Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 300, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 October 1899 — Page 1

1 IMBIAMAEOLIB JOUEMAI i i w WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 13. DAILY ESTABLISHED 10. iVOL. XLIX-NO. 300. INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY MORNING,. OCTOBER 27, 1899. 1)1) Tnr o nXTTC 5 at RAILWAT IJ1" L lLjiJ O Vlii lO. TRAINS AM) L.MiA).". luo.

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mafkkim; komrarded nv general cuoxjirs Foiiri: of no Ens. Several Homes Said to Have Deen In Flame 'When the Last Reports Were Sent to Pretoria. GEN. YULE AT LADYSM1TH OUTMAXEIVEIIED THE ENEMY IN III9 MAnCH FR03I DHDEC. Forced to Evacuate the Latter Place and Leare Slnny Wounded En(liihmtn In the Hospitals. WHITE PREPARING FOR A FIGHT WILL ENGAGE FREE STATERS WREJJ Y LLC'S 3IEN HAVE RESTED. Death of Gen. Sir William Penn Symons Ofaclal Dispatches and Stories Told ijr Correspondents. LONDON. Oct. 27. News Is anxiously awaited from Mafeklng. According to dispatches from Pretoria, by way of Delegoa bay, General Cronje's commando of Boers fcrran shelling the town last Tuesday, after notifying women and children to leave. On Wednesday the shelling was renewed and several houses were In flames. The Cape Town correspondent of the Dally News says it Is reported there from private sources that the British Issued from Mafeklng on Saturday and surrounded and captured 210 Boers. It Is believed a number of officers, who are supposed to be furloughed. Joined Colonel Baden-Powell at Mafeklng. ANOTHER BATTLE SOON. White Will Attack the Free Statera When Ynle's Men Are Rested. LONDON. Oct. 27. Gen. Sir George Stewart White, according to a dispatch from Cape Town to the Dally Mall, will attack the Orange Free State forces In Natal as soon as General Yule's men nave rested. Strong British reinforcements are being sent up from the Cape. General Yule's brigade was received at Lady smith with great enthusiasm. The column left Sunday river valley in a heavy rain, which 'continued through the march. In spite of the great fatigue of the men, the retreat was effected In masterly fashion. General Yule completely outmaneuverlng the enemy. The services rendered by the colonial guides deserves special mention. Part of the bridge over Sunday river was destroyed to prevent the possibility of the enemy transporting guns. FRANCE COURTING TROUBLE. Slay Send a Naval Squadron to Sonth 1 African Waters. PARIS, Oct. 27. A dispatch to the Journal from Toulon says there Is talk there of sending to the southwest coast of Africa a naval division, consisting of three secondclass protected cruisers, commanded by Admiral Bienaime. YULE HAD NARROW ESCArE. Saved Only by Incapacity of the Enemy's Intelligence Department. LONDON, Oct. 27. The official announcement of the Joining of General White and General Yule has coma as a great relief and all the more so In view of the fact that later dispatches have shown that only the Incapacity of the intelligence department of the Doers saved General Yule's column from a great disaster. It seems that on Friday night Dundee was full of alarms. Heavy fixing was heard at 1 o'clock and again at 4. A severe thunderstorm soon after stopped the Boer cannonade. Saturday passed in the same anxious manner, in momentary expectation of an attack. The British finally evacuated, taking all they could, but leaving plenty behind for the Doers to loot. The appointments of the Boer hospital at Dundee are described as very Inadequate and primitive. The Boers themselves. In the absence of a nursing staff, get only scant attention. It Is reported that Gen. Sir William Penn Syraons died on Wednesday, not on Thursday, and was burled at Dundee yesterday. General Yule's column had a very exhausting march, chiefly, it is believed, by right The reaf on for a night march Is not given, but it was probably a fear of Boer surprises. The heavy rains and mist hampered the march, but were rcrhaps the means of saving General Yule from molestation. It took the column twenty-four hours to cover the last sixteen miles. The only news this morning consists of moro detailed accounts of the battles already reported. A correspondent who visited the hospital at Ladysmlth, where the Boers wounded at Elandslaagte are being tended, report that Gen. Jan Kock, who was badly wounded in the thigh and fhoulder, said the advance of the patrol under Commandant Pienar. without guns, was simply with the ob. ?et of cutting the railway and that thLs body was tubsequently reinforced without General Joubcrt's orders. General Viljoe accompanying them. The latter was killed early in the fight. According to another correspondent, the Boers say that General Kock, during the battle, read his Bible and prayed for victory. His brother, two eons and a nephew jrere all wounded and taken prisoners. Col.

