Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 122, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 May 1899 — Page 1

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TO "SHOW THAT HE IS SICEHD 15 ASKING FOR PEACE. Gen. SlacArthur Asks the Filipino Commander to Eicliance the Eighteen Prisoners He Is Holding. 1 OFFICERS, FOOD AND MONEY SE.VT TO THE IXSURGEXT HEADQUARTERS UNDER FLAG OF TRUCE. Lieut. Gllmore and Nine of the Gunboat Yorktonn' Crew Held Captire, According to Latest Advices, TOVN OF MACflBEBE TAKEN CEX. L.WT01 ADVANCING, WITH TRAINED SCOUTS IX ADVANCE. Dottle of Manila Bay Anniversary Celebrated Capt. Rockefeller Mlsslns Since the 2StU Lit. MANILA. May 2. 8:23 a. m.-General MacArthur has sent officers to General Antonio Luna, the Filipino commander, under a flag of truce, carrying money and provisions for American prisoners In his hands and asking an exchange of prisoners and the names of uch as ha may have. It is reported that the Insurgents have two officers and sixteen others, and it Is supposed that among these are Lieutenant J. C. Gllmore and eleven men of the crew of the United States gunboat Yorktown. who fell Into the hands of the Filipinos last month when the gunboat visited Baler, on the east coast of Luzon. Major BeZl, with a squad of scouts, has captured the town of Macabebe, about four miles southwest of Calumpit, the people ringing belis and shouting "vivas." The American army is now employing Macabebes Instead of Chlncso and they are delighted to get 50 cents a day. declaring their loyalty to the Americans. Major General Lawton Is advancing. He has organized a band of forty scouts to go ahead of the column. The band, which Is under V. M. Young, an old Indian fighter, "who killed five Filipinos last week, includes Diamond. Harrington, Somerflelda and Murphy, of the Second Oregon Regiment. Yesterday the anniversary of the battle of Manila bay was observed by the United States fleet, the usual drills being omitted. Admiral Dewey had many visitors and the American and British merchantmen dressed ship. PROBABLY A PRISONER. Capt. Charles A. Rockefeller of the Ninth Infantry, Missing. WASHINGTON', May l.-Thc War Department has received no advices from Gen. Otis since Saturday concerning the conditions in the Philippines. In the two dispatches received to-day no mention Is made of the negotiations with the Insurgents, nor of any fighting. General Otis reports that Captain Rockefeller, of the Ninth Infantry, has been missing since the 2Sth of April. The dispatch reads: "Captain Rockefeller, Ninth Infantry, has been missing since 2Sth ultimo., on the line commanding a battalion near Caloocan. He visited outposts at 9:53 p. m, and has not been seen since. Diligent search was made that night two miles to the front, but nothing discovered. There was no enemy in front. The search has been prosecuted ever since without success. Private papers in his possession found on the 2Dth ultima, two and one-half miles to the front. It Is believed he lost his course and was captured." Capt. Charles A. Rockefeller entered the army as a private in the Seventh New York In 1S61. He served through the civil war, reaching the rank of first lieutenant of volunteers. He became a second lieutenant in the Ninth Inf intry in 1SC7. and has been with that regiment ever since. He has always been known as a good soldier and was a graduate of the infantry and cavalry school. He was well up in the list of captains and would have received a major's commission In a short time. He had not been long In the Philippines, having arrived there on April 26, two days before his disappearance. He was on mustering duty at Columbus barracks until July S), 1S03. He then went to Porto Rico and served on the staff of Gen. Fred Grant until November, 1SP3. He went to Manila with his regiment, the Ninth Infantry, sailing from San Francico March 23. - - REPORT FROM SCIIIKM AN. Statement of the Conference with FilipinosAmerican Terms. WASHINGTON, May I.-The State Depart cunt has received a long report by cable from President Schurman. of the Philippine commission, of the conference that was held at Manila on Saturday between the members of the commission and the representatives of Aguinaldo. The text of the dispatch was not made public, but It was stated that Mr. Schurman's report agreed precisely with the Associated Press ' itatement of the proceedings In the confcrence as cabled from Manila. It is said at the State Department that the proclamation Issued by the Philippine commission Just before the beginning of the last campaign represents the maximum concessions to be made to the Insurgents by the United States government. It is realized now more strongly that at any other period that the capacity of the Filipinos for self-government Is an undetermined question. The United States government Is willing to accord the natives en opportunity to test their abilities, for the Philippine commission proposes to allow them aimost complete control of their local affairs, exercising only such supervision through the United Statts mili tary as may le necessary to guard against the consequence of mUtukes on the part of the native municipal and provincial officials In their first experiment at self-government. The experiment 1 already In progress at some points in the Philippines, outside the Island of Luzcm, where the United States authorities have hobted the rtug and as sumed sovereignty, yet nave continued the Uca. coveranunu under native -direction.

