Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 90, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1901 — Page 1

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FINSTON APPOINTED A REGULAR a ii 3i v iiiiKi.viiirit (ji;.m:u.l. to!. Jacob II. Smith Giteu Sumo llou. or. and General Wheaton Prtmotcd to it lajr (iruernle)-. DEN. MACARTHUR NOTIFIED f.nLK(iHA3i commending tub kaxA. ALSO SUNT TO 3IAML.I. All Other (nuccrneil in the Capture X AKiiiiutldo Thnnkcd by President McKinley. BATCH OF APPOINTMENTS tTWO 31 A JOHN AMI TWEMV-l'IVE CAPTAINS I. PAY DLPAItTMC.M. Alio Cap tu In In the CommixMnry nntl iunrterninntcrn II run che and Seventeen G'huplaina. WASHINGTON, March CO. The following Important army appointments were announced at the White House to-day: To be Major General Unite! States Army Brig. Gen. LLOYD WHEATON, vice Allies, promoted lieutenant general. To be Brigadier Generals In the Regular Army Col. JACOB II. SMITH. Seventeenth United States Infantry, brigadier r-nral volunteers, vice Daggett, retired; Lrigadler Genera'. FUEDEKICK FUNSTON, United States Volunteer?, vice Wheaton, promoted. The announcement of these appointments was made after a conference between the President, Secretary Root and Adjutant General Corbin, and at the same time the long; expected list of appointments of majors and captains in the paymaster's, quartermaster's and commissary departments and of chaplains was made known. The list included two majors and twenty-five captains in the paymasters' department, twenty-one captains In the commissary department, thirty-seven captains In the quartermasters' department and seventeen chaplains. All of these appointees aro in tho regular army under the recent act of Congress enlarging and reorganizing tho army, and without exception the staff appointees are from volunteer officers. The chief interest, however, centered In the threo high appointments of a major general and two brigadier generals, and more particularly in the selection of Gen. Funston after his gallant exploit in capturing Aguinaldo. Following the announcement General Corbin sent the following to General MacArthur: "The following appointments made; Wheaton, major general; Smith and Funston, brigadier generals. Secretaryy of war joins me in congratulation to all." OTHER APPOINTMENTS. The other appointments were as follows: To be Captains and Assistant Quartermasters F. M. Sehreiner. District of Columbia; M. 1". Batchelder, California; G. G. Bailey, New York; A. W. Kimball, Calilornia; J. Z. Dare, Ohio; W. C. It. Colquohoun, Delaware; J. M. Baker, Pennsylvania; It. L. Brown, West Virginia; II. I. Young, New York; J. N. Patten, Iowa; II. J. May, Ohio; N. II. V. Creager, Maryland; T. Swobe, Nebraska; W. S. Scott, Pennsylvania; W. C. Cannon, Illinois; A. S. Lickham, Ohio; W. E. Horton, District of Columbia; W. M. Coulting. Virginia; W. B. Barker, Mississippi; 1. L. Freden hall, Wyoming; 11. B. Chamberlain, Vermont; A. W. Butt. Georgia; H. L. Pettus. Alabama; D. W. Arnold, Illinois; L. F. Garrard, jr., Georgia; K, L. Hampton, F. Garrard, jr., Georgia; II. L. Hampton, Kentucky; B. Frank Cheatham. Tennessee; Putnam Bradlee Strong. New Y'ork; Frank A. Grant, Utah; Bertram T. Clayton, New York; Clyde D. V. Hunt, Vermont; Frederick W. Cole, Florida; Robert H. Rolfe, New Hampshire; Charles T. Baker, fcouth Carolina; George L. Goodale, Massachusetts; Theodore Sternburg, Kanfcas; George 1... I'enrost, Utah. To be Captain and Assistant Commissary of Subsistence H. J. Gallagher, Iowa; G. W. Ruthers. captain Twenty-fourth Infantry; H. E. Wilkins, Iowa; II. G. Cole. Georgia; F. II. Lawton, first lieutenant. Twenty-first Infantry; T. B. Hacker. Tenressee; S. B. Bootes, Ohio; Morton J. Henry, Pennsylvania; Carroll Mercer, Maryland; James A. Logan, jr., Pennsylvania: M. S. Murray, District of Columbia; Salmon F. Dutton, New Hampshire; Jacob E. Bloom. New York; Fred 11. Fometoy. New York: Frank A. Cook, Rhode Island; Charles P. Stivers, Ohio; William It. Grove. Colorado: D. J. Cas Pennsylvania; Wm. M. Geary, Washington: J. N. Klllian. Nebraska; William B. Elliott, Calltornla. To be Paymaster with the Rank of Major-Georgo M. Downey, Hugh R. Belknap. To be Paymasters with the Rank of Captain, Mounted Thomas C. Goodman. Jame3 B. Houston, Beeeher B. Ray, Herbert M. Lord. W. B. Rochester, jr.. Robert S. Smith, William B. Schofleld. James Canby, Charts E. Stanton, William Gambrill, Gforge E. Pickett, George T. Holloway, Joseph S. Wilkins. Otto Becker, Seymour Howell, Eugene Cohin. Timothy D. Kelcher, Jas. W.