S. Schiel, of the German corps, and Commandant Pretorius, were both severely wounded. Many prominent Boers are not yet accounted for. Philip Kock says the Boers suffered most from "soldiers in little clothes half-men and half-women" meaning the Gordon Highlanders, and in the charge of the Fifth Lancers. The Boers say also that the two quick-firing guns captured by tho Devonshire regiment are those that were taken from the Jameson raiders. Colonel Schiel assured a correspondent that nothing could stand against the accuracy of the British field guns, which repeatedly drove the Transvaal gunners from their embrasures. The British Infantry fire was also, he said, a complete surprise to the Boers, wjio wero confident of their ability to master any inantry attack. One Elandslaagte correspondent expresses the belief that the British killed fewer Boers than might have been expected, considering the heavy fire of the British artillery. The bullet of the Boer Mauser, it appears, makes a clean, healthy wound where it passes out. No operations for extraction have been necessary at the Ladysmlth hospital. The Daily Mall publishes the following dispatches from Pietermaritzburg, dated Oct. 24: "The residents of Dundee had a weary tramp of forty miles to the nearest town, where they arrived in a Tillable plight, having lost everything. The refugees included Harry Escombc, former premier of Natal, and the Dundee magistrate. One of the Dundee people says that all day Saturday trains were arriving at Commandant Joubert'a headquarters at Dannhoauser from the Transvaal border, bringing Boers, and that there must have been ten thousand in the hills around Dundee. The natives report the Boers took sixteen wagons loaded with their dead from the field of the first battle at Glencoe. Among the killed were several Natal Dutch. A sad feature of the engagement was that three Englishmen who were Impressed at Krugersdorp fought with the enemy, one of them being killed. Two others, greatly affected, said they were compelled to fight." With regard to the western frontier It is reported that President Steyn recently visited a force of 2,000 Boers encamped ten miles south of Kimberley. The war Is having its natural effect In Cape Colony. Everything is at famine prices, and horseflesh is at a tremendous premium. A Dutch circular is being secretly circulated in the Burghersdorp district appealing to the Dutch -to stand shoulder to shoulder against "the tjrant who aever keeps faith." Martial law has been proclaimed throughout Natal. A transport has arrived at Durban with a battalion of the rifle brigade. Orders were Issued in London yesterday for an additional five thousand troops to sail for South Africa between Nov. 4 and Nov. 18. The Dally News says, this morning: We understand that, at a private dinner of politicians, Wednesday, Lord Rosebery emphatically repudiated the intention attributed to him of reflecting on Mr. Gladstone's conduct in his recent letter alluding to Majuba. OFFICIAL DISPATCHES.

General White Reports the Arrival of Ynle at Ladysmlth. LONDON, Oct. 26. The War Office to-day received the following dispatches from Gen. White: "Ladysmlth, Oct. 23. Brigadier General Yule's force has left Dundee with the view of concentrating at Ladysmlth. To avoid the risk of life which a long march would have entailed the wounded were left at Dundee under medical supervision. "Yesterday Sir George White, having ascertained b a previous reconnoissance that tho Free State forces had moved eastward from Bester's Station, and were attempting to gain the road from Ladysmlth to the north, moved out in the direction of Elandslaagte with the Fifth Lancers, Nineteenth Hussars, Imperial Llghthorse, Natal Mounted Volunteers, two field batteries, one mountain battery and a brigade of Infantry. The enemy posted a battery two miles south of Moddersprult and opened with infantry fire at long range on the British advance guard, consisting of the Nineteenth Hussars. This was followed by artillery fire directed with considerable accuracy against the British guns. "An action lasting six hours ensued at Rletfontein on Friday. The enemy were driven from the hills commanding the roads. Sir George White's object being accomplished, the column returned to Ladysmlth. The enemy is believed to have suffered severely. Several Boers own officially that they lost over 100 killed at Elandslaagte. Three hundred prisoners, wounded and unwounded, are In tho hands of the British, including several of high position. "In tho action at Elandslaagte Oct. 21 the Johannesburg force, with a detachment of the German corps, was completely broken up. "All was well at Mafeklng up to Oct. 21. "All was well at Kimberley up to Oct. 23. Tho defenders are In good spirits." "Ladysmlth. Oct. 2f,, 12:10 p. m. General Yule's column has Just marched in hero after a very hard march during a nicht of exceptionally heavy rain. The men. though done up, are in good spirits and only want a rest. Tho enemy did not molest them." The War Office has received a telegram from General White, dated Ladysmlth, giving a list of the captured officers of Hussars, etc., as cabled to the Associated Tress yesterday. General White explained that hedid not have the Hit until General Yules force arrived to-day. Gi:CHAL SIMONS HEAD. Announcement Made hy Mr. Wyndhnm In the Iloune of Commons. LONDON, Oct. 2S.