So far as the reports Indicate, these ex

periments are working well and promlso to have a good influence In shaping the at titude toward the United States of a con siderable clement among the Filipinos which has' been suspicious of our Intentions. - TEX ARE PRISONERS. Five of the Yorktovrn's Boat Cretv Probably Killed by Insurgents. WASHINGTON, May 1. The following cablegram was to-day received from Ad miral Dewey, under date of Manila: "Apparently reliable Information has been received that ten of the Yorktown's boat crew, including Lieutenant Gllmore, are prisoners at Insurgent headquarters. Am continuing investigation." Inasmuch as there were fifteen members of the Yorktown party captured by the Filipinos, at Baler, and Admiral Dewey accounts for only ten of them. It is feared that the other five have been killed. They probably were killed in the original assault on the landing party. The Identity of the members of the party still unaccounted for is not known. A telegram was sent to Admiral Dewey to-day asking him to inform the department, If possible, of the names of the men known to be in the hands of the Filipinos. It Is accepted at the department that the reason that he has not furnished these names, with the exception of that of Gllmore, was because he did not have the Information. The Insurgent headquarters, where Admiral Dewey says the men are held prisoners is supposed to be San Fernando, but these is no assurance on that point. WANT PAY FOR DAMAGES. Germans at Hollo Will Probably File Claims at Wnshlngton. BERLIN, May 1. The newspapers of Germany, commenting on the latest news from the Philippine islands, express the hope that the United States will now end hostilities in the far East. The Frankfurter Zeitung says: "We trust that President McKinley and his advisers will not be mifled by 'Jingo shoutings, but that they will listen to the voice of the Filipinos, as expressed through their leaders, and to the voice of the American Nation, as expressed by the serious press and the declarations of sober-minded politicians. We have never doubted the ability of the Americans to enforce their will in the Philippines, but now it seems that the moment has come to make good the wrong done and bring their material interests In accord with the dictates of Justice." The Vosslsche Zeitung. basing its comment on private advices from the Philippine Islands, says that , the continuance cf the war is inflicting grave Injury upon German commercial interests and details a number of cases In support of this assertion. The Journal last quoted says that the German consul at Hollo made a list of everything belonging to German citizens there that was destroyed or Injured In the bombardment and submitted It to Maj. Gen. E. S. Otis. In reply the consul has received from General Otis the statement that the United States will not pay the damages claimed, as Hollo at the time of the bombardment was still In possession of the Spaniards. Other German merchants of Hollo made representations of a like character t General Otis and received similar replies.. The Vosslsche Zeitung adds that these and many more claims will probably lead to protracted diplomatic negotiations at WashingtonCable Steamer Sails. NEW YORK, May 1. The United States cablo steamer Hooker' sailedtnT5"aftfrnoon for Manila to connect by cable all the principal points In the Philippines. The Hooker was formerly the Panama, one of the first prizes captured in the Spanish war, and has been extensively altered to fit her for cable service. She has three great tanks sunk Into her decks which contain 300 miles of cable. This length of cable, which Is an Inch In diameter, with its covering, is only part of that to be laid and more will be obtained at Hong-Kong when it is exhausted. Lieut. John L. Maxfoeld is in command, and with him go a full detachment from the Signal Corps who, with the crew, number 125 men. William T. Fee, of Ohio, the new United States consul at Bombay, and his family, are passengers on the Hooker and will be landed at Colombo. Recruits to De Sent to Otis. SAN FRANCISCO, May 1. One thousand of tho small armv of Manila recruits assembled at the Presidio will leave this month on the transports Grant, Sherman and Sheridan. Four hundred have been assigned to the Grant. The mustering out officers expect to wind up the affairs of tho battalion of Second Volunteer Engineers now encamped at the Presidio in two weeks. William Roper, an unassigned recruit from Arkansas, who died from typhoid fever yesterday, was buried at the national cemetery at the Presidio this afternoon. i Knnsann Coming Home. LAWRENCE, Kan., May l.-Congressman J. D. Bowersock received a letter from Adjutant General Corbln to-day saying the Twentieth Kansas would probably start home from Manila about the middle of June. GAS RATES SLASHED. War Results in n Cat from Sl.lO to 65 Cents a Thousand Feet. NEW YORK, May l. The New York Mutual Gas Light Company to-day gave notice that the price of fas to all Its customers had been reduced from $1.10 to 65 cents per 1.000 feet. The Consolidated Gas Company also announced a similar reduction. The secretary of the Consolidated Company said: "The teduction was made simply because it was believed to be for the best interests of the company. Other officers of the Consolidated Company refused to say anything on the subject. Wm. L. Purdy, assistant secretary of the New York Mutual Gas Company, admitted that the reduction was the result cf a war between the Standard Gas Company and the Consolidated Gas Company and Its ally, the Mutual Gaslight Company. "It Is an outcome," said he, "of the war that has been waged against the Mutual Company and the Consolidated Company since the 1st of December by the other companies. Tho Mutual Is going to do as well by Its customers as others do for their patrons. The proposed municipal ownership of gas plants has nothing to do with the cut. It was simply a question of fight." As the result of the rate war Consolidated Gas stock declined thirteen points on the Stock Exchange, where almost ;,0u0 shares were dealt in. The other local gas stocks are not listed on the Stock Exchange. There were rumors that the Standard Gas Company would reduce their rates, but at the office of the president, Rutseil Sige, this was denied. LATEST FROM SAMOA. Rebels Have Retired from Their Fortifications ut Vail! ma. APIA. Samoan Island?. April 22. via Auckland. May l. The rebels, since advices under date of April IS, have retired from their fortifications at Vaillma. which they demolished, together with other forts along the coast. Thre hrs been no further serious flzhtlng, although some skirmishing between the rebels and frlt-ndly natives has occurred In the vb-tnJty or Apia. The British armed sloop Torch has arrived with ammunition from Sydney, N. & W.

