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OFFtCIAL PAPER
OF THE
GSTY OF ST. PAUL.
VOL. XXIV.-NO. 149.
1111 IS
WAR DKI'AKTMEXT WILL Rl\ THE
Philippine: GOVERNMENT
AS HKIUITOKORE
DING LEY TARIFF TO APPLY
TO ALL IMPORTS OO'MTNG TO THE
UNITED STATES FROM THE
ISLANDS
PROPOSED INSULAR TARIFF
WASHINGTON, May 28.—Interest in
the supreme court decisions centered at
tin- war department today and efforts
were made to ascertain the Intention of
the department regarding the Philippines
as they are under the department's con
trol. Secretary Root would express no
opinion. Baying that h. had not yet the
full text of the d. cisioi. before him and
that it would require careful considera
tion before the eniire import of these
opinions could be ascertained with a
view of governing future executive
action.
Several senators and representatives
called on the secretary today and dis
■ ! the situation with him, giving
their views :tnd interpretations of the
opinions rendered yesterday end the
hearing they would have in the fn'ture
government »f the Philippines. Among
these wen Senator Lodge, of Massa
■ us. chairman of the Philippines
committee of the senate. ll< expressed
the opinion that the decisions of the
court would mako Philippine legislation
absolutely necessary in the coming scs
i c< tigress. He also was clearly
of the opinion that under the Spooner
law •!-.. president had absolute power to
provide for a revenue, both customs and
Internal, for the Philippine islands in the
gen< ral scheme for the Philippine gov
ernment. Another suggestion was mads
by senators, i revious to the time whoa
it was supposed that a decision in the
Philippines case would he rendered by
iurt similar to tilt DeLima case in
Porto Rico, was that an export duty on
coming fr.iin the Philippines to
the United States could be levied in
order to prevent free trade from the
islands to the United States.
DINGI.EY RATES.
Any such necessity will be obviated.
however, by the determination of the
treasury department to continue to col
lect Dingley rates on Philippine products
and goeds coming from the islands.
Figures were furnished at the war de
partment showing the collections from
the Philippines. From AprH 11, IS'l!', to
Feb. 28, 1901, th«r< were collected on
imported from the United Stat >a
into the Philippines $1,012,925. During the
■ .ii there were collected on ex
ports from the Philippines to the Uniti d
Btatcs $196,149. From April 11, 18SJ9, until
Apr'l 12. 1900, the date of the passage
Of tin Foraker law, the collections on
linpoits from the United States to Porto
It is believed that the war department
■will promulgate a tariff for the Philip
soon. The Philippine commission.
Lher with officers in charge of the
island, prc-pared a pro
visional drafi for h new Philippine tariff
which was published in March. That
draft ]:-.r i een undergoing a number of
modifications at the war department and
is si ill receiving consideration. Secre
tary !;•■ it has been holding back this
tariff awaiting tho decision of the su
preme court in the insular cases; and it
'. probable that it will not be pro
nv.ilsrau d until he has had time to px
amine the opinions of the court with
care.
The following statement is made con
cerning the proposed tariff and what is
being done at the war department:
PHILIPPINE TARIFF.
"The ta.iff, as prepared at Manila, wns
based entirely upon the specific system of
s, which levies customs charges ac
g to weight or number of the im-
I articles rather than according to
value. This principle has the approval
retarj Root, but it is thought de
sirable to apply an ad valorem limit in
certain cases where there is a wide dif
ference between the values of artious
classified under the same paragraph. T*ne
fie duties will In' retained in most of
these i ;:scs, but it will be provided that
the articles shall pay not less than a
n ad valorem rate. The ad valorem
ii the necessaries of life and articles
essential to the development of the isl
ands will not run higher than lfi per cent,
but upon articles Uss necessary it will
rise to L'o per cent, and in the casi
luxuries to higher proportions. In such
specific duty will first be as
i, the value of the article will then
timated, and it will be determined
■ r l!n> amount of the specific duly
j: ueb as the ad valorem limit. If not
;i sufficient amount will he added to bring
the net duties up to the limit. If the
specific duty is higher than the ad valor
em limit, it will lie collected in full with
• i rence to such limit, it is be
lieved that this method of assessing the
duties will obviate the objections made
by the Philippine commission to any ad
valorem duties, upon the ground 'that
they would afford temptation to under
valuation and be difficult to lix in tVie ab
of competent experts in the custom
house at Manila. The effect of any per
ceptible degree of undervaluation un3er
the system proposed would be trifling
upon the net duties paid and not worth
risk of seeking to defraud the reve
nue. Absolute accuracy in valuation will
lie less Important, however, than und r
the American tariff, and the propos d
eystexn In the nature of the case will tend
to equalize diffeiences arising under the
system of purely specific duties, even if
the equalization is not perfect.