-The death of Gen. Sir William Tenn Symons, the British commander at Glencoe, who was shot in the stomach in the battle with the Boers there Oct. 20, was officially announced in the House of Commons to-day. The parliamentary secretary of tho War Office, Mr. Wyndham, in announcing the death of Gen. Symons, said: "The news was considerately sent to General White by General Joubert. which confirms the Impression that Gen. Yule had to leave his wounded at Dundee. We hope to have, shortly, full Information on tho dispositions made by General Yule for his wounded before leaving. The House," he added, "will be glad to know that we have a further report from Mafeklng, which was ull right on Oct. 21. As the establishment of the Eighteenth Hussars wax complete there 1 no explanation It on tinned uu Second Pajre.t

TERMS OF WILL

HOW CORNELIUS VANDERBILT D1SroSED OF HIS RICHES. Statement from Senator Depvr That Shows the Estate to Be Valued at About Seventy Millions, ALFRED G. IS CHIEF HEIR WILL RECEIVE 3 EARLY ?50,000,000 AND BECOME HEAD OF FAMILY Cornelius, Jr., Who Married MIsm Wilson, Cut Off with f 500,000 Cash and $1,000,000 Held in Trust. ) OTHERS GET $7,500,000 EACH WIDOW GIVEN ALL SHE CAN USE DIR1NG HER LIFETIME. Alfred More Generous than Ills Father Will Mukc Cornelius's Fortune Equal the Others. NEW YORK, Oct. 25. The provisions of tho will of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt were made public to-night In a statement by Chauncey M. Depew. Alfred Gwynno Vanderbilt Inherits the larger portion of his father's fortune, and becomes practically the head of the Vanderbilt family. The will makes no mention of the marriage of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., to MIs3 Wilson, nor to any quarrel between his father and him because of the union, but apparently the father's displeasure was visited on the eldest son, he receiving, all told, under the terms of the will but Sl.oOO,000, and $1,000,000 of this Is held in trust by tho executors. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt is, of course, the residuary legatee, and will possess a fortune of probably $10,000,000 to $30,000,000. Gladys, Reginald and Gertrude (Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney) will receive about $7,500,000 each. But Mr. Depew states that Alfred will give from his share enough to Cornelius to make the latter as rich as his brother and sisters. Alfred will therefore turn over to Cornelius about $6,000,000. The statement reads: "The will of Cornelius Vanderbilt Is dated June IS, 1S06, and the two codicils thereto are dated, respectively, April 24, lS37,.andJ April 4, 1S0D. His property is disposed of under these Instruments as follows: "First A bequest to Mrs. Vanderbilt, his widow, for her life, of the dwelling house and premises on Fifth avenue, between Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth streets. Also tho stable on 'East Thirty-eighth street; also all the household furniture, pictures, silver, musical instruments, works of art and all other articles In his residence in New York, with the power to heir to change or dispose of them during her lifetime. From this bequest Is excepted, however, ancestral portraits and busts and portraits of himself and certain pieces of jewelry, which are distributed among his children, Alfred G.t Reginald, Gertrude and Gladys. "Second At the death of Mrs. Vanderbilt the property devised to her for life Is given to either Alfred G. or Reginald C, as she may appoint by her will, and in default of such appointment It goes to the eldest of his sons then living, Alfred or Reginald, and if neither o( them be living at the time of her death, then to Gertrude, if living, and, If not, then to Gladys. In case neither of said sons or daughters shall survive his widow, then this property Is to be divided among the then living children of such sons and daughters, and if there be no such grandchildren then it becomes part of the residuary estate. PEW AND OPERA HOUSE BOX. "Third A bequest to Mrs. Vanderbilt of his pew in Trinity Church, Newport, R. I., and also all his horses, vehicles, harness, equipments and stable furniture In his stables at tho time of his death, excepting such as have been given, during his lifetime, to his children: also, his box at the Metropolitan Opera House is given to his widow. "Fourth The residence, land and property, with all furniture, etc., and contents of the houses and stables at Newport, R. I., are given to Mrs. Vanderbilt for her natural life and upon her death to such one of their children, Alfred, Reginald, Gertrudo or Gladys, as she may designate by her will, and in default of such designation the same becomes part of the residuary estate. "Fifth The Oakland farm, in South Portsmouth, R. I., with all buildings, furniture, equipment, live stock upon it, is given to Alfred C. absolutely. "Sixth A bequest to Mrs. Vanderbilt of $2,000,000 in securities, or, if she so elects, $2,000 ,HX in money. "Seventh A bequest to Mrs. Vanderbilt of. the annual Income or sum of $200,000 arising from securities to be set apart for that purpose by his executors. "Eighth At the death of Mrs. Vanderbilt the principal set apart to create the Income of $230,000 is given to Gertrude, Alfred G., Reginald C. and Gladys, or, if any of them bo dead, to