- Dawes, Manly B. Currj Wm. Monaghan. Thaddeus I. Varney, John R. Lynch. Pierre C. Stevens, Wm. R. Graham, Bradner I). Slaughter. To be Chaplains George C. Stull. Montana; E. I. Newson. Texas; John M. Moose, Mississippi; Joseph Clemens, Pennsylvania: Wm. Col vert. Minnesota; Albert J. Bader. New Y'ork; T. I'. O'Keefe. New Mexico; John G. Granville, Missouri; Charles T. Wright. Georgia; W. W. Branuer, Maryland; A. A. Pruden. North Carolina; John T. Greene, New York; Samuel J. Smith. Vermont; James L. Gries, Indiana: O. H. L. Mason. Iowa; Thomas I. Dickson, Missouri; George D. Rice, Massachusetts. It is not definitely known Just when Major General . Young, who arrived in San Francisco yesterday, frcm the Philippines, will succeed Geneial Shafter as commander of the Department of California. General Young may come to Washington before he assumes command of the department. Owing to the return of volunteers from the Philippines and the sending of other troops to replace them, the command of the Department of California becomes one of the most important in the United States. As a result of the capture of Aguinaldo and the belief among officials that a speedy and complete collapse of the Insurrection In the Philippines will follow, the fuU strength of the army authorized by the recent army reorganization act may not be enlisted. The question is being canvassed by the Presilent and the authorities.

but no decision will h t,. n vlewa of General MacArthur and others in ine Philippines are obtained. If the conditions turn out as the officials believe they will there will be no necessity for recruiting an army of 100.000 men. To prominent senators with whom the President talked to-day he said that the strength of the army would not be greater than necessary to meet the conditions. Not a man would be enlisted whose services were not required to cope with tho occasion. The new army act provides for an army with a minimum force of men and a maxi mum strength of 100,000. Within those limitations the discretion as to the size of the force to be enlisted is lodged in the President. THANKS FHOJI THE PRESIDENT. Cablegram Sent to Genernl MacArthur Aguinaldo's Cne. WASHINGTON. March 20. - The War Department to-day made public a portion of the cablegram sent yesterday Aguinaldo. It !s as follows: x .'The sldpnt directs me f, express his high appreciation of the gahant conduct or General Funston and of the officers and men of the army and navy engaged with rum in the Palanan expedition. The secretary of war personally Joins in this exl.resslon. The cablegram also contained instructions to General MacArthur. The nature of these instructions are not made public, but it is known that they related to Aguinaldo. The position of the government regarding the insurgent prisoner is at present the same as toward other Filipino prisoners, whether they have voluntarily surrendered to the American troops or been captured In battle. The proclamations of General MacArthur, tho Instructions of the President to the Taft commission and the addresses of that commission to the people of the Philippine cover the case of Aguinaldo. Under these various communications the people of the Philippines, who have been in arms against the United States government have been offered amnesty if they lay down their arms and accept the sovereignty of the United States. Those who do so before the first of May of the present year are not debarred from holding office or of all other rights under the United States government In the Philippines. This amnesty does not apply to those who have violated the rules of war and subjected themselves to trial on criminal charges for acts which are outside of the conduct of war. -Aguinaldo has not placed himself in a position to be offered any terms by the United States under any of the proclamations or instructions governing the. Philippines. No attempt will be made to bargain with him and he will first have to accept the sovereignty of the United States and also show that he comes within the terms of the amnesty offered before he could even be offered a position under the government, if it seemed elesirable to use him in a governmental capacity in the future. At present Aguinaldo will be considered on the same footing with other prisoners. His future disposition cannot be determined at present. Save for his capture he stands In the same attitude toward the United States that he has stood from the beginning of the Insurrection. The position of the United States in reference to the prisoner seems to have been misunderstood in some quarters and there was an impression, possibly gained from the dispatches fromanljaj ,hat our officers were ready to make terms with Aguinaldo in order to secure his services for the pacification of the islands. It is evident that any overtures to bring about this result wdli have to come from Aguinaldo. No doubt he will be given an opportunlty to make a proposition of that kind, rccTiTuEb onP7ge 4, col73Ö v SUMMONED TO RETURN MINISTER LOOMIS RECALLED FR03I THE VENEZUELAN CAPITAL. Condition Have Become Annoying: und the State Department NVants to IiCnru the Truth. WASHINGTON, March 30. The State Department has recalled Minister Frank Loomls from Caracas to Washington for purposes of consultation. The issues between the government of the United States and the government of Venezuela have become more acute lately, and it is desired that the department may be able to acquaint itself thoroughly with the situation in Venezuela through more direct means than the scanty cable communications that aro being