"The limit of 15 per cent will apply to a
great variety of articles under the "metal
schedule which it was found impossible
to distribute under specific duties Tools
{md Implements, cutlery, needles, pens
miscellaneous manufactures of iron ,:n i
Bteel, and of zinc, copper and nickel wi 1
be i. quired t.. pay duties of not less than
1.. per cent. In all these cases the specific
duty will be collected, whether it
amounts to 16 per cent or more, but where
it falls below 15 per cent ad valorem an
estimate of the value of the articles wi!l
be made and the amount of duty raised
to IE per cent nd valorem. Plate glass
aha mirrors win be required to pay not
less than 30 per cent, while the limit in
the case of cut glass, watch glass and
similar fine products will be fixe,] at not
less than 30 r?r cent. It Is probable that
the rate on precious stones will Ik fixed
at 15 per cent, in order to obviate the
temptation to smuggling. The rate on
nickel probably will be higher than in
the provisional tariff prepared at Maniia."
TALK OF INSULAB DECISIONS.
London Prem Comment on Porto
Klonn Cnae*.
LONDON, May 28.-The London news
papers nave paid scant attention to the i
decision "' the United States supreme
court in the insular cases. The few com
nients made deal principally with the
confusing nature of the Judgment." It .
is, however, agreed that the practical
result is obvious—that it leaves congress
free to deal with the annexed territories
aa it as< s.
The St. James Gazette says: "It is one
of those legal fictions which had so
ir.ueh.to do with the development of our
own institutions. It is certainly a con
venient judgment for President McKin
ley s government, and probably will clear.
away many difficulties bequeathed to
American statesmen by the Spanish war "
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE
BULLETIN OP
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for St. Paul:
Fair; Southerly Winds.
I—si ray Fall Rates.
The McKinlejV Trip.
Wail Prom Porto Rico.
titur«-t<ffi Must Go.
2—. R. JiilniMin . Investigation
LookH Like S<-hii)'mnnii.
Advance (inurd Here.
3-Xew» of North-west.
Editorial Pa«e. .
Supreme Court Quits.
To Bar the Neg-ro Vote.
— Sporting NeTvs.
Kt-suliN of Ball Giiniea.
X«ws of Railroads.
Popular AVants.
Markets of the World.
Chicago July Wheat, 73 7-Bc.
Bar Silver, s!> 3-4 c.
StoekM Stronger.
B—Doctors Will Get Ilusy.
University Year Ended.
Boxers Get Busy Aeain.
THE WEATHER.
Minnesota, lowa, North Dakota and
South Dakota—Fair Wednesday and
Thursday; southerly winds.
Wisconsin—Fair Wednesday and Thurs
day; fresh to brisk northeasterly winds.
Montana—Showers in western, fair in
eastern portion Wednesday; Thursday
fair; cooler in eastern portion; variable
winds.
St. Pa.il — Yesterday's observations,
taken by the United States weather bu
reau, St. Paul, P. P. Lyons, observer, for
the twenty-four hours ended at 7 o'clock
last night—Barometer corrected for tem
perature and elevation: Highest temper
ature, 74; lowest temperature, 49; average
temperature, 62; daily range, 25; barome
t< r, 29.89; humidity, 41; precipitation, 0;
7 p. m., temperature, 68; 7 p. m., wind,
northeast; weather, clear.
Yesterday's temperatures—
•8 pmHigh *S pmHigh
Battleford 84 91 Davenport ...66 72
Bismarck 84 bu Grand Haven.s6 68
Calgary 74 S4>Green Bay ...54 62
Duluth 50 53 Jacksonville .74 78
Havre 84 US Kansas City..74 80
Helena 74 78 Marquette ...46 50
Huron 76 80 Montgomery .62 72
Med. Hat ...S2 86 Montreal 58 62
Minnedosa ...84 90 Nashville 58 62
Pr. Albert ...84 88 N. Orleans ..74 82
Qu'Appelle ..84 88 New York ..58 68
S. Current ...88 92 Norfolk 72 76
Wllllston ....88 92 N. Platte ....74 80
Winnipeg 84 88 Omaha 74 78
Alpena 50 sSjPhiladelphia .62 68
Buffalo IS BOPittsburg ....GO 62
Boston 56" 56 St. Louis 6S 72
Cheyenne 66 74 Salt Lake 70 80
Chicago 48 50 Ste Marie ....52 58
Cincinnati ...56 62! Washington ..66 74
Cleveland ....46 48|
Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul.)
River Bulletin-
Danger Gauge Cnange in
Stations. Line. Reading. 24 Hours.
St. Paul 14 5.4 —0.2
Davenport 15 4.4 0.0 i
La Crosse 30 5.8 0.0
St. Louis 30 10.6 —0.2
—Fall.
River forecast till S p. m. Wednesday:
The Mississippi will continue falling slow
ly in the vicinity of St. Paul.