BRITAIN'S PACT

WITH RL'SSIA IX REGARD TO SPHERES OF IXFLUEXCE IX CHINA. Premier Salisbury Slakes an Explana. tlon In the Honse of Lords nnd A. J. Balfour In the Commons. RESULT MAY BE IMPORTANT THE LION AND THE BEAR 31 AY HERE AFTER DWELL IX UNITY, And Proceed to Devour Most of the Northern Portion of the Flowery Kingdom at Their Leisure. NO ALARM AT WASHINGTON XEITHER BRITAIN NOR RUSSIA EXPECTED TO -NAIL. UP THEIR DOORS. Onr Commerce Slay Not Be Restricted Despite Abandonment of Open-Door Policy Germany In the Grab Game. LONDON, May L The Marquis of Salisbury, prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, and A. J. Balfour, first lord of the treasury, announced to-day in the House of Lord3 and In the House of Commons, respectively, the general drift of the AngloRussian agreement regarding the spheres of Influence of the governments of Great Btitaln and Russia la China as they have already been known. Lord Salisbury said he hoped Russia would consent to the publication of the text of the agreement when it arrived In a few days. Ilia lordship emphasized his anxiety not to appear to attach exaggerated importance to the specific stipulations of the agreement, adding: "But of course I attach very great Importance to the signing of this agreement, because it Is a sign of the good feelings desirable between the governments of Russia and England." His lordship also expressed tho hope that the good feejlng would extend to the peoples of the two nations. This agreement, he said, was valuable as preventing the possibility cf a collision between the two governments In China and, "therefore," he said, "it is a guarantee cf their future agreement for a long time to come. I trust that it will lead to future agreements on other matters." How It la Viewed at Washington. WASHINGTON, May 1. Lord Salisbury's speech this evening In reference to the agreement reached by Great Britain and Russia as to China was read with the greatest interest here. The prevailing sentiment is one of relief that by this agreement has been removed an element that threatened to involve in hostilities two great nations with which the United States was desirous to live on the most friendly terms. There is some curiosity to know Just how the commercial interests of the United States are likely to bo affected by this important arrangement. It may be stated that the highest official authority here does not accept the view set out in some of the British newspapers that the United States has lost Its chance in China, that the door is to be shut against the United States and that we have deserved this exclusion by falling to substantially assist England In securing the open-door policy as to all China. It Is said that, so far as the English sphere In China Is concerned, the United States will have free entry commercially, while assurances have been secured from Rursla that the United States commerce will bo treated in terms on an equality with Russian commerce In any portion of China that may come under her Influence. Russian Version of the Pact. ST. PETERSBURG, May l.-The AngloRuselan agreement with reference to spheres of Influence In China Is not in the form of a convention, but is set forth in a note, duplicates of which have been exchanged between the Russian minister for foreign affairs. Count Muravieff, and the British ambassador to Russia, Right Hon. Sir Charles S. Scott. The preamble states that both countries agree to uphold the integrity, and independence of the Chinese empire. TO CHECKMATE RUSSIA. Great Britain May Seize the .Mouths of Two Rivers. BERLIN. May l.The Frankfurter Zeitung publishes a dispatch from Bagdad, Asiatic Turkey, asserting that Great Britain has already taken steps to counteract the efforts of the Russian expedition, consisting of seven officer? and fourteen engineers, which recently completed a survey for the extension of the Tlflis and Kars Railroad from a point on the Little Zab river, northeast of Bagdad, to the Persian gulf. According to the advices In question, a British gunboat has been sent to the Persian gulf, presumably with the object of taking possession of the mouths of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, Germany Will Take More of China. BERLIN, May l.-lt Is the belief in political circles here that England, having relinquished the "open door" in China and given her adhesion to the "sphere of influence policy" there, Germany must follow suit. The Tageblatt to-day says the first consequence of the Anslo-Russlan agreement must be that Germany, too, must declare the Hoang-IIo valley to be her sphere. It would be a far-reaching error were Germany to confine heretelf to the province of ShanTung. May Day In London. LONDON, May 1. May day is proceeding quietly here and on the continent. The customary labor demonstration in London consisted of a procession from the Thames Embankment to Hyde Park. There was also a cart horse parade, the animals being gaily decorated with ribbons and rosettes. This procession paraded the streets in the south of London. On the continent work proceeded as usual, except In Italy, where the day was celebrated as a day of rest. There was perfect order everywhere. Xo Protest Aenlnst Our Tariff. LONDON, May 1. In the House of Commons to-day Mr. Douglas -Harry Coghll!, Conservative, asked the Ministry If the Foreign Office had Instructed the representative of Great Britain at Washington to make representations to the government of the United States as to the great injury caused to various branches of British trads by the existing American tariff and to urge

