general rising ot
all Islam, which would spread through
Russian Asia. Russia had not troops
enough to combat such a rising. Her hold
on the Mussulman countries she has con
quered Is insecure. Thej hate her, and
with ten times her power Russia could not
fight Afghanistan and India succcssfullj.
The Afghans prefer death to slaverj, and
their women and children are being taken
bj the Russians."
After cajing that he is willing to send
numerous trcops to help Great Britain in
the Transvaal, but adding that the Af
ghans are unaccustomed to sea, the Ameer
savs: "But England's troubles are al
wajs mj troubles, her strength is mj
strength, and her weakness is my weak
ness England must remember that I am
alwajs readj to fight for her on land, here,
or in India "
FOB, THE ENGLISH WAR LOAN.
Manj Subscriptions BeiiiR- Received
b the American Aucnt.
XEW YORK, March 10. J. P. Morgan &.
Co , who have been authorized bj the Bans
of England to receive subsenptians in this
countrj for the new British war loan of
30.000.000, received a large number of
subscriptions this morning. A great manj
came bj mail, but not a few Investors made
their application in person. All informa
tion as to the names of applicants and the
amounts which have been received to date
was withheld this morning.
"All we can saj is," said Secretarj Ham
ilton, "that subscriptions are coming in
verj nicelj. With the news that subscrip
tions for the loan are being taken in this
country spread about there will undoubted
ly be an increase in applications It ccr
tainlj is a good investment. "We shall con.
tinue to obtain and forward subscriptions
until we are tuld to stop The decision to
accept American subscriptions was a verj
courteous action on the part of the Bank
of England, and was, I belitve, cntirelj
unprecedented."
CHEERS FOR TOLSTOY.
The Count Receives nil Ovation in a.
Moscow 1li.atre.
MOSCOW, March 10 For the first time
since his recent illness Count Leo Tol
to iisited the National Theatre here
last night, which is his favorite place of
amusement.
He appeared uncxpectedlj in one of the
boxes and when the audience recognized
him the plaj was interrupted bj a noisj
oation
TWO ENGINES WRECKED.
V Duublc-IIcnder Huns Into n Land
slide in a Cut.
PULASKI, Va , March 10 serious
wreck occurred on the Norfolk and
We t tern road two milts below this place
jestcrday afternoon at Jemisons Cut,
caused by a westbound double-header
running Into a tlidc Two engines were
torn up. and several coil cars badlj
Ubed up, one being completclj demolished
Freight tratel was delajed some hours,
but transfers were made of passengers,
mail and baggage and the delaj to them
was short. This cut is about half a mile
long and there are three cures in it
Just as the front engine turned the mid
dle curve it crashed into a rock weighing
about eight tohs, jumped the rail and,
plunging from side to side of the cut, ran
the length of both engines and four coal
cars and finallj plunged into one side of the
hank C. C Dungan. fireman on the front
engine, was dangerouslj hurt, but none of
the other members of the crew were in
jured ?t all The watchman had gone
through the cut about ten minutes before
and eerj thing looked perfectlj safe
PREVENTED A DISASTER.
V 'NeKro Boj ac a Train and Then
Huns Ail at .
NYACK, March 10 A colored boy,
who've name could not be karned, saed
a train Thursday night from certain de
struction on the Northern Railroad. After
the 5 13 p. m train had gone from Njack,
the lad discocrcd that tons of rock and
earth had fallen on the track near
Sparkill, at a cure where the track runs
along a ledge At this place is a sheer
drop of scentj-fie feet.
The boj ran to Sparkill Station. He was
just in time to stop Conductor Currj b
train. Engineer Norton, which was pulling
out with seea cars crowded with Njack
commuters This done, the boj clipped
aw?j and his identitj was not discovered.
Traffic was delajed for seeral hours.
STOPPED A HANGING.
Montana's Acting (luvcrnor Tclc
lilioneK a Mil of Execution.
HELENA, Mon , March 10 ror the first
time a hanging has been stopped bj tele
phone bj executive authontj. Lieutenant
Goernor Spriggs, fearing the train bear
ing him to Helena would arrive too lato
for him to transmit to the sheriff at Butte
a respite for Joseph Shafer, an innocent
man. sentenced to be hanged there,
telephoned the Butto officials his intention,
and when he arrived at Helena he .ifllxed
his signature to the nccessarj pvers.
Governor Smith is out of the State., and
Lieutenant Governor Spriggs is acting In
his place.
ratall Scnlded in Brine.