OCEAN LINERS.
Kew York—Arrived: Koenigcn Luise,
Bremen, via Cherbourg. Sailed: Tauric,
Liverpool; Kaiser Wilhelm der Grcssa,
Bremen, via Cherbourg and Southamp
ton; Oregonian, Honolulu, via San Fran
cisco.
Liverpool—Arrived: Vancouver, Port
land; Tunisian, Montreal.
Plymouth—Arrived: Pennsylvania, New
York for Hamburg, via Cherbourg. Sail
ed: Graf "Waldersee (from Hamburg via
Boulogne), New York.
Cherbourg — Arrived: Pennsylvania,
New York, via Plymouth, for Hamburg
(and proceeded).
Browhead—Passed: Cuflc, New York
for Diverpool.
Sagres—Passed: Duchess di Genova,
New York for Naples and Genoa; Geor
gia, New York for Naples and Genoa.
Gibraltar—Arrived: Hohenzollern, New
York,' for Naples and Genoa. Sa>il< d:
Alsatia (from Mediterranean ports), New
York.
Gibraltar—Passed: Scotia, Genoa and
Naples for New York.
Movillc —Arrived: Ethiopia, New York
for Glasgow (and proceeded).
Boulogne — Arrived: Rotterdam, New
York for Rotterdam (and proceeded).
Queenstown — Arrived: Oceanic, New
York for Liverpool (and proceeded).
AT NEW YORK HOTELS.
NEW YORK. May 28.—(Special.)—Fol
lowing are Northwesterners registering
at Ni w York hotels today:
St. Paul—W. J. Ambos, 11. W. Budd
Morton; Irving Crandall, Herald Square;
F. B. Smith, Broadway Central; J. C.
Stout, Astor; R. Gordon. Netherlands.
Minneapolis—E. L. P»rrins, St. Denis;
J. F. Cole, Murray Hill; S. Hunter A. M
Hunter and wife, Morton; P. S. Neilson,
Union Square; C. Shafer, Savoy.
COPPERS TAKE THE WARPATH.
Ohlcnso Police Thought They Were
•i> Against an Indian (Jprlsins.
CHICAGO, May 25.-A party of forty
six Sioux Indians, including six squaws
and three children, passed through Chi
cago today on route to Glen Island, N.
i .. where they are to take part in an
Indian village exhibit during the sum
mer.
At police headqua'ters commotion was
caused by the reported arrival of the
redskins. The police have been expect
ing an invasion of fne Pottowatomies,
who have threetened to seize the lace
front on alleged government grants made
many years ago. Therefore a wagon load
of officers started out to quell a possible
riot. The Indians were found at a rail
road station, and, after witnessing an
impromptu war dance, the police de
parted.
EXPECTS BIG CHINESE TRADE.
Hamlmrgr-American Line rarchuisips
Shanuhai Harbor Frontage.
BERLIN, May 28.—The Hamburger cor
respondent prints an interview with Herr
Ballin, director of the Hamburg-A.mer
ican Steamship company, who recently
returned from an Asiatic tour, in the
course of which he says that the Ham
burg-American line, with several German
firms, established in Shanghai has pur
chased 3,000 feet of deep water frontage
at the entrance to Shanghai harbor
whore immense docks and repair sho -s
will be constructed.
The company, acordin? to the int rview
has also lrr-pd large tracts of wharfs
from the ir""*.ia Merchants Steannship
company for twanty-flve years, and will
erect quays and warehouses, expect in «■ a
rushing business after the conclusion of
peace at Pekin.
TAIKBANKS IS WILUN'.
llouuicr Senator After Presidential
Nomination In I»O4.
CHICAGO, May 28.--Senator Charles W.
l-airbanks, of Indiana, was formally an
nounced today as a candidate for presi
dent before the Republican national con
vention of 1904. Harry S. New, Republican
national committeeman from Indiana
who arrived In Chicago today, is author
ity for the statement that Indiana will
stand behind Mr. Fairbanks in his race
for the honor.
"Senator Fairbanks will be supported by
a solid delegation from Indiana," said
Mr. New. "The whole state will be back
of him at the next national convention
He is the logical candidate of the party
and with his nomination Indiana will he
secured to the Republicans*"
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 29, 1901.
win in
ISLANDERS ARE DISAPPOINTED AT
SUPREME COURT DECISION
IN DOWNES CASE
WANT TO HAVE FREE TRADE
ON THE OTHER HAND THEY WOULD
OBJECT TO U. S. INTERNAL.
REVENUE
ARE OF VARYING OPINIONS
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, May 28.—The
first report of the supreme court's de- I
cision in the De Lima case received here !
last night, which was interpreted as de
claring the taxation of imports from
Porto Rico to the United States 15 per
cent of the Dingley duties to be uncon
stitutional, was received here with great
satisfaction. Today, when the full re
port of the De Lima case was published,
there was evidenced a general feeling of
disappointment among Porto Rican
merchants, who had hoped that th ■
court's decision would give them a year s
free trade. Porto Ricans are reluctant
to believe that today's full report is
true.