exchanged. So far as can be learned the last protest of our government to the Venezuelan government respecting the treatment of Consul Bala has not met with a satisfactory response and the asphalt controversy is still open. It Is not believed that formal official complaint has been lodged against Mr. Loomls save in the case of the brief of one of the attorneys in the asphalt controversy, but, however that may b, the minister has the full approval of the government for everything he has done, according to the present information, and there is no reason that he will not return to Venezuela from his conference with the secretary of state. Private advices which have reached Washington from time to time Indicate that Minister Loomls's health has not been robust since he returned to Venezuela from the United States last year. The intimation conveyed was that a change of climate might benefit him. In view of the existing political conditions In Venezuela his wishes and inclinations will be served, without question, by a transfer to some other post. If that transfer is arranged, it Is said, at the department that Mr. Loomls will lose nothing in dignity, for he has the hearty support of the State Department, and the only difficulty he is likely to experience is In finding some other United States minister of competence willing to trade posts with him. Senor Pulido, the Venezuelan charge d'affaires, to-day received a cablegram from his government stating that the Constituyente has appointed President Castro to be provisional President of Venezuela, The Constituyente Is framing a Constitution for this South American republic When the presidency changed hands not long ago Castro proclaimed himself President and this action of the Constituyente Invests him with the full powers of a presidential ruler to the limit of its authority. Up to this time, while being generally recognized as President of Venezuela, he has, in reality, been simply dictator of the republic. A groundless report was circulated during the day that the Venezuelan charge d'affaires in Washington, Senor Pulido, had been recalled and was about to leave Washington. Senor Pulido dismissed the report as pure Invention, as he has not been recalled and there is no intention of uch a move.

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STILL A REBEL AGUINALDO SHOWS NO SHIN OF ACCEPTING THE INEVITABLE. Strongly Averse to Reverting; from Furnier Position and Advising Insurgents to Yield. NOW LIVING LIKE A PRINCE HAS PLENTY OF MONEY, CIGARETTES AND A GOOD APPETITE. Still Posing ni n Grent Man, And Has Ordered Himself n New Outfit of Wearing; Apparel. JEERED BY HIS OWN PEOPLE MOTHER AND TVIFE GRANTED PER311SSIO.N TO VISIT IHM. Civil Government to Re Established in the Peninsula of Zamboangn Spanish Traitor Convicted. MANILA, March 30 In company with Colonel Vellia. his chief of staff, and Dr. Barcelona, ex-treasurer of the Filipinos government, Aguinaldo occupies one of the nicest apartments of Malacanang Falace. He is closely guarded and courteously treated. Capt. Francis J. Kernan of the Second Infantry, Capt. W. L. Kenney of the First Artillery, members of General McArlhur's staff; Capt- Benjamin H. Randolph and Lieut. Gilbert A. Y'oungbcrg, of the Third Artillery, with five guards, are watching him. Aguinaldo nervously paces the floor and deeply thinking, thrusts his hands through his hair. He smokes many cigarettes and has a hearty appetite. He speaks only a few words of English. lie is conscious of his dignity, but tries to talk pleasantly with his guards. He often praises the skill and audacity of General Funston in effecting his capture, saying that only by strategem could he have been captured. It i said that Aguinaldo is very strongly adverse to reverting from his former attitude, but that he must regard the best Interest of the Filipino people. The sisters of Dr. Barcelona have called on him, bringing a plentiful supply of llr.cn. Aguinaldo is well supplied with money and has ordered a supply of new clothes. He is careful of his personal appearance. He celebrated his thirty-second birthday the day before he was captured. The birthday festivities were prolonged, and only terminated on the arrival ofGeneral Funston. Aguinaldo tries to read the American newspapers, and is anxious to learn the state of public opinion in the United States concerning Philippine affairs. Hs has again conferred with General Trias and Chief Justice Arelanno, but his future Intentions have not been announced. Aguinaldo spends much time seated by a barred window watching the boats parsing up and down the Paslg river. Thl3 morning Aguinaldo was recognized by a crowd of natives going up the river in a lighter. The natives gazed at him awhile ir. silence and then began to jeer, calling him Emilio, and vile names In the Tagalog language. The guards quieted the disturbance and Aguinaldo left the window in disgust. His wife and mother, who have been living at Bineayan, near old Cavite, have been granted permission to visit him. The natives in Manila are