UPLAND, Pa, March 10. Three-j ear
old Alberta Law, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Charles Law, a baker, was scalded to
death Thursday. The father, who was en
gaged in the baker house making pretzels,
did not see the child enter and he had just
taken a kettle of scalding salty water from
the furnace for the purpose of dipping pret
zels into it when the little girl stumbled
and fell Into the kettle head first and was
terribly scalded She lingered in great
agonj and died last evening.
Voice Restored by I"rtj;ht.
CANONSBURG, Pa., March 10. Some
years ago Mrs Annie Mathers, living near
here, became ill. When she recovered her
voice was gone and she could speak onlj
in a whisper. This continued until a few
days ago, when, upon entering her kitchen,
she noticed a mouse running across the
floor. Involuntarily she tried to scream,
and, to her astonishment, found that she
had recovered her voice. Since the inci
dent she has been able to talk in her nat
ural voice.
ThrouKb Parlor Car to Atlantic Citj
via Pennnj I'vnnln Ilatlroad.
BfEinmns Marrh 13, through Tnllman miffct
Parlor Car will be operated to Atlantic Citv,
leaving Wnelnnpton on. 12:15 p in train dailv ex
cept Sunday, arriving Atlantic City 5:20 p". m
Returning, commencing March 10, leave Atlantic
Citj 10.M a. m , arrive Washington 3,0 p. m.
STOPPED BY THE GUARDS
Soldiers Prevent the Arrest of Goe
bcl's Alleged Assassins.
Several Leaders of the Kentucky Re
publicans, Clinrs;ert With Complic
ity in the Murder, Hiding In the
State House, Guarded bj the 1'nurp
cr' Truopn-Sheriff Barred Out bj
BajonctM Mnn Sensational Dis
closures Promised H ev itnesses
of the Deed and Confessiona of
Thoise Implicated In the Plot 'I he
Storj ot a. Deliberate Conference.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, March 10 At 10
o'clock todaj Secretary ot State Powers,
Capt. John Davis, former Secretarj' of
State Finlej, and John L Powers, again Jt
whom warrants are out charging complicity
in the murder of William Goebel, had not
been arrested. The officers have been una
ble to find them. Other arrests will be at
tempted tonfoirow, so the Goebel attornejs
claim Those in charge of the murder
cases claim thej will prove that the five
men, against whom warrants were swoin
out, were among those who planned to
bring and did bring the armed mob to
Frankfort; that the mob was brought there
after deliberate conferences with a view of
hiding in numbers the person or persons
who were to assassinate Goebel. They
claim to have certain information and to
have the confessions of those who were
present. Several witnesses will give
State's evidence and receive immunltj to
punishment for their criminal knovvlcdgo,
they sav.
Berrj Howard, of Bell countj who is at
the head of the How aid faction, was in
Frankfort this afternoon and had a confer
ence lasting an" hour with Col. T C Camp
bell, of Goebel's attornejs
It is said that he made sensational dis
closures. He has several witnesses v ho
will swear that Howard was standing in
thf Executive Building with a rifle in his
hand v. hen the shooting occurred, -nd he
is supposed to have some information on
the subject.
After 3 o'clocl this morning half a dozen
officers vent to Captain Davis' houce, op
posite the Executive Building, and search
ed it. The joung man who came to the
door said that Davib and Secretarj of State
Powers had left the houce earlj in the
evening Powers' room was found disar
ranged, end it appeared that he had gone
to bed and later had gotten up The offi
cers then went to the Executive Building
Thej were met at the side gate bj a sol
dier who stopped them at the point of a
bajonet. The corporal of the guard tame
down to the gate Two soldiers with fixed
bajenets kept back the officers while Cap
tain Cochran said-
"I have been ordered not to admit anj
one" "Do jou refuse to let civil officers
enter when thej hive a warrant charging
a felonj '" asked one of the officers "Mj
orders are to admit no one," said Cap
tain Cochran The officers walked awaj
Several of the men were at the gate earlj
this morning to prevent the escape of the
men
The lines of soldiers guarding the State
House, were drawn In closer at dawn this
morning A strong guird was pliced at
each door leading into the Executive Build
ing where it is supposed are confined Sec
retarj of State Powers and Captain John
Davis, against whom have been issued
warrants charging them to be accessorj
to the murder of William Goebel No one
is admitted to this building without
passes and police officers will not be ad
mitted to the State House The arresting
officers are expected to arrive here this
morning, having in custodj former Secre
tarj of State Charles Francis Powers
Mrs Coulton. wife of the Clerk of the
Vuditor's Office W. H Coulton, arrived
last night, and was at the jail this morn
ing to see her husband.