The consensus of opinion of the mat
ter seems to be that the Porco Rican leg
islature should be convened in extra
session to declare Porto Riao self-sup
porting without the collection of cus
toms on imports between Porto Rico and |
the United States. A general spirit of j
complaint that all the supreme court's I
decisions were against Porto Rico is no
ticeable. When San Juan merchants
were questioned on the subject they
manifested much regret at the outcome,
as they had hoped to have refunded all
the moneys paid under the 15 per cent
application of th* Dingley duties. It
was generally expected that the court's
decisions would grant Porto Rico free
trade and her citizens full citizenship and
constitutional privileges. When told if
the latter privileges had been granted
j the internal revenue laws of the United
States would be applied to the islands
and that all funds and customs there
under collected would be de.
posited In the federal treas
ury all Porto Ricans questioned,
in the matter acknowledged that this
■would be bad and that their present
status was preferable, as they did not be
lieve that the Island would stand the
collection of United States Internal rev
enue and that such collections, if at
tempted, would necessitate an even
heavier property tax for the mainten
ance of Porto Rico. Only a few Porto
Rican business men understand the im
portance of the supreme court's de
cision. Those who are bankers predict I
an immediate revival of business, now
that the status of the country has been
decided. '
The manager of an important American
bank, who requests that h:s name not he
used, says he is in favor of the tariff
unless it is absolutely proved that Porto
Rican internal revenues suffice for the
island's needs.
PORTO RICAN OPINION".
The J. Silva Banking company said:
"The whole thing is a fiasco. We
would like to be citizens of the United
States, but without the application of
United States internal revenue collec
tions. The latter would kill our Indus
tries."
The Fritze Lundt company, who are th e
largest shippers of sugar in Porto Rico,
said:
"The constitution of the United States
applies when against us, but not when
in our favor. This has always been so
since the beginning. If the tariff had
been removed at first Porto Rico would
now have double crops. The American
system of taxation cannot be applied
here; there should be some sensible tax
on flour and rice, but sugar should be
free. This legislation appears to be for
Americans and against Porto Ricans."
Mullenhof & Korber, a large banking
house, said:
"This is a big step forward. Spain
would not have returned anything. It
would be a hard blow if the internal rev
enues of the United States were aplied
here."
W. L. Marr, manager of a big suffar
plantation, said:
"The distinction is too fine to undt-r-
I|jgV/^^^^] fl in^fJ^^i
Hill—Xiuisentinff!
llniina—Cruelty to polyps!
President ' McKlnley— I'd
better Oiseliarj;e Jiiiut "\;%?;
stand. The tariff should cease when tho
Hollander bill comes,into full force, July
1, otherwise we will be under practically
double taxation. Our legislature has
been lax; it should have notified the pres
ident that Porto Rico is self-supporting.
I can see, now that the matter is settled"
much improvement in the future."
By agreement with New York houses,
many Porto Rican shippers will receive
half of the amounts refunded under th«
new decision.
PEOPLE DISAPPOINTED.
The people generally*; aTe as much dis
appointed at not being granted American
citizenship as they are with the court's
decision in regard to the tariff. The.
members of the cabinet seem to favor
free trade. The island's yearly budget
is $2,000,000. A rough semi-official esti
mate gives an income of $300,C00 a year
from the property tax; $750,000 from" ex
cise collections under the Hollander bill
and $750,000 from customs collections on
imports and exports to and from coun
tries other than the Uniied States. The
property tax will be in force July 1 and
assessments will be made on an esrti
mated valuation of $100,000,000. Excise
duties are now being collected. Porto
Ricans are generally of i the opinion that
their legislature should now act. It is
understood that Gov. Allen is giving his
earnest consideration to the praefcabi'
ity of securing at an early date free trade
relations between PoiVq; Rico and Ger
many. As a result of Ihe consultations
in Washington between: Gov. Allen and
President McKinley, Mi*. Hollander w.ll,
in a few days, submit » report to Gov.
Allen showing the operations of the for
mer's new revenue act, from which it w 11
annear that exnectations are entertained
as to the adequacy of the measure. It
has been fully realized that the insular
treasury is rapidly approaching a posi
tion where it can dispense with the cus
toms receipts accruing from trade with
the United States without in anywise
j endangering the present secure financial
position of the island. By the provisions
of section 3 of the Foraker bill free trade
becomes operative whenever the Porto
Rican legislature passes a resolution that
an adequate system of insular taxation
has been put into operation, and Presi
dent McKinley, upon notification of th:s
resolution is to proclaim free trade for
Porto Rica. If the plan now in con
templation Is carried out, Gov. Allen will
convene the legislature in extra session,
solely for the purpose of passing this
resolution. This action will probably
be taken July 25, at which time the Hoi.
lander bill will have been in force for
nearly one month and It is prcibabls that
free trade will toe declared in October.