the advisability of withdrawing a tariff so unfavorable to Great Britain. In reply the Rt. Hon. William St. John Erodrick. parliamentary secretary for the Foreign Office, said that it was net usual to make representations to a foreign power on Its tariff policy, except in connection with some specific negotiations. The government, he said, did not consider that at the present moment instructions such as tho member suggested would be likely to result to the benefit of British commerce. Germany and America. VIENNA, May l.The semi-official Fremdenblatt. in the course of an article to-day, designates the cablegrams which passed between Emperor William and President McKinley last week over the German cable matter, as important demonstrations of friendship, because they mark the close of a period of disturbance of the relations between Germany and America. The Fremdenblatt says the political alms of the two countries lie so far apart that it is Impossible for one to cross the other's path. The Fremdenblatt concludes: "America must admit that she meets here, not prejudice or dislike, but perfect readiness to return conciliation for conciliation, and friendliness for friendliness."

Banker Morgan Gives 50,000 Francs. LYONS, May 1. J. Plerpont Morgan, the American banker, who is undergoing the cure at AIx Les Baines, has given the hospital there C0.00Q francs. Cable Notes. Tho latest returns from the Spanish senatorial election show, a governmental majority of forty over t e combined opposition parties. A monument to the. late Dr. Von Stephan, the German imperial postmaster general who died In 1897, was unveiled yesterday In the hall of the Postal Museum at Berlin. There was a heavy snowstorm yesterday morning in Perthshire, Scotland. The unseasonable weather has killed great numbers of sheep and lambs. In the race yesterday for the professional sculling championsh'p of England and a purse of 400, over the course from Putney to Mortlake, George Towns, of Australia, beat W. A. Barry, of Putney, by four lengths. In the British House of Commons yesterday the Rt. Hon. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, chancellor of the exchequer, announced that tho government had failed to come to an agreement with Mr. Cecil Rhodes respecting the proposed guarantee to the Cape-to-Cairo Railway. The announcement was greeted with cheers by the Radical members of the House. MEMPHIS FILLED WITH JOY. 20,000 People Greet tho Gunboat Nashville on Ita Arrival. MEMPHIS, Tenn., May l.The United States gunboat Nashville entered Memphis harbor at 6 o'clock this afternoon amid the deafening shouts of more than twenty thousand people and dropped anchor near tho Arkansas shore. The coming of Uncle SanVa war ship had been widely heralded and the city is thronged with visitors. The principal business houses and residences are profusely decorated in honor of the event. At 4 o'clock this afternoon the steamer James Leo, with the mayor, members of the City Council and the reception committee on board, weighed anchor and, -followed by Innumerable smaller craft, slowly descended the river to meet' the visiting "gunboat, Promptly on schedule time the flotilla made Us appearance and, amid the booming of cannon and shrill blasts of hundreds of steam whistles, the Nashville dropped anchor. Immediately afterward the national salute of twenty-one guns was fired from the Chickasaw bluffs and the Nashville thundered a similar salute in response. To-night Captain Maynard and the officers of the gunboat were entertained by the reception committee at the Gayoso Hotel. To-morrow will be a gala day. A parade of all the civic societies will be had in the afternoon and at night a banquet will be tendered tho officers of the ship at the Peabody Hotel. Covers will be laid for several hundred guests. On Wednesday tho officers will be entertained at the Tennessee Club and, after a night's rest, the visitors will proceed northward at an early hour on Thursday morning. All the railroads entering Memphis will run excursion trains to the city tomorrow and thousands of visitors are expected so as to get a glimpse at Uncle Sam's fighting ship. ITS WORK COMPLETED. Financial Bill Prepared by House Republican Caucus Committee, ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., May l.The national House of Representatives Republican caucus committee concluded Its conference to-day. To an Associated Tress reporter tho chairman of the committee, Mr. Henderson, of Iowa, said: "The committee appointed by the Republican caucus of the House to recommend financial legislation met at Hadden Hail, Atlantic