Sheriff Suter, of Franklin countj, repre
senting the civil authorities, demanded
admittance to the Legislative Building at
12 o'clock noon, and was refused admit
tance by two soldiers with crossed bajo
nets. They informed him that Taj lor had
issued orders to admit no one to the build
ing. The State House, where the Senate and
House meets, is not guarded and is open
to the public It is believed that Secretarj
of State Powers and Captain Davis, both
wanted as accessories to Goebel's murder,
are concealed in the Legislative Building
The Republicans refuse to surrender them
as thej claim that the Goebelite scheme is
to throw all the accused men Into jail and
refuse them trial or bail, as in the case of
"Whittaker, who was without trial foi two
months.
THREATS OF A MOB.
Conlton' Friends Sa Ther
AMII
Stornt the Jail.
FRANKrORT, Ky , March 10 The ar
rest here last night of Auditor's Clerk
Coulton, charged with being an acce3sorj
to the murder of William Goebel, has rais
ed a storm of indignation among Republi
cans It is freelj predicted that a mob
will come from Coulton's home in Jackson
county and rescue him from jail. The lo
cal authorities believe that there "will be no
trouble.
Friends of the accused man say they
will not submit to the acts of the Demo
crats, although done under the law. It is
predicted that an armj of mountaineers
will be here before the middle or next
week and will offer battle to those who are
trjing to convict their friends
THE DEMOCRATS WIN.
JndKe Field Suntnlnn the Action of
Kentucky's Legislature.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. March 10 Judge
Field handed down hTs opinion this morn
ing in, the agreed Beckham-Tajlor guber
natorial case, deciding for the Democrats
He holds that the courts cannot go into
the case, as the Constitution vests the
power in the Legislature to decide these
contests, and evea If fraud and conspiracy
are shown he has not the right to go into
the matter.
f or folic A "Washington Steamboat Co.
Delightful trips dally at C 30 p m. to Old Point
Comfort Newport .News, KclolL, and virjmii
Beach For schedul see pajfe 7.
$1.23 to Baltimore and Return via
B. , O. Saturday and Sundaj,
March 10 and 11, good for return until foAoning
Mondav. Tickets gocd n all trains tfceept Hoval
Limited. "3
THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE.
Appropriation Hill Pnsncd by
the
Senate Aficr Debate.
In the Senate today the Diplomatic
and Consular Appropriation bill was
taken up As parsed by the House it
appropriated $1,743,708. As reported by
the Senate Committee on Appropri
ations, tho amount is increased to
$1,763,768 For the fiscal year 1891, tho
appropriation was $1,710,815, and for the
current fiscal jear ?1,71I,533 the annual
increases for the last ten years being Aery
small
Among the changes made in the Senate
bill are these:
Increasing salaries of minister to the
Netherlands from J7,G00 to $10,000.
Reducing salary of secretary of legation
to Guatemala and Honduras from $2,000 to
$l,S0O.
Making salary of Consul General at Ot
tawa $4,000, of Co loul General at Guate
mala, $2,000, at Diwson City, $3,300; at
San Juan del Norte. Nicaragua, $3,000; at
Barbados?, Rotterd. m and Bierat. $2,500;
at London, Canadp. Genoa, Milan", and
Berne. $2,000.
These amendmen'3 were offered in the
Senate and adopted
Making salarj of Minister to Siam $7,300
(instead of $,",000), providing a third sec
retarj of embassj for Mexico
Mr Hoar offered an amendment appro
priating $20,000 for Liliuckalani, former
Queen of the Hawaiian Inlands, and $10,
000 annuallj during her natural life In
full satisfaction and extinguishment of her
claims against the United States or tnc
late Republic of Hawaii
Being aked to state his reasons for of
fering the amendment, Sir. Hoar said the
former Queen had propertj in her own
right in the Crown lands of Hawaii, which
she had been deprived of and that it had
been proposed in the treaty made with the
Hawaiian Republic under the Harrison Ad.
ministration to allow her $20,000 a year for
life.
Mr Piatt of Connecticut moved
to strlke out the part of the
amendment admitting the claims of
the former Queen He was willing to vote
the monev as a donation, and to put &t on
the ground of charity.
Mr Tillrran said tnat if there was any
obligation it was on the part of Ha.vali
and not of the UniWd States.