Mr. Wiliam H. Hunt, secretary of Porto
Rico, has sailed for New York on the
I steamer Ponce.
AMENDMENT IS ACCEPTED
PARSES CUBAN CONVENTION BY
NARROW* MARGIN OIF ONE VOTE.
HAVANA, May 28.—The Platt amend
ment was accepted by the Cuban con
stitutional convention by a vote of 15 to
14. The actual vote was en accepting
the majority report of the committee on
relations which embodied the amend
ment with explanations of certain
clauses.
The Radicals made a hard fight at the
last moment, and Senores Portuondo,
Gomez and Tamayo bitterly arraigned the
Conservatives. Senor Tamayo was par
ticularly vindictive, and declared that
everybody who voted in favor of the
Platt amendment was ,h traitor to his
country. The conventkln compelled him
to retract this statement. On several
occasion personal encounters seemed im
minent.
Senor Gomez spoke fpr more than an
hour, and his speech undoubtedly won
oyer_J3enores Castro, Robau and Man
duley. ~~ He appealed to the patriotism of
delegates and rehearsed the long fight
for independence, denouncing as perjur
ers all who favored the Platt amendment
on the ground that they had sworn to
draw up a constitution for an independ
ent republic.
Several Conservatives rose and asked
Senor Gomez to retract, but he absolutely
refused.
The following delegates voted against
the majority report: Gomez, Gener, Por
tuondo, Lacret, Manduley. Cisneros, Fer
rera, Fortun, Robau, Tamayo, Silva, Cas
tro, Zayas and Aleman.
The convention will continue its ses
sions, which will be devoted to drawing
up the election law.
La Discussion, in an* extra this even
ing, exclaims: "Now will come immedi
ate independence."
NEW PHASE OF THE TRUST PROBLEM.
■II Mi HI
EDICT IS PROMULGATED AT CLOS
ING SESSION OF PRESBY
TERJAN ASSEMBLY
BY TEMPERANCE COMMITTEE
LIQUOR TRAFFIC IN OUR SEW
ISLAND POSSESSIONS IS ALSO
R i:i'HKni;\bKD
ONE TIFF IN THE CONVENTION
PHILADELPHIA, May 21—The ll'th
Presbyterian general assembly was dis
solved at 6:15 o'clock tonight l>y Mo iera
tor Minton after having Letn in se.s>i 'ii
for nearly two weeks, durir.# which time
many matters of the utmost importance
to the church were considered. Cnief
among these was the question regird n?
a revision of the confession of faith.
After a discussion continuing nearly four
days this momentous subject was refer
red to a special committee of twenty-one
members, who will make recomm;ndi
tions as to the manner in which the creed
should be revised and present them to the
next general assembly, which meets in
New York.
Today for the first time since the as
sembly convened the equanimity of the
commissioners was disturbed by the In
troduction of personalities. The trautol"
occurred during the discussion on the
chairmanship of the revision committee.
Rev. J. E. Moffatt suggested a change
in the minutes of yesterday's session so
the records would show that a new com
mittee had been appointed to revise the
creed regardless of the old committee, of
which Rev. Dr. Charles A. Dickey, ot
this city, was chairman. His sugge-tl3n
was adoptedi, and Rev. Dr. James E. M ,t
--fatt, of Cumberland, Md., moved that
Moderator Minton be elected chaiiman of
the committee.
DICKEY'S FRIENDS WROTH.
This incensed the friends of Dr. Dickey,
and. although Dr. Moffatt's motion pre
vailed, the subject was revived later in
the session by Rev. S. J. Niccol!s. of St.
Louis. Dr. Niccolla moved to reconsider
the subject, but, as he had not been pres
ent during the earlier debate, he was
declared out of order. The motion to
reconsider was then renewed by Rev. W.
D. Crockett, of Canton, Pa., and many
of the commissioners participated in the
detoate that followed. Realizing the del
icacy of his position, Moderator Minton
relinquished the chair to Vice Moderator
Pitcairn. The matter was finally adjust
ed by Dr. Dickey, who advised the as
sembly against reconsidering the m^ti n.
saying he was confident there had be: n
no attempt to cast any reflecf'on vi o:i
him, tout that the commissioners merely
desired to honor his successor as mod
erator.
Dr. Dickey's friends wanted the elec
tion of the chairman to be nude by the
committee, In which event it was con
ceded Dr. Dickey would have been 4e
elected. The motion, however, was lost.
There are still six m«-*nt>ers of the re
vision committee to be appointed, but
Moderator Minton said today he had not
yet made any selections.
The closing hours of the assembly Were
devoted to routine matters.