their issue in such proportions as Mrs. Vanderbilt may direct in her will, and in default of such apportionment the same to be divided equally. "Ninth Under a power of appointment as to $5,000,000 held in trust under his father's will he directs that $Ti00,000 thereof be paid to his son Cornelius and the balance thereof be equally divided among his other children. "Tenth One million dollars is given to his executors In trust to the, use of his son Cornelius, who is to receive tho net incomo during hid life, and upon his death the principal is to bo divided Into as many shares as he leaves children and held in trust for them during the life of the youngest child living at tho time of the death of testator, tho income meanwhile to be applied to their maintenance and support, and upon the death of such child tho principal to be paid over to the respective beneficiaries. But in case Cornelius should leave no children surviving him or if any child surviving him should die before receiving his share then the principal or any unpaid portion thereof Is to becomo rart of his residuary estate. No payment of such funds is to be made in anticipation of income or alienated during the lifetime of the person entitled to tho income. "Eleventh Twenty million dollars in securities is to be set apart by his executors to be divided by them into four equal parts and held in truit. one part each for tho use of hU children Gertrude, Alfred, Reginald and Gladys, the income thereof to bo paid to each for life, and upon the death

of the bcneflclary the principal of h!9 or her share to be paid to the issue of such beneficiary In such proportions as may be appointed by the will, and in default of such appointment in equal shares to euch issue, and falling Issue, then the principal of such share is to be paid to the survivors of the above named or their Issue. TOWERS OF TRUSTEES. "Twelfth-The trustees of the several trust fund are authorized in their discretion to sell or hold the securities belonging to the testator at tho time of his death and to change investments, and are directed to invest trust fund3 arising therefrom in certain specified securities and classes of investment, with additional authority to Invest In the mortise bonds of any railroad approved for that purpose by all of the exocutors who miy qualify. They are further cirected to hold securities In which trust funds may be invested in their names as trustees for the parties, respectively, for whose benefit tho trust Js created, keeping each trust separate and distinct. "Thirteenth Specific bequest are made as follows: William K. Vandetbilt. $100,000; Chauncey M. Depew, S2W.O0O; Edward V. W. Eosslter. $50,000; John Hone, $5),000; Rev. Dr. David H. Green. $00,000; Charles C. Clarke. $a,O0O; Franklin Allen, $2.,0M; Maud Gwynne Shepard, $23,0)0; John Rutgers Leroy, $20,000; Charles F. Cox, $10,00); Edgar T. Chapman, son of Rev. E. T. Chapman, of Watervilet, N. Y., $10,000; George R. Fearing, $10,000; Rev. Dr. William S. Langford. $10,000; George A. Warburton, $10,000; Robert It. McBurney (dead), $10,000; J. R. Hattmaker, $10,000. Also the following annuities: Mrs. William Turnbull. $1,200; John T. Eailes. $1,200; Mr. Jeremiah Simpson, $1,200; Mrs. Sarah Simonson. $G0O; Mrs. Cornelius Little, $200. Upon the death of each annuitant the principal set apart for such annuity 1 added to the residuary estate. Also it Is provided that the judgment of the executors shall bo final in re?pvct to any division of the estate made by them, and each executor and trustee Is relieved from, responsibility for the acts or omissions of any other, and no bonds are required from them as security. CHARITABLE BEQUESTS. "Fourteenth A legacy of $100,000 Is given to the Young Men's Christian Association of New York, and the desire is expressed that the income, so far as practicable, bo usd for Christian work among railroad employes. Also a bequest of $2)0,000 is given to the rector, church wardens and vestrymen of St. Bartholomew's Church to be kept invested by them and the annual incomo applied to the missionary work of the parish. There Is a further bequest of $200,000 for tho erection of a building for church purposes in paid parish, contingent upon Its not having been erected prior to testator's death, the surplus, if any, to be added to the bequest last above named. Also the following bequests: -Yale University, $100,000; St. Luke's Hospital in New York city, $50,000; the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the' Protestant Episcopal Church, $50,000; trustees of the Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., $50,000; the Redwood lib-ary at Newport, $10,000; the Newport (R. I.) Hospital. $10,u00; the Manhattan Working Girls' Society of the city of New York, $10,000; the New York Bible and Common Prayer Book Society, $10,000. Also the executors are directed to pay to the Society of St. Johnland annually the sum of $3,000, and a bequest of $10,000 is made to the same society. Also to the Protestant Episcopal Society for Seamen in New York city o bequest of $10,000 is given, and Turner's painting of the Grand canal, Venice, is siv.!H .to ilie Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York city. "Fifteenth A bequest of $1,000 is given to each of the family servants who bave been in the employ in the house or stable ot