Mr Gallinger characterized the amend
ment as "the crudest possible kind of leg
islation. It was utteilj unjustifiable with
no reason for it in law or good sense '
Mr. Lodge defended the amendment as
implj an act of grace
Mr Hoar modified his amendment in ac
cordance with Mr Piatt's view with
drawing the clause as to a claim
Mr Thurston said he was willing to vote
a reasonable sum directlv but not to put
the former queen on the pension roll of the
L'nlted States
Mr Cockrell ail he was oppesed to the
amendment, modified or unmodified It
would be a dangerous precedent at this
particular time when there were so man I
(letnronea ruiers in tne racmc isianus v. no
would want to be pensioned It would be
a fine handomc roll with the Queen of
Hawaii at $10 WO. tho Queen of the Sulu
Islands at $7,"00. and the queens of other
Hands at reduced rates, coming down
finallj to the widows of Presidents of the
United States at $5 WO
"And Aguinildo's widow," Mr Morgan
suggested in a low ye
As a matter of c. '-e ' Mr Cockn.II
chimed in ' tho widow of Agulnaldo will
come in I am opposed to pensioning anj
kings or queens who ma be overthrown "
Mr Hoar remarked that wherever a
monarchical government was overthrown
and the ruler deprived of his income from
the crown propertj, provision was alwajs
made for him.
After further discussion the amendment
w?s. on motion of Mr Carter laid on the
table with the suggestion that it would
he more in place in the Sundrj Civil Ap
propriation bill
Tht Diplomatic and Consular bill was
then passed
Mr Cockrell withdrew his objection to
the resolution authorizing the Co-nmittce
on the Relations with Cuba or anv sub
committee thereof, to visit the island, and
the resolution was agreed to
Mr Thurston presented reso'utions on
the death of the lite Monroe L Haj-vard,
Senator-elect from the State of Nebraska,
one of them being that "the business of
the Senate be now suspended to enab'e
thoce who would have been his associates,
had he lived to take his seat, to pt fitting
tnbute to his high character and distin
guished worth "
Senators Thurston. Spooner, Fairbanks,
and Allen spoke As a further mark of
respect, the Senate adjourned until Mon
daj at 10 a. m , the first two hours of
Mondav s session to be for the reading cf
the Alaska bill
THE B. & O. BILL.
o Report on the Plan to bnllsli
Grade Crossing;.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bill was
not reported to the Senate Committee en
the Distnct of Columbia jesterdaj bj the
sub-committee, but will be held back for a
few divs until a settlement is reiched on
the question of the pajment to the com
panj bv the District of a part of the ex
pense of making the changes provided for
by the bill
The sub-committee will give further con
sideration to the arguments of the Board of
Trade on this question, which has been re
opened bj a resolution adopted at the last
meeting of that bodj, condemning the
proposition for the payment of any money
to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
panj bj the Government for the making
of changes bj the elevation of its tracks
The North Capitol and Eckington Citi
zens' Association will also be heard on the
changes In the railroad company's ar
rangements In the vLinitj of Eckington.
Judgment Ajrainxt n. Tug:.
NORFOLK, Va , Mirch 10 In the Unit
ed States Court yesterday judgment in the
$10,000 damage suite' Lawler, administra
tor of Henrv Carlisle, deceased, against the
tug Isabella T. Dempsey and barge W. E
Barker, was given in favor of the defend
ants 'WJnle the Barker was being towed
from Norfolk to Philadelphia, in Septem
ber, 18tS, bj ths tug Dempsey, Captain Car
lisle, who commanded the barge, receive!
injuries from which -he died.
A Suit for Salvage.
NORFOLK, Va, March 10. Captain
Clarke, of Galveston, Te , who came to
Norfolk with a view to settling his $25,000
libel suit now pending in the United
States Court here against the British
steamship Venetia, has returned to Galves
ton without having reached a compromise
with the representative of the libeled ves
sel The suit is for salvage, a tug owned
by Captain Clarke hav ing floated the Vene
tia, which grounded oa Sabine Eanks, Gulf
of Mexico, last Januarj.
PlnmbcrH' Strike Over.
NORFOLK, Va , March 10. The strike of
the journeymen plumbers was concluded
jesterday morning, the master plumbers
acceding to the demands of the men, agree
ing to give them a nine-hour day, with
the same pay, $3, that they formerly got
for a day of ten hours Bj way of conces
sion the iournej'mcn agreed not to work
for any master plumber not in the Master
numbers' Association.
iENS FROM THE ABMY
General Joseph Wheeler's Letter
to the President
Dated Jov ember 28 Last and Report
ed to Hnic Been Delajed In Tran
mlNNlon From the Philippine Itn
oii-Acccitaiicc Said to liar the
Oilicer From a. Sent In Congress.