Rev. Dr. A. S. Freeman, of B.iffilo,
read the report of the committee on tem
perance, which made the following rec
ommendations:
TEMPERANCE REPORT.
"We urge the ministers and laymen of
this assembly and of our church at large
to call the attention of the congressmen
of their districts to the need of the com
pletion of the legislation already begun
for the protection from the drink traflic
of the nativo- inhabitants of the islands
of the South Pacific.
"We earnestly request our national
authorities to take effective action for the
suppression and exclusion of the traffic
in intoxicants from our new possessions
and dependencies.
"We heartily indorse the petition which
our foreign board and many other Amer
ican missionary societies have sent to the
president asking that our government
shall invite proposals from the powers
that shall lead from the settlement of
other Chinese difficulties to the release of
China from treaty obligations to tolerate
Teddy—But be never ate moun
tain lion!
Bryan— didn't I tninlc of
tlmt?
. *-Ckie&gQ Ne5W»
PRICB TWO eENTS_{ g?^*Ss£fr s .
the opium traffic, which she haa long: de
sired to prohibit.
"Inasmuch as the cigarette habit among:
the young people of our country haa
reached such alarming proportions as to
demand decisive action on the part of
the general assembly, we recommend that
our permanent committee be directed to
call the attention of our churches to this
great evil and to urge them to use their
utmost endeavors to counteract the
same."
The report was adopted.
The committee to which was referred
the plan for selecting standing commit
tees, known as the "Peoria plan," re
ported that the method was desirable.
The report was adopted.
In accordance with the resolution offer
ed yesterday by John H. Converse, of
this city, a special committee of evangel
istic work was appointed.
In dissolving the assembly Moderator
Minton made an eloquent address, and
before the final benediction was pro
nounced the commissioners sang the
beautiful hymn, "Blest Be the Tie That
Binds."
SECRET SOCIETIES
TO BE BARRED OUT
I SITED PRESBYTERIAN'S VOTE NOT
TO ADMIT THEIR MEMBERS '
TO THE CHOUGH.
DEfc3 MOINRS, 10., May 28.—8y a vote
of SO to 6.1 'this afternoon the general as
sembly of the United Presbyterian
church adopted the judiciary committees
report with regard tc an interpretation
of article 15 of the creed. The action of
the assembly is in efftct to exclude mrrn
bers of secret orders from admission to
the church. It Is also interpreted by
some of tut delegatts to mean the ex
pulsion of members of the church who
now belong to the secret societies. The
final discussion on the quesiion was lone
ami heated. M. C. McKlttrick, <>i Loa
Aufeelts, CaL, said he would ratlu r cut
ofC his right rnand than to vote for th»
exclusion of members of Bfccret societies
already in the church.
"If we let this report go through as it
is," said Dr. McCretry, of Pittsburg, Pa,,
heatedly, "we are saying that men wh >
ha\'e been good members of the United
Presb\iterian church for yer.rs must be
turned out of doors. I want to tell you
fathers and brothers, that if we pasd
this report without amendment we in
going to make more trouble than tiie
United Presbyterian church has over
seen."
Borne of the members of the assembly
who are most violently ppposed tc
orders objected to the section of the
report of the committee which ren
the ban of the church from organizations
which "do not inculcate a Christlesa re
ligion."
Dr. J. M. Wallace, of Pittsburg, op
postd the amendment, Baying h« obj ct
ed to the. worklngmen IK-ing kept out of
the church because they form themselves
into a union to protect themselves
against their oppressors.
The committee on ministerial relief re
ported $116,000 in the permanent endow
ni' nt fund, an increase of $T'J,B9O for tie
year.
The assembly Indorsed a reoommendi
tlon by the board increasing the maxi
mum allowance to retired ministers fron;
$2M to 5250 annually and adopted a r^s)
-I'ition urging better support of the relief
board by the churches.
Dr. Alexander Calhoun, from the com
mittee on board of church extension, re
ported a permanent enrt<> i14.t00
and an increase last year of $70,000. Dur
ing the year $40,000 was expended.
LIEUT. WARD IS REWARDED.
Will Take Command ot Torpedo
Boat Lawrence When C'oinple<e«l.
WASHINGTON, May 28.—Lieut. H. H.
Ward, who has for several years acted
as assistant to Admiral Crowlnshield in
the navigation bureau, has l<een orle el
to inspection duty in connection with the
torpedo boats Lawrence and MoDonniKii.
with the ultimate purpose of taking com
mand of the former vessel when ghe la
commissioned. Mr. Want has an envia
ble record for an officer of his years. (f«
administered some of the heaviest duties
of the navigation bureau during the
Spanish-American war and since. It was
while nominally attached to the bureau
that he slipped away to Spain In the
guise Of an English tourist during the
early days of the war ana secured in
valuable* information concerning the
movements and condition of the Spanish
fleet, in recognition of which service he
received the extraordinary award of ten
numbers' advancement in his grade by
the ;i<-U(,n of the senate.