th testator for two years next preceding his death. Also the following .bequests: John H. Dempsey. $3,000; Charles A. Whitaker, coachman, $2,000; Tony, his barber, $2,000; John Allen, his farmer, $2,000. "Sixteenth The gold medal voted by Congress In 1865 at the close of tho civil war to Cornelius Vanderbilt, his grandfather, is given to his son Alfred, with the request that he leave it to his eldest son, and so on down from eldest son to eldest son. RESIDUE OF TUB ESTATE. "Seventeenth All the rest, residue and remainder of the estate, including all lapsed legacies and the principal of annuities, is given to the executors in trust to hold and invest and reinvest, and collect rents, income and profits for the use of his son Alfred, and to pay to him the net income thereof as received until he becomes thirty, when he is to come into possession of onehalf of said estate, the income of the remainder to be paid to him as before until he becomes thirty-five, when he Is to come into full possession thereof. If he dies before coming into possession of any of his estate and leaves children, the undistributed portion is to be divided Into equal shares and held in trust for such children until they become of age. But, In event of there being no children living after Alfred's death, or their dying before coming of age, then testator's son, Reginald C. Vanderbilt, in all respects as to the undistributed portion of such residuary estate, is to stand in tho place and stead of Alfred, receiving the income until he is thirty and then half the principal and the Income of the balance until he is thirty-five years of age, when he is to be put in possession of the rest. On the contingency that both Alfred and Reginald die without Issue before being put into possession of said estate, then tho testator's daughters Gertrude and Gladys are to become residuary legatees In icqual shares, their children taking the parent's share In case either dies before that time. "Eighteenth Tho executors are directed to pay out of the estate all inheritance, legacy and transfer taxes chargeable on account of any gifts, devises or bequests under the law of the State of New York or of tho United States or State therein. "Nineteenth Alice G. Vanderbilt, his widow, is appointed executrix, and his son Alfred G. Vanderbilt, William K. Vanderbilt, Chauncey M. Depew and Edward W. Rosslter rre appointed executors, together with Reginald, who may qualify as soon as ho becomes of age; and It is provided that no commission or compensation shall be paid to any executor or trustee for his services." CODICILS TO THE WILL. A codicil gives $200,000 additional to the rector, church warden and vestrymen of St. Bartholomew's Church, .to be invested and the annual income thereof to be applied to the church missionary work of that parish. A second codicil bequeaths $1,000,000 additional to his daughter, Gertrude V. Whitney, and $10,000 to John A. Peterson. Senator Depew gave the following statement regarding the action of Alfred Vanderbilt: "When Alfred Vanderbilt returned he decided from brotherly affection and for family harmony to take out of his own inheritance and give to his brother Cornelius a sum sufficient to mt.ke the fortune of Cornelius the pame as that of his brothers and sisters. This has been accepted by Cornelius in the same spirit. "This action was altogether voluntary," said Senator Depew. "no threats having been made. Of course there might have been a contest under the terms of tho will, but there never was a suggestion of one. The whole thing was done in a most beautiful brotherly way." Tho entire fortune Is estimated to bo about $70.000.000. When some surprise was Continued uu Second rase.)

COST OF SULUS

GENERAL BATES'S ARRANGEMENT WITH THE ROYAL FAMILY. Friendship of the Sultan and n Group of Islands Secnred by This Country at Little Expense. SLAVES TO BE EMANCIPATED IX THE FUTURE, AND THEIR CONDITION' TO DE BETTERED AT OXCE. C.'onn-ress to De Asked to Provide for Construction of a Cable to Onr Sew Pacific Possessions. FRIARS SCORED BY FILIPINOS COMMISSION TO VISIT ROME AND COMPLAIN' TO THE TOPE. President -McKInley to Urge Congress to Provide a Liberal Government for the Philippines. WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. War Department officials refuse to make public any of the provisions of the arrangement made by General Bates with the Sultan of Sulu, the southernmost group of tho Philippines, but state that Its main features have been touched on In the cabled press reports from Manila. The document arrived in Washington about six weeks ago. A Cabinet officer says General Bates has secured for the United States the valuable services of the whole royal family of Sulu for the compensation of a good clerk and provided for the immediate mitigation of the conditions of the slaves and their ultimate emancipation. Not being in actual possession of the Sulu group (and Spain has never been able to obtain more than a nominal suzerainty over it), the ability of the United States military commander to effect these things, besides preserving peace and opening the islands to trade, is regarded as commendable. It is further said that this arrangement is not permanent and does not prevent different treatment of the islands in the future, and, still further. It has not been approved thus far by the