The War Department today made public
General Joseph Wheeler's resignation
which was sent to the President last No
vember. It was stated by General Corbin
that the letter of resignation had been sent
to the President by mail and had just
reached the department. He said that no
action had been taken on it as far as he
was aware.
Whj- the resignation was held back so
long no one seems to know. It is stated
that General Wheeler's letter has been
known of at the War Department for sev
eral weeks, in spite of the fact that it was
denied as late as jesterday that nothing
had been heard officially on the subject
The fact that the resignation has not
been accepted, it is said, will bar General
Wheeler from his seat in Congress. Fol
lowing is the letter sent to the President
"Panlqui, Island of Luzon. P. I ,
"November 28, 1S09.
"To the President, Executive Mansion,
Washington, D. C :
"Sir The insurgent government Is
virtually destroj ed Agulnaldo Is a
fugitive In the northern provinces; his
Cabinet and Congress are scattered.
The President of the Filipino Congress
is here and from what he says I think
it will be impossible for their Congress
to ever re-convene. The various com
mands of the Insurgent generals are
reduced to mere skeletons and flj be
fore us so fast that It is almost impos
sible to get within gun range.
"I therefore respectfullj' tender mj
resignation as an officer in the volun
teer forces of the United States.
"Very refapectfullj.
"JOSEPH WHELER.
"Brigadier General, LT. S. V."
At the White House it was said tda
that no statement regarding the resigna
tion tould be given out. and that the mat
ter was entirely in the hands of the War
Department It could not be learned if
the paper had been officiallj recognized by
the I'res'dent.
The announcement of the receipt of Gen
eral heeler's resignation was received at
the Capitol with borne surprise. Friends of
the general said that if it be shown that
his resignation bears date of November 2S
previous to the convening of Congress, he
will be allowed to take the seat to which
he was elected
Mr Bailej of Texas who, it has been un
derstood, would be the first to raUe the
question of General Wheeler's eligibility to
a seat in Congress, said
"If General Wheeler resigned his com
mission before Congress met, or if it l
shown that his cae is similar to the
Schenck case, decided in the House during
the Thlr'j -eighth CongreES. I o not think
there will be any opposition to his being
seated "
MANY SOLDIEHS DYING.
General " heeler' Daughter Tells of
(lie Philippine Ixlmulx.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 10 Miss
Wheeler, daughter of Gen. Wheeler, who
went to Manila as a Red Cross nurse and
worked in the hospital wards caring for
the sick and dvlng, sajs there is more
distress and suffering among the Ameri
can soldiers In the Philippines than the
people of this countrj imagine.
"Americans," said she, "have a rather
vague idea of what is actuallj going on
over there Manv have a notion that the
war in the Philippines Is not a serious af
fair. Thej think it is a sort of bloodless
skirmishing I saw manj of mj countrj men
die more than I like to recall or think
about and this experience has sadd"ened
my life
"Mhen I sailed from this port last Julj
I had manj messages from mothers and
sisters for sick soldiers in Manila. I come
back with manj more commissions than
were intrusted to me when I went, and
they are all from bojs who died In the
hospital. This is the hard part of my com
ing home."
Miss Wheeler regards these messages
as a sacred trust, and jesterdaj she be
gan to send them to the loved ones of
those now dead.
STATUS OF PORTO EICANS.
It Is to Be Tested In a Supreme
Court Case.
A criminal case involving the legal sta
tus of Porto Ricans under the laws of the
United States is expected to be brought
before tho Supreme Court within a few
davs
F. D. McKennej, ot the firm of which
former Attornej General Wajne MicVeagh
is the head, has been engaged as counsel
bj a Mr. Deiter. a lawjer of Porto Rico.
The precise nature of the case is not stat
ed. Monument for a Soldier.
BRISTOL, Pa , March 10 Citizens of
this town are stirred up over what tney
saj was the neglect of some one to pro
vide suitable burial honors for the re
mains of Private James L Smith, the only
Bristol boy who gave his life for his coun
try in the Spanish War. lie died last jear
in Cuba, while a member of Company H.
Fourth U. S. Volunteers, and was buried
here Thursdaj. A subscription has been
started to provide a fitting tribute to his
memory on Memorial Day.
Drank Lje for 'Water,
HAGERSTOWN, Md , March 10 The
case of Thomas Delaney against the Nor
folk and Western Railway was begun in
the Circuit Court jesterdaj-. Delanej sues
foor $10,000 damages for injuries alleged to
have been sustained bj drinking some con
centrated lye from a can which he sajs
he picked up in mistake for a cup at the
water-cooler in the station at Shenandoah
Junction. W. Va His tongue, gums, and
throat received permanent injuries The
railroad claimed it had used all proper
precaution, and that the cooler had not
heen in use for some weeks.