City, on April 17 and have worked steadily and earnestly for two weeks. To-day the committee reached unanimous agreement and is ready to meet the Republican members of the finance committee of the Senate to submit their views to tho consideration of the Joint conference. Until such meeting the work of the House committee will be withheld from publication." WASHINGTON. May 1, Representative Babcock, of Wisconsin, has returned from Atlantic City, where the House caucus committee on currency, of which he is a member, lias been in session. He said that the committee had reached a tentative agreement upon a financial bill, but had agreed net to disclose the nature of the proposed plan until it was submitted to the members of the Senate who are .to confer with them. The meetings of the House committee were harmonious and the conclusion reached was unanimous. Mr. Babcock thought the plan for currency reform, which the conferees adopted, would receive the indorsement of the Republican House and would be satisfactory to the business interests of the country. The meetings of the committee were secret and no suggestions were received from any source. INDIANS SHOT DOWN. One Killed and Two Seriously Wounded by Canndlan Police. ( MONTREAL, Queboc, May 1. As a result of an expedition of the Dominion police against tho obstreperous Indians at St. Regis to-day one Indian was killed, two seriously wounded and four arrested. The dead man was Jake Ice, who had been accused of killing his wife. The wounded are Jake Sunday and Fete Somebody. Jake Fire, I'eter Fire, Peter Thompson and Angus Baboneau were arrested. It appears that the police arrived by tug from Cornwall and went immediately to the house of the men who were charged with preventing the holding of elections on the reserve. When they had arrested their men they took them to the house of the Indian agent. A mob of 200. including a number of Amerfcaan Indians, surrounded the police and shouted far the release of their friends. The police fired on the crowd sod In the ensuing con fusion got away with their prisoners.

MOM IS PAL

SPAIX XOW TECHNICALLY IX POSSESSIOX OF HER 920,000,000. Four Warrants of f 3, 000,000 Each Dellrered to French Ambassador in Behalf of the Madrid Government. PHILIPPINES ARE NOW OURS AS FAR AS THEIR CESSION BY SFAX- ' IARDS IS COXCERXED. Receipt Signed by M. Cambon, Who Folded the Bits of Paper and Tlaced Them In Ills Card Case, LOSSES IN THE SPANISH WAR COMPARISOX WITH CASUALTIES IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. Arrival of the Royal German Insurance Commissioner Public Debt and Circulation Statement WASHINGTON, May L-The last move In the negotiations to terminating the war with Spain occurred to-day when Secretary Hay paid to the French ambassador, M. Cambon, the J30,000,000 provided by the treaty of peace for the cession of the Philippines. The payment was made in four treasury warrants of $5,000,000 each and was receipted for by M. Cambon. The ambassador deposited the $20,000,000 in the RIggs National Bank, of this city, and the cashing of the warrants is expected to be made later through the City National Bank of New York. The Spanish government was notified by cable of the payment, but nothing will be done as to forwarding the funds to Europe , until Spain directs the exact course to' be pursued. Shortly before 11 o'clock M. Cambon strolled over to the State Department. He was alone and no extra precaution was taken to guard the transfer of such a large amount. Secretary Hay received the ambassador in the diplomatic room, where the transfer took place with little formality. The ambassador handed Secretary Hay a formal receipt, which had been already prepared. Tho original receipt was handed by Secretary Hay U Mr. Frank A. Branagan, the disbursing of leer of the Department of State, to be filed away. One copy was given to M. Cambon, another will be cent to United States Minister Storer, a third copy goes to the United States ambassador to Paris, Mr. Porter, and a fourth copy to the auditor of the treasury. After receiving the $20,000,000 M. Cambon folded the four warrants and put them In his card case. He and Secretary Hay chatted over the speedy restoration of diplomatic relations between the United States and Spain, for this payment marked the very last step of the war negotiations. Mr. Hry desired to know when the Duke D'Arcos would arrive in Washington. M. Cambon sold he thought the Spanish minister would come in about two weeks, still he was not certain of this and he said It had been left largely to the duke's personal convenience. A cable notification was sent to Madrid concerning the payment and preparations made for having the warrants paid and the funds forwarded. The form of receipt signed by the ambassador follows: "Received from the secretary of state of the United States the sum of $20,000,000 in four drafts on the assistant treasurer of the United States at New York, Nos. 4506, 4510, 4511 and 4512, of date April 29. 