President and may be rejected if it is deemed proper to do so. The arrangement is regarded as a purely military one, fully within the powers of the American commanding officer to draw up, and so It will not bo submitted to the Senate as would bo a treaty, but will be merely transmitted as a matter of information. CABLE NECESSARY. Congress to lie Urged to Pare the Way for Its Construction. WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. In official and diplomatic quarters attention Is being directed to the question of a Pacific cable Unking this country with the Philippines and points beyond, and it is understood this govcrment and the foreign governments which would be affected by the cable are now actively considering the subject. The officials here are assembling data and preparing cable maps with the expectation that the matter will be brought to the early attention of Congress. In a general way the project is for a cable of four links, namely: From San Francisco to Hawaii, 2,160 miles; from Hawaii to Wake island, 2,011 miles; from Wake island to Guam, 1,233 miles; from Guam to Manila, 1,300 miles. These landing points are all within the control of the United States, our flag having been raised on Wake Island not long ago. This would connect all the American possessions in the Pacific by a line crossing no foreign territory. Besides this, the plan permits of an expansion so as to secure two outlets to Asia and the far East. The first of these would be from Manila to the Japanse Island of Formosa, from which island Japan has built a line to the Japanese coast and the mainlanl of Asia. The second outlet would be from Hawaii south to Fanning Island, at which point the newly projected British cable from Vancouver to New Zealand crosses. The foregoing projects would not be private enterprises, but a government undertaking. The government, it is urged in support of the project, would be not only free from present high charges and from the supervision of the foreign companies now handling the business, but the line bting opened to public and commercial uses at a reasonable rate wculi afford facilities for the expanding trade of the Pacific and thereby yield a considerable return to the government. Foreign governments which would be affected by this project -notably Russia, Japan and Great Britain are beginning to fhow some concern over it, and It is understood that the government has been sounded of late from several foreign quarters to learn what Its plans are. s . FRIARS DENOUNCED. Blamed for AH the Trouble in the Philippine Islands. MANILA, Oct. 26.-The Filipino Congress has selected a commission of native priests to proceed to Rome to explain to the Pope the abuses and iniquities of the friars and ask for intervention. Aguinaldo, In a recent speech at Tarlac, characterized the friars as intriguers and abusers of honor, law and morality, and declared they compassed Spain's downfall in the Philippines. He added: "Wo can have no consideration for tho friars whose iniquities and abuses are doubtless unknown at the Vatican, where only the friar's own misleading reports are received. If this commission has not yet left Manila the fact is due to the machinations and intrigues of Bishop Nozaleda, of Manila, who is effectively aiding our ene mies." The Thirty-fourth Infantry proceeded to San Isldro this morning, Colonel Kennon commanding. Civil Government at San Isldro. SAN ISIDRO, via Manila, Oct. 27, 9:15 a. m. Aljpio Gonzales, mayor of SanJfldro, who fled when the Americans took possession of the town, returned yesterday. General Lawton has established a civil government. One of Lowe's scouts and two privates of the signal corps are missing. It is mjppo!ed tiny have been captured. This mo-ring at daybreak Gen, Young's command, (insisting cf G whirr's scouts, a contingent of the Twent.'-second Regiment, Chase's troop of the Third Cavalry, nine troops of the Fourth Cavalry, a body of engineers and Russell's nlzwil corps, with

rations for even days, left in the direction of Santa Rosa.

PROMPT ACTION DESIRED. Congress Will Be Asked to Back I P the President's Policy. NEW YORK, Oct. 26. A ppecial to the Herald from Washington says: "Prompt declaration fcy Congress In favor of asserting and maintaining complete sovereignty over the Philippines, at whatever cost, and in favor of the most liberal kind of selfgovernment when the Insurrection ends, is what the President wants. It is also what the Philippine commissioners want. There Is a great deal yet for the President to do on his message, and for the peace commissionors to do on their report, but this one important conclusion is certain. "Yoar correspondent has excellent authority for the statement that the President Intends to make specific recommendations to Congress in favor of holding the Philippines permanently and as to the form of civil government to take the place of. the military as soon as the Tagals now In rebellion surrender. It Is authoritatively stated that there will be no half-way measures suggested for the purpose of sidetracking the Philippine question until after the next campaign. The President will face the issue squarely and give Congress the best information possible from his commissioners and other sources to support the position he has assumed. "Although members of the Philippine commission