Lieut. Charles Webster, who has been
for some time in the navigation bureau,
assumes the duties which heretofore
have fallen to Lieut.. Ward, and he wil
be assisted by Lieut. '". B. Barnes, Just
detached from the Lancaster.
PERU PAYS DAMAGE CLAIM.
J. H. Ma'yboli Recompensed for
Srfznre of Hln Property In 1885.
WASHINGTON, May 28.— The state d.
partment has succeeded in settling satl*
factory another claim of an American
citizen against the government of Peru.
Minister Dudley, at Urn a, has cabled
the department that the claimant in th'
case of J. 11. Hayball vs. Peru is willing
to accept the sum of 8,000 .silver -
tendered by the Peruvian governor nt
the department has authorized the ac
ceptance of the te-nder and the ca
closed. Hayball wa3 a United S
consular agent at Chimbueto, Peru, in
1885, and his claim was based upon the
Beizure of his horses and pillage of his
property by armed and uniformed men
of the party of Gen. Caceres in July of
that year. The- first claim submitted by
the .state department, soon afterward was
ignored and it has required several
strong representations to effect this set
tlement.
DOINGS OF THE DUNKARDS.
Conference Refuses to Place Slaters
on Footing With Brothers.
LINCOLN, Neb., May 28.—The busi
ness meetings of the national Dunkard
conference began today. It wa3 decided
to hold next year's conference in Eastern
Pennsylvania, at a place yet to be se
lected, probably Philadelphia.
One of the questions of church law
which tre Dunkards are deeply interested
in is the subject of divorce. Congre.-i
--einal enactments are being studied by
the brethren and the matter informally
discussed. It is unlikely that any change
will be made In the rules of the denomi
nation, which are firmly opposed tv di
vorces.
The conference refused, after long drs
cussion, to make such change in tho
church law as would allow the sisters the
same privileges in the conference as the
brethren.
Nearly the whole day was given over
to doctrinal discussion, the rel g'ous serv
ices being limited to the early moaning
dcvoLional meeting, and the regular ser
mon in the tabernacle at night.
TURRETS TO BE BALANCED.
Improvement* to iJe Adopted for
Xew Monitors.
"WASHINGTON, May 28.—The navy de
partment today approved the plan of a
balanced turret for the new monitor
Nevada, and this will be a precedent for
the monitors Florida, Wyoming and Ar
kansas, of the same class. This is the
first introduction of the balanced type
of turret for the monitors, and it prac
tically makes universal this form of con
struction among the large ships of tho
navy. By this pew ,systen> trie entire
structure, including the gtfns, is oalanced
at the center of gravity, instead of the
center of the turret, and as a result the
weight of the finger is almost sufficient
to swing the guns about In tlxeir track.
OFFICIAL PAPER
OF THE
OifTY OF OT*. PAm*
IIIIPI
PRESIDBXT »I'KIXX<EY'S fcI'ECIAIi
TRAIN IS FAST SPEEDING ITS*
"WAY EASTWARD
INTEEEST IN INSULAR CASES
SUPREME COIRT DECISION AVi
IVOUQVCED YESTERDAY THOR-
OUGHLY DISCUSSED
MES. MTKINLEY IS IMPROVING
CEDAR RAPII>S, 10., May :*. Pr rii
dent McKinley's special train sped ac osa
the state of lowa today. Ffw stop.s were
made, but the train was slowed up at
the principal towns and citif-s, ani th«
president appeared on the rtar platform.
This is Secretary Wilson's borne -state,
and he shared honors with the pre Id nt
today. At Tama, where Mr. Wil-on for
merly resided, there was a big crowd to
greet them both, but nu stop was :; ale.
At Marshalltown the local G. A. X p at
was lined up at the station.