1S20. each draft being for $5,000,000, the same being In full payment of the obligation of the government of the United States to the government of Spain as set forth in Article 3 of the treaty of peace between the United States and Spain, signed at Paris, France, on the 10th day of December, 1838, the ratifications of which were exchanged in the city of Washington on the 11th day of April, 1K9, the payment being provided by the act of Congress approved March 2, 18W, entitled an act making an appropriation to carry out the obligation of the treaty between the United States and Spain, concluded Dec. 10. I&y8.' " The Treasury Department has taken steps to prevent tho photographing of the warrants for the payment of the $30,000,000 to Spain for the Philippines because abuse of the privilege might lead to the counterfeiting of government securities. Miss Frances B. Johnson, a well-known local photographer, to-day was called on to surrender plates of photographs which she had made of the warrants in question and willingly did so on the representations of the secret service officials. Advices received here from Blueftelds, Nicaragua, indicate that the situation there, so far as American interests are concerned, is extremely unsatisfactory and dlscouragirg. It is being Impressed on the officials here that persons high in the Nicaraguan government are pursuing a policy calculated very deliberately to crush the American business interests, now of considerable magnitude, in tho Mosquito country. The reports are to the effect that ever since the Clarence rebellion, some years ago, the Nicaraguan government has been jealous of tho growing Importance of the American settlements, and the Reyes rebellion recently seems to have confirmed it in the determination to destroy the American influence in that section. The Nicaraguans hold the American merchants responsible for Reyes's rebellion. They have consequently determined, according to reports received here, to impose upon these American merchants the entire expense to which the government was put In repressing the rebellion, amounting to about $000,000. This could not be done directly without a breach cf International law, hence the attempt was made to collect a la-ge part of It through a demand upon the American merchants for a second payment upon imports paid to the de facto government cf Bluefields, while Ryes was in possession ef the place. The reports show that this government of Reyes was actually de facto in the full sense of the term. In proof of this it ii shown that Ei trade, the Nicaraguan Governor of the place, sought and was given refuge in the United States consular agency. Also the dues coilecteJ on Imports were collected for Reyes by the same treasurer, who had held the place for the past three years. The American inter ests In Blueftelds alone now aggregate fully $2,000,000 in gold, and the State Department Is determined that they shall be protected against the proposed extortion, to that In teresting news is expected at any moment

in view cf a United States man-of-war there, the Detroit, to execute the orders cf the department. In accordance with the request of the President to choose from each cf the volunteer regiments now In the Philippines one man distinguished for gallantry, for appointment as second lieutenant in the regular army. General Otis has forwarded the following names, each to receive uch a commission: J. R. Morse, first lieutenant California Heavy Artillery; George T. Ballinger, first lieutenant First California Infantry: Ralph E. Lister, second lieutenant First Colorado: William R. Gibson, captain Fiftyfirst Iowa; Chris Abech, sergeant Thirteenth Minnesota; E. V. D. Murphy, second lieu

tenant First Montana; Wallace C. Taylor, captain First Nebraska; Rees Jackson, first lieutenant First Oregon; Frank B. Hawkins, captain Tenth Pennsylvania; Evan A. Young, first lieutenant First South Dakota; William C. Webb, second lieutenant Utah Light Artillery. The United States Supreme Court to-day affirmed the opinion of the Circuit Court of the Southern district of Iowa In the case of McKean vs. The City of Des Moines. The case involved tho Jurisdiction of the officers of the city over Greenwood Park. The court held that the federal courts had no Jurisdiction in tho case, the result being to substantiate the claims of the city administration. - .The court to-day decided a case which has the effect of barring Judges from participating in proceedings in courts of appeal who have dealt with the same cases in the lower courts. The case was that of Moran vs. Dillingham. The Supreme Court set aside tho decree of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth district on the ground that Judge Pardee, of the Circuit Court for the Northern district of Texas, participated in the proceedings in the higher court. The court to-day adjourned until Monday, the 15th Inst., when the court will meet to deliver opinions and hear motions. The calling of the docket for this term has been suspended. Acting Secretary Meiklejohn has received a conscience contribution of $10 In gold coin. The contributor, in his letter, said: "This Is for stationery of the government destroyed and used