are not talking for publication, .there is no doubt they will lay great stress in their report upon the desirability of .prompt and emphatic declaration on the part of Congress, which will convince those now in rebellion that all branches of the government are united on the question of permanent American control In the Philippines'. Such action. In the opinion of Admiral Dewey and Professor Schurman, will be almost effective as guns in ending the war in the Philippines. It is now only a question of the specific kind of government the President will recommend. He will be governed 'n nis decision by the views of the Philippine commissioners, whose final decision will be the result of the deliberations they are here for now. The first meeting of the committee will be held in the State Department to-morrow, but they will probably not begin the actual prepatation of their report before next Monday." Crazy Soldiers Drought Ilack. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26.-The United States transport Sydney arrived from Manila, via Nagasaki and Kobe, to-day, being thirty days on the journey. She brings thirty-six cabin and sixty-nine steerage passengers. She arrived In port with four insane soldiers on board, and another, Private Albert Kellerman, United States Infantry, committed suicide Oct. 7 by Jumping in the sea. Oct. 1 Corporal Jeremiah Quinlan, Company A, Battalion of Engineers, died of sickness, his body being embalmed and brought to this city. On Oct. 23 Private H. Plon, Ninth United States Infantry, died, the body being embalmed. Among her passengers are forty-four men of the wrecked transport Morgan City. Lawton Mast Wnlt for Promotion. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Oct. 2S.-There will be no appointment in the near future to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of General Shafter, for which Generals MacArthur and Lawton have been mentioned. Tho information was communicated to the Milwaukee Journal to-day in a telegram from Secretary of War Root. The message reads as follows: ' "v "No officer has been selected to succeed General Shafter as brigadier general in the regular army. The appointment Is not contemplated in the immediate future." Spanish Gunboat Raised. WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. Admiral Watson, at Manila, has informed the Navy Department that the Spanish gunboat Arayat. sunk May, 1833, in the Paslg river, has been raised. Her hull, boiler and machinery are in fair condition and she will be repaired. The Arayat is a small gunboat of 137 tons displacement. She has an estimated speed of ten knots and carries two quick-firing guns. Delayed ly Thick: Weather. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2.-The trans-, ports Tartar, Newport and Manuensls, which started for Manila, last evening, did not succeed in getting past the Golden Gate, owing to thick weather outside. They will sail to-day, the weather having cleared. BRAKES DID NOT HOLD TROLLEY CAR STRUCK BY A RAILWAY TRAIN' AT DETROIT. Was Filled with People Returning from the Theaters Conductor Killed and 22 Persona Injured. DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 2S.-Shortly before midnight car No. 13, of the MOunt Clemens Rapid-railway suburban electric line was struck by a Michigan Central freight train at the corner of Gratiot and Bellevue avenues, killing Conductor Schneider and injuring twenty-two men and women, two of them fatally. The suburban car was filled with the regular theater load bound for Mount Clemens. Between twenty-five and thirty passengers were thrown violently from their scats as the heavy train threw the car from the track and crushed It against an adjoining building. Conductor Schneider was just mounting the rear step and was instantly crushed to death between the car and a telephone pole. Following are the victims: Killed. TONY SCHNEIDER, conductor, of Mount Clemens. Injured. OTTO VANDETtKE, Belgium, Mich., cut about hand?. MRS. JOSEPH EGENELF, Mount Clemens, face cut. MISS JOSE JUIS, Conners Creek, slightly injured. A. PIPPER. Leesville, hand Injured. EDWARD BOLAND, motorman, slightly injured. JOHN NEIBERHEISER, Detroit, fatally injured. OSCAR HOLTIS, Detroit, head and leg bruised. MRS. E. RICHMOND. Mount Clemens, slightly injured internally and head cut. JAMES GARDINER, Detroit, head cut. R. M. E1TH. Mount Clemens.leg injured. MISS ANNIE KERNES, Mt. Clemens, face bruised. MAGGIE KERNES, Mt. Clemens, shoulder cut open and ear cut; quite seriously. E. J. MAYO, Kalamazoo, leg and hand Injured. FRED MILLER, Mt. Clemens, hand injured. MAUD DONALDSON, Mt. Clemens, hip Injured, injured internally. FRANK W. PRUESEL, Mt. Clemens, back injured. C. P. KILKLINE, Detroit, slightly injured. MAUD GRAHAM, Mt. Clemens, arm injured. MISS NELLIE GROVES, Mt. Clemens, hands Injured. MISS IDA JOHNS, Mt. Clemens, hand in3UC."dbVER:sIUER. All-star bowling team, Toledo, O., bruised. Motorman Dowllng. who escaped with slight injuries, saw the approaching train, but the brakes of the heavy trolley car failed to hold on the slippery track. Th train was going slowly, as the crossing is a dangerous one. and only this saved all the passengers from death. The Rapid Railway car was struck by the locomotive and thrown on its side and almost wholly demolished. The pecuniary damage will be about 21090. .