Telephone Bill Reported.
Mr. Pearre of Maryland submitted to the
House this afternoon a favorable report
of the bill incorporating the Washington
Telephone Company. The report sets out
at length the necessity of affording the
citizens relief from the high telephone
rates.
Flyim's BnnlncRfc College, Sth and Iv.
S5 CnU3 Oflcc Examination $5
COMMANDER GGULD DEPOSED.
The MaHHacbniicttM G. A. II. May
Se-
cede In Consequence.
BOSTON, March 10. As a result of dis
sensions at the National Convention at Des
Moines, Commander Daniel W. A. Gould,
of the Massachusetts Department of the
Union Veterans Union, has been deposed
by orders of the commander-in-chief. Gen.
R. G. Dyrenforth, of Washington. Gould
will refuse to accept the order of the commander-in-chief.
It Is probable that a ma
jority of the Massachusetts commands will
secede from the order.
General Dyrenforth, when seen at his
headquarters at 602 F Street northwest,
made the following statement to a reporter
for The Times:
"There was no dissension at the National
Convention at Dps Moines. The point here
is when a new construction of the order
was adopted, Massachusetts was not rep
resented among the delegates. If any com
rades in Massachusetts were opposed to the
new constitution, that was the time to ex
press their opposition and give their rea
sons.
"Since the conversation General Gould,
with a clique consisting of a few men who
have also been more or less troublesome,
refused to accept the new constitution.
Gould and his coterie have been expelled
by general order of the commander-in-chief
and General Madeville, Deputy De
partment Commander, has been promoted
to fill the position and will immediately
take steps to properly organize Bis depart
ment. "We tolerate no mutineers. The order
acts as a unit, politically and in the inter
ests of the veterans of the civil ar.
Wherever there are sjmptoms of gan
grene we amputate the limb at once. We
want no sore heads. This 13 a military
organization, and proper obedience to con
stituted authority is the rule."
LEGISLATION FOB ALASKA.
BIHm rnvnrnlil) Reported bj the
IIoiiMe Public Land Committee.
Mr. Lacey from the Committee on Public
Lands of the House has submitted favora
ble reports on the following bills relating
to Alaska: House Bill 9203 to prohibit the
Iocation of mining claims by power of at
torney in the District of Alaska; House
bill 1'291. to extend the timber and stone
acts to the District of Alaska; House bill
92S6 to amend the homestead laws of the
District of Alaska; House bill &250 to ex
tend the system of public survejs to the
District cf Alaska; House bill 0294 to limit
placer-mining claims in the District of
Alaska:
The report on bill 9294 sajs:
"The placer mining law now in force n
Alaska is th same that 13 in force in the
States and Territories, but in the other lo
calities the abuses of the privilege of lo
cating claims without limit has been mini
mized In Alaska, owing to the exceeding
shortness of the season for work, the tjing
up of everj creek and gulch by fillings on
which no work is required to be done for
a year of more has worked verj greatly to
the disadvantage of the bona fide miners
A few men will stake an entire creek or
gulch and then go off and leave it. hoping
that within the time in which thej- maj
Iawful'v- do their assessment work some
bod else maj work a discovery in the
neighborhood and test the value of their
claims without expense to themselves.
"The abuse is not local to Alaska, but
with long seasons to work in the regula
tion b- miners' meetings, organized in
places so conditioned, fixes the assessment
so as to prevent the abuse from becoming
verj serious, but in Alaska the necessity
for general legislation on this subject
seems to be greater than elsewhere. Your
committee is of the opinion that one claim
on anj-creek or gulch is all that one miner
should have in his own right, but that the
original discovered should have an extra
.laim We therefore recommend the pas
sage of the bill "
The report on bill 9295 pajs "Great
complaint comes from Alaska of the abuse
of the use of povers of attornej for loca
tion of mining claims The same criti
cism has occurred in other States and Ter
ritories; but. where the season of work 13
long, miners' meetings have been able to
provide suitable rules as to the amount
of work to be done, so as to compel loca
tors to expend money on their claims or
else abandon them Under the general law.
In the absence of such legislation, an en
tire creek or gulch can be tied up from
the work by powers of attorney. This
method results in the holding of large
areas for speculative purposes, without
work, for a year or more after the loca
tion is filed. In a country where the pe
riod of actual work is so limited .by the
Ecveritj- of the climate this becomes a se
rious matter, and complaint in relation to
these abusea-eems to be qu'te general."