by me while a clerk In the War Department." The letter was signed "EzClerk." Mr. Meiklejohn forwarded the letter and contribution to the secretary of tho treasury. Brig. Gen. Gcorgo W. Davis had a final consultation with acting Secretary Meiklejohn and Adjutant General Corbln to-day previous to his departure for Porto Rico, where he relieves General Henry as commander of that department and Governor General of the Island. The contract for fuel for the public building at Madison, Ind.. for the fiscal year ending June SO, 1900, has been awarded to Middleton & Wymond, nt $294. Rural free delivery service will be established at South Bend, Ind., on May 15, with two carriers, Homer Zears and John W. Poyser. The tfrca to be covered with the service Is thirty-eight square miles and the population to be served is 1.500. The Chicago National Bank and the Phenlx National of New York were to-day designated as reserve agents for the Bedford National Bank, of Bedford, Ind. Tho monthly statement of the public debt, issued to-day, shows that at the close of business . April 29. 10, the debt, less cash In the treasury, amounted to $1,172,SS7,2G4, an Increase during the month of $23,081,701. This is accounted for by the payment of $20,000,000 to Spain in -settlement of treaty obligations. The debt is recapitulated as follows: Interest bearing debt $1,016,045,CS0 Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity 1,218,ST0 Debt bearing no interest ,. 3&s,447,727 Total ....... ........ ..... .$1, 43c, 714, 97 This amount does not Include $554,350,613 in certificates and treasury notes outstanding, which are offset by an equal amount of cash on hand. The cash In the treasury Is classified as follows: Gold $27S,S5,254 Silver 507,616,792 Paper 44.S51.4oa Bonds, deposits in national banks, disbursing officers' balances, etc.. 85,6S2,0C4 Total $317,105,517 Against which there aro demand liabilities outstanding amounting to $054,037,034. which leaves a net cash balance In the treasury of $263,127,523. Tho monthly comparatlvo statement of tho government receipts and expenditures shows that the total receipt for April, 1K-9, wero $11,611,587. an increase as compared with April. 1S98, of about $S.C00.000. The expenditures during April, 1S39, were $65,949,103, an increase over April last year of $21,700,000. Included in the'expenditures is the payment of $20,000,000 to Spain. The total receipts for the ten months of the present year were $424,056,014, as compared with $340,J)26,950 for the same period in the la t fiscal year. Tho expenditures for the last ten months aggregate $533,451,409, as compared with $347,673,195 for the same period last year. During the last Aprjl receipts from the several sources of revenue aro given as follows: Customs. $17,643,045, an increase over April, 1898, of about $3,450,000; Internal revenre. $22,207,099, an increase of $3.3S7.000; miscellaneous, $1,787,511, an increase of $212,000. The expenditures on account of the War Department since July 1, 1S9S. aggregate $210,645,536; on account of the Navy Department, $55,522,894. The amount of cash payments already made on account of the war is approximated by tho treasury officials at from $273,000,000 to $273,00. OW. Of this amount about $160,000,000 Jt estimates has been paid through the War Department, $54,000,000 through the Navy Department, $20,000,000 under the treaty with Spain end $1,000,000 on account of Increased expenses in the civil establishment. The monthly circulation statement of the controller of the currency shows the total national bank-note circulation on April 29, ISM, to have been $2i2,7H.S32, an Increase for the year of I15.101.4SS and a decrease for the month of $337.SS4. The circulation based on United States bonds was $207,9CG.2S7, an increase for the year of $11,810,352 and a decrease for the month of $1,959,702, The circulation eecured by lawful money aggregated $34,7G3,W6, an Increase for the year of $3,201,156 and an increase for the month of $1,621,718. The amount of United States registered bonds cn deposit to secure circulating notes was $232,167,913 and to secure public deposits 172,395,940. The coinage executed at the mints of the United States during April. 1S99. aggregated $10,006,994, as follows: Gold, $7.W4,475; silver, $2,159,449; 1-cent bronze, 13,070. Beprcsentative Dolliver, of Iowa, who is pushing General Henderson for speaker of the Houso of Representatives, to succeed Mr. Reed, to-day in (M interview said tiiat Mr. Sherman, of New York, in his opinion, would win unless the Western congressmen united on a candidate and that conequently when he reached Chicago shortly he would suggest to Representative Hopkins, of 'Illinois, and other Western candidates that the Western men enter into an agreement to vote for the Western speakership candidate lecelving the highest number of votes on the first ballot. Director general of posts. D. G. Rathbone, of Cuba, had a long conference wiih Postmaster General Emory Smith to-day. tn which he detailed recent progress In the service. Hs reports a tubattntlal ImproveContinued oav Fourth Pse.