undemonstrative concerning Aguinaldo's capture and it is difficult to ascertain what the majority of them really think of It. It is certain that Aguinaldo's inlluence Is less strong than formerly, though it is still great. The representative of the Associated Tress has Interviewed many Filipinos, Including both business and professional men in Manila, as well as representatives of the lower classes and former Insurgents, on the capturo of Aguinaldo. The majority of the persons questioned were unfelgnedly glad that Aguinaldo had been captured and said they considered the worst obstacle to the speedy pacification of the islands had been removed. Some men distrust Aguinaldo and advise his Immediate deportation. Others believe he can render vast assistance by urging his countrymen to acquiesce to American authority. All men agreed that the outlook to-day ir. much brighter. At the graduation exercises yesterday of the Manila Nautical Academy General MacArthur, in a speech, complimented the graduating cadets and predicted a splendid future for the Philippine commerce. The graduates of the academy are equipped with a complete theoretical knowledge of navigation and seamanship. Lieut. Richard H. Townley, of the United States navy, is superintendent of the academy, having succeeded George F. Cooper, who was superintendent for over a year and did much to bring the academy to its present state of efficiency. The academy now has sixty students and will probably have three hundred for the next term. The academy will have the use of a training ship next year. Tho Spaniard, Lorenzo Prieto, who was charged with assisting the Insurgents by furnishing information to the insurgent General Cailles, in exchange for trading privileges, was tried by a military commission, found guilty and sentenced to death. General MacArthur commuted the sentence to imprisonment for ten years. Prlmo was the agent of the firm of Mendezona & Co., and, to a certain extent, was associated with D. A. Carman, the American contractor, also charged with aiding the Filipino insurgents. Mr. Carman believes that orders will be received from Washington within a fortnight that will effectually result In "clearing him from the charges now pending against him. WILL HAVE CIVIL GOVERNMENT. Peninsula of Zamboanga to lie Organimed 1'nder American Rnle. ZAMBOANGA, Island of Mindanao, March 30. The peculiar conditions existing on the island of Mindanao were discussed at a meeting of the commissioners and delegates from the towns of Zamboanga peninsula. Judge Taft said the commission would endeavor to give the inhabitants the government best suited to their needs and circumstances. He said the Morros government would be throughout by subchiefs, as heretofore, which would remove

them from the operation of an ordinary provincial government, excert so far as concerned their relations with the other inhabitants. The judge invited the opinion of the delegates, especially in reference to the government's expenses and resources. The responses showed that the large herds of cattle formerly on the island of Mindanao had practically disappeared, making it impossible to cultivate tho lands for two years past, and that the people would be unable to support the ordinary provincial government. General Kobbe recommended that the isiand be divided Into two provinces instead of the five provinces established by tho Spaniards. The commission adopted a resolution to the effect that tho towns of the Zamboanga peninsula be united under one head and that the territory wherein these towns are situated become part of one great province, to include half or the whole of Mindanao island. The commission declared that no provinces would be created until the commissioners had visited the other towns of the island. 31 0 KT A LIT Y REPORT. Gen. MncArthur'a List of Army Deaths Dnc to Various Causes. WASHINGTON, Murch 30. The War Department has received the following casualty list from General MacArthur at Manila: From Wounds Received in Action March 3: Company I, Sixth Infantry, Corporal Hugh Nelson. By Accident Company E, Fourth Infantry, James G. Smith. ' All Other Causes March 21: Company B. Twenty-fourth Infantry, James Wilson. March 6: Company L. Eighteenth Infantry, Thomas Lavey. March 18: Company L, Thirteenth Infantry, Joseph A. Meyer. Marth 21: Company I, Sixteenth Infantry, Walter 11. Townsend., March 2: Company I, Twenty-ninth Infantry, John C. Tyson; Company K, Thirty-first Infantry, Hugh Neiswonger. March 15: Company I, Eighteenth Infantry'. Erwin L. Brown. March 21: Company . E, Fourth Infantry, August Schultz. March 21: Battery F, Fourth Artillery, Wallie Grii'dn. Feb. 5: Company A, Fifteenth Infantry, Otis W. Huffer. March 24: Company L, Forty-sixth Infantry, Henry Howe. Jan. 2: Company E, Eighteenth Infantry, Artitlcer Angel Calcari. March y: Company D, Forty-second Infantry, Christopher Moring. March 17: Companv M, Fourth Infantry, Axtel Fredon. March S: Company B. Twenty-seventh Infantry, (.CONTINUED ON PAGE 3,C"OL5.) LORD SALISBURY ILL OFFICIAL niLLETIN' SAY'S HE HAS