ARMOR NEEDED

NAVY MAY BE FORCED TO DISCONTINUE VVOHK OX CW SHIPS. Unless the Question of Supply and Cost of Plates- Is Settled Armored Vessels Cannot Be Completed. ORDNANCE BUREAU REPORT NEW TYPE OF POWER Fl'L Gt N ALMOST READY FOR TESTING. Suinkele Powder Now In l'e lijr the Vnlted Stale Navy Eqnol to the Ileit Made In the World. INCREASE IN IMMIGRATION COMMISSIONER POWDER LY'S REPORT FOR YEAR ENDING Jt'NE 30. Total Number of Foreigner Arriving nt Onr rortu Wn 311,715, Ileln 82,41 a More than In 1'rerrdlnn Year. WASHINGTON. Oct. 23.-The Navy Department has made rublic the report of Rrar Admiral Charles O'Neill, chief of ordnance. It shows a satisfactory condition of affairs In the ordnance branch of the pctvlce in all departments, save that of armor. Admiral O'Neill goes at some length into the history of the present difficulty In obtaining armor suitable for the new battleships and cruLsers. Congress last year limited the price of armor to 400 per ton. At this price no acceptable bids were received, but proposals were recently Invited for armor for the three new battleships,1 Nos. 10, 11 and 12 of the Maine class, the four harbor defense monitors, Nos. 7, 8, 9 and 10, of the Arkansas class, and the three battleships, Nos. 12, 14 and 15. and three armored cruisers. The total amount of armor necessary for the seven vessels authorized by act of Congress approved May 4, lf?S, was 24,000 tons. Only one firm put in a bid and that at $150 per ton. It was ascertained on inquiry that these bidders had no manufacturing plant whatever and the bid was not considered. The difficulty In quality and price of armor arose in the desire of the department to secure plates of what Is generally known as the Krupp process, which is deemed much more satisfactory than the face-hardened armor heretofore in use In American warships. The contractors claimed that It waa impossible to supply this armor for $400 per ton and the department. In order to avoid a delay In the completion of certain vessels already contracted for, Was cbllged to con-' tract in August and September of this year for a comparatively small amount of armor, aggregating 2,203 tons, for the vessels of the Maine class and for the four harbor defense monitors. There remain still to be contracted for a total of 21.CS tons for the three battleships of the Maine class, for the three battleships authorized by the act of March 3, 1SW, and for the three first-class cruisers. In order not to delay the completion of the vessels of the Maine class beyond contract date. Admiral O'Neill ray that it will be necessary to make contracts for the remaining armor by January, 1500. He deplores the suggestion that the ordinary face-hardened armor should be uscd In the new vessels and urges that the matter should be laid before Congress as soon as it assembles and that it be urgently requested to make such provision In the early days of the rceslon by Joint resolution or otherwise as will enable the Navy Department to make contracts not later than January, 1000, for the best quality of armor that can be obtained. The sarin should also be done, he says, for the rtx armored vessels authorized by the act of March 3, 18:0. MUST DE SETTLED SOON. The question of a government armor fac tory, he says, should have no bearing on the supply of armor for the Maine, Oblo tnd Missouri, as It would be Impracticable to obtain armor from such a source in time to complete these vessels. He says, in conclusion, that it is quite evident that the building of armored ships of war must be soon discontinued by this government unless the vexed question of the supply and cost of armor can be disposed ofAdmiral O'Neill notes that a new type of gun has been completed for the navy this year and will be ready to test foon. It If a fourteen-pound, three-Inch, rapid-fire rifle. Intended as a part cf the armament of the new "destroyers," and probably will form an important part of the secondary battery of future battleships and large crullers. It la a particularly powerful gun of Its size and is calculated to have a penetrating power of over an inch and a half of har veylzed steel at three thousand yards. Complete batteries, main and secondary, . together with ammunition and ordnance outfits have been already shipped to HongKong for the former Spanish vessels, Ifla de Euzon, I&la. de Cuba and Don Juan de Austria. There Is an interesting paragraph devoted to automatic and machine guns. A new type fully automatic three-pounder gun has been tiled with promising results. It has a possible fire of seventy shots per minute, compared with forty shots per minute for the semi-automatic guns of the same type. Mention is made of the report of the Joint small arms board of the army; navy and marine corps, which considered the adopting of a uniform caliber rifle for the threo branches of the service. Admiral O'Neill says that, while there la no fault to be found with their decision to adopt the army caliber (.30), together with the canular cartridge of the navy, owing to the time that would be consumed In the experiments with the new cartridge his bureau has decided to adopt the army rifle outright in the purchase of the additional guns now needed. The report says the new smokeless powder now in use in the nivy Is e iual to the smokeless powder now in use by any other country. Work at the proving grounds at Indian head, on th Potomac, has advanced satisfactorily and the same is true of th , work at the torpedo station, the Washington gun factory and at the various navy yards and stations in control of the bureau. The estimates for tre ensuing year arc $S, 503.12 L 31 It. FOWDEHLVS REPOItT. ImmlKratlon MntUtlr of the Past F 1 m cn I Yen r li cm o m iu e n d a 1 1 o n WASHINGTON. Oct. SC. In his ann'iai report to tho secretary tf the treasury Commissioner General Powderly, of the Immigration Bureau, gives tho total axil-

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