MOLXNETJX BREAKING DOWN.
He Has Cened to Take Interest, and
Complaint of Dullness.
SING SING, N. Y., March 10 Molineux
has become morose. It is a condition at
which all men" arrive after they have been
confined for a length of time. Books and
even his arithmetic, of which he was so
fond, fail to attract him now. He spends
a great deal of the day lounging on his
narrow prison cot, occasionally smoking a
pipe, but taking little interest in anything
after be has read his letters in the morn
ing. The half hour exercise, which he gets
in the corridor at noon, is gone through
with in a mechanical waj Days when his
wife and mother do not call are most mo
notonous. At times out of sheer desperation he at
tempts to read but he does not burj him
self in his books. His meals are eaten
sparinglj. He is diowsy, except the two
dajs each week when he has visits from
his wife and mother. When he learned
that there was a chance for him to escape
the chair he displajed interest for a time,
but not for long. Other prisoners dis
cussed the mistakes made by juries in con
victing on circumstantial evidence, but Mo
lineux had nothing to saj- on the subject.
"It is getting dull in here," said the
condemned man to the warden jesterdaj-.
This was Molincux's first complaint. It is
believed he is on the verge of a break
dovv n.
Pelt and Broke Ills feknll.
BALTIMORE, March 10 John Martin,
foreman of a gang of bricklayers em
plojed on the terminal warehouse building
for the Northern Central Railway, foot of
Bond Street, jesterday fell 15 feet from
a wall on which he was superintending
operations. He struck on the railroad
tracks running into the building, fractur
ing his skull, breaking his upper Jawbone
and dislocating the index finger of the left
hand. He was taken to the Baltimore
University Hospital. His condition is seri
ous. Mr. Martin is 44 years old.
ArrlialH on the St. Paul.
NEW YORK, March 10 Among the
passengers who arrived this morning on
the liner St. Paul, from Southampton and
Cherbourg, were Hon. T. C. Dickenson, S.
B Bow en, Walter F. Burns, Clarence R.
Claghcvn, Sydney J. Colford, A, W. Cole,
Senor Jose Martinez Comcdadoz, C. Berk
lev Powell, Lady Mary Sackville, and
Prof. R. W. Wood.
91.25 To Baltimore and Ite- $1.25
turn 'via Pennsylvania Itnllroad.
Tickets on pale Saturdar and Sunday. March 13
and 11, good to return until Monday, March 12.
All trains except congressional idnnteu.
Mi if THE BKQUIRY
Angry Words Between '.upresenta
tives Lentz and 31ondell.
An AcrliHonlotin Colloquy at the
Hearing on the Coear U'AIene- Mln
lus: Trouble The Heated DUpnte
lJrouftht About In Contending for
the Adiatsitiblllty of evidence.
In the course of the Ceour d'Alene en
quiry before the Committee on Military Af
fairs of the House today, rather a vehem
ent contention occurred between Repre
sentatives Mondell of Wyoming and Lentz
of Ohio. Acrimonious feelicg was dlspla''
ed. The colloquy arose because of ar y
jection to the admissibility of cert? es-
timony on the ground of irr" vancy.
7,
ming.
Frederick Martin, an Idaho miner, who
saw service in the bull pen in which the
miners were corraled by the Federal mili
tary authorities, and whose examination
was begun yesterday, returned to the
stand. .Mr. Lentz proceeded to question the
witness concerning the strength and effec
tiveness of the Idaho National Cuard. com
panies of which it Is alleged were at Ward
ner and Kellogg and might have bees em
ployed, instean of Federal troops, had the
services of soldiers really been necessary.
Mr. Lentz asked. "How many compan
ies of militia were at Wardner?"
Chairman Hull said: "Now you are
speaking from your own knowledge and
not from common report?"
Witness: "I know nearly every man la
the companies."
Mr. Lentz: "You may answer my ques
tion as to how many companies of milWu
were at Wardner."
"Well, there were two companies at
Wardner and one at Kellogg."