The president and the members of the
cabinet spent much of the time toiay
reading and discussing the published re
ports of the opinions of the supreme
court in the insular cases. 'I hey we-e
much Interested in the way the court
divided in the two cases. Th decision in
the De Lima case, if followe I i.i tl c Vh 1
4fc>pine case, as it is assume 1 it will Le,
might result In the calling of en extra
session of congress. In the De Lima c s~
the court decided that the duties collect
ed on Porto Rican goods before c ■ greas
enacted the Foraker law were ill ga! and
must be refunded. It Ik presumed t*:at
the court, following the same '. n sa of
reasoning, will decide that the duties c >l
lected on goods from the Phil! ;
also illegal, and the gm.ds \v«i
subject to five entry into the L'nl.ed
States until congress acts b t is al
ready done, in the case of Porto
EXTRA SESSION POSSIBLE
Such a decision would mean nut r.nly
the refunding of duties heretofore c ct
ed, but would open the ports of the I'nlt
ed States to merchandise and gocd.3 of
every description, from the Philippines
until congress meets in Decemte It Is
palpable that importers might take act
vantage ot" this to ship gojus inio •■•
United States through the Philippines,
and thus defraud the governm* of Ita
revenues. Whether the danger from this
source is great enough 10 warrant, the
calling of congress In extra s?ss on h
one which will be decided only after full
deliberation. li is possible, howeve ', that
this danger may have been area ob
viated In the enactment of the joner
resolution delegating temporarily to th»
president the power to govern the * hi Ip
■ pines. This may be consld red an a'.-t of
I congress within the meaning ■ f the
I Downes decision affirming the constitu
tionality of the Foraker law. But It is
a delicate question, and one which th«
president and his adrvisers will c n;der In
all its bearings before vomlng to a con
clusion. The members of th< caMrvet
decline to discuss the subject for pul . ca
tion. They united in a message or c>n
-gratulatJon-to- former Attorney General I
Griggs, who prepared and pre«fnted tha
government's case to the supreme court.
MRS. M'Kr.\LF,Y [MiPR
Mrs. McKinley's condition has cin
tinued to show steady but not rapid Im
provement since she left San Fr ncl c>.
She Is graining bo me strength, and trie
president is much encouraged, !-lie lias
not yet left her couch, how< er. Dr.
Rixey does nut dtsire to h:v \\> r tix
hfr strength, but he permits her t i sit
up in bed the most of the day. The presi
dent is at her Bide much of tie time.
At the place where the Chicago Ha
Northwestern crosses the I■ ; Moines
river over the new Boon* viaduct, sairt
to be the longesi and highest double
track structure in the world, t':<- train
was halted for ten minutes to permit th«
photographers with the party to take
several group pictures of the president,
cabinet and newspaper n\<-n
The train is due to reach chic ir i ai out
3 o'clock Wednesday morning. It will not
run into the station, but will be .switch
ed to the tracks of the Pennsylvania in
the outskirts of the. city, and pi
directly to Washington. At Canton a.
stop of twenty or thirty mlnut< s will b«
made t<> permit some of the rela
and friends of the president an.! Mr.*.
McKinley to come aboard.
TOWNE LEAVES BULUTH
>ii\\i:s(it\ fv-*i-:\ vroit to bb.
comi: v m:\v vonkkm
DUL.UTH, Minn.. May
Former Senator Charles A. Towne has
decided to l< a -c ! »uluth and Mlnn<
and remove to New York city, where, fn
stead of politics, he will devote himself
to the acquirement of a fortune In the
oil business. Mr. Towne Is conro
with capitalists having options on
acres of oil land in Texas, and v.ill him
s.-If be president of r tion which
is now organizing. Mr. Towne left for
New York tonlfrlit. but will not move
there permanently until the latter part
of June.
TO SUCCEED MGR. O'CONNELL.
Three ( 'umliilnH-M Selected »'<>r Itec-
lornlilii of A.iii«*ri«*:iii < >> 11.-;- ■-
ROME. Ma] 28.—Three candi
been chosen by the congi .
propaganda for the rectorship of th»
American colic g
the appointment .May 7 ol Mgi
to the bishopric of Portland, Me.
names are kept secret, but tt.
the Rev. Dr. Thomas F. Kennedy, of
Over-brook, Pa. Forecasts of the results
ate premature at present. The congre
gation meets in June, and will then muka
a choice, which will require the confirma
tion of the pope.
Although the popo conversed with
Cardinal Gibbons on Philippine matters,
it is understood that the main objects of
the cardinal's trio were to paj .t visit
and deal with I ions.
In regard to the Philippines, I
tion will b<- dealt with by the apostollo
delegate in Cuba and Philip;.
bishop Cbappelle) and Cardinal Mar
tinelli.
U<v. Dr. Thomas F. Kennedy is a pro
fessor in the theological semi
Charles Borromeo, at Overbrook, li
archdiocese of Philadelphia. Father K«-n
--n*-dy is forty-three years old and mada
his theological studies in the An.
college at Home.
SUICIDE OF A YOUNG GIRL.
A-lfis'ie Long, I'ourlcfii IfeMJrw Old,
Killt Herself In ( hur.-h
KOKOMO, Ind., May Mi:-s Aggls
Long, fourteen years Old, daughter of
John Long, committed suicide In tha
Methodist church at Sycamore, this coun
ty, by shooting. Miss Long was a mem
ber of the church choir, and this after
noon went to the church alone for organ
practice.
She took a big revolver with her. and
lat«r she was round dead on th« floor
near the pulpit with a bullet througn hep
heart. On the organ was found a
letter" naming her pallbearers, telling:
how she should be clothed for the fun
eral, and also selecting the choir, orgau*
Ist and minister to officiate at the ob*4* ,
quies. No cauae is known, lor tLw dv«& .
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