HERO HONORED

ADMIRAL DEWEY'S PRAISES SCXQ TIIBOLGIIOLT Tlin LAM). "Dewey Day" Celebrated In Some Form or Other by School Children, Clubs nnd Patriotic Societies. SPEECH BY SECRETARY LONG TUB ADJII.NISTRATIOX'S POLICY 13 THE FHILIPPI.ES DEFENDED. Campalcm of Slander and Unwarranted Denunciation Conducted by, Antl-Iniperlallsts Condemned. 'MANILA TE DEUM' PBRF0RMED FOR THE FIRST TI3IE, WITH GADSKI AS THE LEADING SOLOIST, Chicago's Auditorium Filled rrlth a Large Audience, In Which the Army and Nary Was "Well Represented. BOSTON, May L The Essex Club celebrated Admiral Dewey's victory with a banquet at Young's Hotel to-ulght, at which were entertained as guests Secretary of the Navy John D. Long and two heroes of the Manila fight. Captain Wildes, of the Boston, and Lieutenant Commander Reese, formerly executive officer of the Olympla, besides Commander Selfrldgc, formerly of the Puritan, and Lieutenant Commander" Wilmer, cf the Monadnock. Secretary Long began his speech with a eulogy of Admiral Dewey and then paid a graceful tribute to the officers and men of the navy. The greater part of his speech was a defense of the national administration's Philippine policy. Hs raid: "I believe that no more unpatriotic utterance, or one more unjust to the administration of the government of our country, has been uttered than the statement which I see now and then, that 'the treatment of the Cubans by Spain or the Armenians by the Turks is not to be compared with our course towards the Filipinos in wanton and deliberate cruelty.' The mind that can utter such an extravagance Is so entirely warped thav Ita Judgment Is valueless. Any mind that is not entirely perverted knows that is not true, and that the administration has had no purpose of wanton and deliberate cruelty or of any Injury to the Filipinos. Its first, constant and last instruction has been to insure them every help to' better conditions. You can point, to -no word it has uttered, no order It has given, no mission It has sent that has not had In view the Improvement of ;he Philippine islands. If you will read th recent proclamation Issued by the commission of which President Schuman Is the head you are blind if you do not see that it tenders to them every advantage of good government and civilization. That any man can suggest that the spirit thus expressed compares unfavorably with that of General Weyler's barbarities in Cuba or the Turkish massacres In Armenia is a reflection upon either his candor or his Intelligence. AGUINALDO'S FAULT. "One would think, from what some say, that tho President had gone out of his w&y to. begin an assault and invasion upon the Filipinos. On the contrary, cn Feb. 6, around that city of Manila, where life and property were congregated and entitled to) protection, Aguinaldo and his. follower were making their assault, shooting dowa our soldiers, creating riot and disturbances, endangering life and property, actually lighting the torch and attempting to burn the city. I can hardly bclitve that even tho critics of the administration approve this at that time or that they approve of the Filipinos firing on cur flags of truce. And yet I cannot help noticing that some of them have no woTd of sympathy for our soldier and countrymen who In their line of duty were exposed to those dangers In and about Mauila. They havo no word of praise for the gallant Funston. Yet when Horatlut won eternal fame by swimming the Tiber he was escaping from the foe; when the young Kansan crossed the Rio Grande It was to attack tho enemy end la the very teeth of the enemy's fire. But If wmo atrocious slander is invented against the good conduct or humanity of our army It's a source of delight to them, "The President had given strict orders to General Otis to avoid conflict in every possible way and General Otis had so notified; Aguinaldo. The latter, instead of seeklnr peaceful settlement, went on waging war on the city and on our troops lawfully there. In the discharge of his duty to maintain law and order, certainly, the President was Justified in suppressing the attacks. And, If the best means of defense was, for the time being, to afsume the offensive, after such, provocation. !n order to prevent further attacks, he was justified In that. "Meantime, the most enlightened commis slon he cculd select had been sent to Manila with a view to bringing about soma proper adjustment. This commission Is now at work I cannot help feeling that there has been undue precipitation on the part of some in falling to appreciate the great responsibilities that are upon the President and in launching the most violent assaults upon his administration, which is doing the best it can in its endeavors to preserve order and to establish a stable condition of things before entering upon the question -;f further adjustment." 'It seems to me that this is the first thing to be done and this the administration is endeavoring to do. Second, to go on, through the Schurman peace commission, as speedily as po?slb!e get Into communication with tho leading influences arming the natives and secure some adjustment. The third thing for the administration Is, while thus insuring order and doing everything to secure an adjustment with the natives, to wait the action of Congress, which must determine what the disposition of those islands is to be. My personal views are of very little consequence, but I have already expreiwd them to the effect that I should be clad to see every step taken toward thtir ultimate self-government as soon as they show their capacity for it and. l soon as there shall be proper guarantees of order and protection to property and organization of government in a stable manner." "MAM LA TE DEl'SIV Cadftkt Sings la Honor of Adnirci Dewey's Victory. , CHICAGO. May l.Flacs vera unfurls throughout the city to-day and portraits cj