"How many of the men in those compa
nies volunteered for service In the Spanish-American
war''"
Mr. Mondell protested with some agi
tation. "Mr. Chairman, I do not see how
that ouestion or the answer whieh may
be made to it, can possiblj be pertinent
to this enquiry. I take it that we are all
anxious to get through at least some
time during the present session, and If
we go Into his line of investigation. It may
never lead us to an end. We have already
gone ill over creation '
Mr. Lent2 "I think that questienf rts
particularly pertinent to this eae " Min
ing his index finger at Mr. Mondellf ho
continued "I want to show that there
were a good many State troops left In
Idaho after the voluateers for the Spanish-American
war had gone to the frost
and that there were plenty of soldiers to
take care of jour bad and wicked miner's
who " Mr. Lentz continued to aim hta
index finger at Mr. Mondell. and there was
a strong vein of irony in his veiee as he
said, "your bad and wicked miners who '
but Mr. Mondell did not let Mr. Leatz
conclude the sentence The Representa
tive from AVyoraing, with a degree of
vehemence amounting almost te a display
of anger, said:
"Mr. Chairman, I think this has gone
far enough. I consider it MHwarraated
that the insinuation should be Made that
I consider the Idaho misers a Wad aad
wicked botlj of men It Is net the ftc&C
time that the gentleman from OMe has
made a statement of tais kind, ad I -mand
that it shall stop No memlwr at
this comiamittee ball have the rtekt to
make the charge that I am ob oae fde
or the other of this ease."
The force with whieh Mr Mondell speke
had causd a ruddv glo-v to spread vrtr
his face. As Mr Mondell abruptly clod
the sentence No member of this comata
tee shall have the right to make the
charge that I am on one side or the ether
of this case," Mr. Lentz looked aomowbt
imploringly at the chairman. Representa
tive Hull, across whose face played (fee
smile that nearly always rests there.
Before the color in Mr Mondell's cheeKs
and forehead had faded Mr. Lentz again
pointed his finger and declared "Bw yew
would not let me finish what I was going
to say."
But," said Mr. Mondell "yeu said
enough. It is not the first time you have
said it. I would thank the gentleman
from Ohio not to ue it again. We wonid
have made much more progress in tM.s
case but for the dragging la of irrelevant
matters."
Neither the statements of Mr. Lentz nor
Mr Mondell were made with that calmness
with whieh thev might have been spoken
in the Houe. The spectators frem Idaho,
to many of whom turgid language is fre
quently the preface to outburst of physical
force. looked on as though a eollfeton be
tween Mr Mondell and Mr Leatz might
be expected at anj- moment When the
Representative from Wyoming made his
allegation about the dragging in of Ir
relevant matters." the Representative from
Ohio retorted We would have bea mnch
further along in this investigation hot for
your Interruptions and "
Mr. Mordell "I have not Interrupted
the gentleman from Ohio and tho question
at issue here has arisen a number of times
before "
Here Mr. Lentz arose to interrupt Mr.
Mondell, who continued to speak, aad de
clined to yield when Chairman Hull, with
the smile on his face a trifle fainter than
unial. aid sharply ' The committee will
please be In order."
Mr Lentz then stated to the chairman
what he expected to show bv the teetl
mouj of Mr. Martin, and Mr. Kay of Vir
ginia objected on the ground that it had
been shown that at the time of the dis
turbance in the Coetir d'Alene regtoa there
were no State troop3 in Idaho.
Mr. Lentz said. "I have followed this
investigation more faithfullj than any oth
er member of this committee, awl I ean
recall having heard no such testimony
here."
After considerable controversy, the wit
ness was allowed to state that out of the
three National Guard companies at Ward
ner and Kellogg, eighteen men volunteer
ed for service in the war against Spain,
and that of these, three were rejected by
the mustering officer.
"W"re these companies fully organize!?"
asked Mr. Lentz.
"Yts. sir: they were."
Mr. Hull asked: "What do you mean
when you say they were 'fully organ
ized:' '
"I mean that they had their full comple
ment of officers and men."
"But to be organized means to be armed
-and equipped. Were those companies arm
ed? Did any of them carry guns?"
"I do not know that they ba 1 guns."
At noon the committee took a recess.
THE QUARANTINE RAISED.
Phjslelan to "llake a Careful Inspec
tion of Chinatown.
Regarding the suspected cases of
bubonic plague in San Francisco, Surgeon
General Wyman, of the Marine Hospital
Service, this morning received the follow?2
ing telegraphic report from Surgeon"
Gassaway, who has charge of the Marino
Hospital at that place.
"Chinatown has been released from
quarantine, and the Board or Health will
begin a house to house inspection of that
quarter tomorrow, with fourteen phvsl-
cians. The estimated population of the
section is twenty-five thousand, and the
nrpa twelve cltv blocks The animals sub-c"
,
jected to bacteriological tests for th8 f
plague at the Lnited States Quarantine
Station, are all well. No new cases "
Ask your dmffglat for Krctel.
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