AN ATTACK OF 1XFIAENZA. Two Newspapers Report, However, that He Is SufTerluK with a Kidney Affection, and May Resign. LONDON, March 30. The Dally Express story that Lord Salisbury is suffering from a kidney complaint which will incapacitate him from duty for a long period is emphatically denied as utterly groundless. He had planned a trip to the Riviera previous to his present Flight illness. He expects to resume his duties shortly, and announces his Intention to return from the Riviera In time to attend a public dinner May 13. An official bulletin issued to-day said: "The attack of influenza is following its usual course. He is at. present suffering from weakness" Ir.conseque nee of the disease, but hopes to be ready to start tcr the Riviera in a few days." The Weekly Dispatch repeats the story published In the Daily , Express, that Lord Salisbury Is suffering from a kidney affection which Is likely to incapacitate him for some time, and says it learns that the premier's Illness has taken so unfavorable a turn that his proposed visit to the Riviera has become almost hopeless and that the announcement of his resignation of the premiership and his retirement from political life may be anticipated before the end of April. The Dispatch adds: "The doctors have pronounced Lord Salisbury to be suffering from Bright's disease in so aggravated a form that a grave view is being taken of the disease. Lord Sailsbury is so anxious to prevent the nature of his Illness from being made public that none of tho eminent specialists called in are allowed to sign a bulletin. No bulletin sanctioned by the doctors has been issued. The premier's condition suddenly became so grave a week ago that Sir Richard Douglass Powell, Dr. Walker and other physicians were hastily summoned. In order to avert a crisis a special prescription was made up, the application of which checked the approaching complications, but the premier's condition for that last day or two has disappointed all the medical men. One of the earliest callers on Saturday was a special messenger from the King. The family last evening expressed a hope that Lord Salisbury might make the Journey to the Riviera, but the physicians are loath to express any opinion except In so far as forbidding any definite arrangements to be made for the present." ARMOR PLATE METHODS. Company nt Plttsburjr Has Evolved n Cheaper and Better System. PITTSBURG, March 3). The Carbon Steel Company believes that It has solved tho problem of cheaper armor plate. J. W. Anderson, general superintendent of the comrtany, has been at work for a number of years on a secert process of manufacture, and information from an authoritative source is that recent experiments made by him were entirely successful and confirmed his faith in the new process. The officers of the company refuse to discuss the subject, but do not deny that they expect to enter the field of armor-plato manufacture. The company claims for its process not only reduced cost, but greater rapidity of manufacture, coupled with superior quality, as compared with the Harvey and Krupp processes. It has heretofore been thought that to cast ingots for arraor plate was impracticable. The Carbcn Steel Company has not only succeeded in casting Ingots for armor plate, but alsv in rolling the ingots into plates for which perfection Is claimed. EXPLOSION IN A MINE. Three Men Known to Have Been Killed Others Possibly Suffocated. ALBUQUER'QUE. N. M., March SO.-In an explosion in the Weaver mine, at Gallup, operated by the Colorado Fuel end Iron Company, three men are known to have been killed outright, and many others who were cut off in the mine are believed to have died from suffocation. Japanese laborers have been employed In these mines since the strike, but the killed were two white men and a negro. Their bodies were picked up 120 feet from the scene of the explosion. A number of Japanese are also thought to have been killed or injured. It Is supposed that giant powder was the cause of the explosion.

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INDIANAPOLIS BUILDING "WILL NOT BE READY FOR THREE YEARS. Working Plans AVI11 Require Six Months Labor and Construction Probably Thirty-Six Mouths. MR. FAIRBANKS SEES TAYLOR and rnr.es sending tukasiry experts TO INDIANAPOLIS. He Thinks There Should Re n Conference in This City in Regnrd to the Foundation question. INDIANIANS IN WASHINGTON RET CRN" OF SIGHTSEERS FRO. II A PI LG III 31 AGE TO CIDA. Newton W. Gilbert of Opinion flint Condition In the Island Are Grave Indiana Republican Club. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, March 30.-Senator Fairbanks to-day visited the Treasury Department, calling on Secretary Grge and Supervising Architect Taylor regarding the Indianapolis public building, the accepted plans being those of Rankin & Kelly, a Philadelphia firm of architects. They are now engaged In preparing the constructive or working drawings. Pending their completion Senator Fairbanks and others Interested in the new structure think It advisable that a committee of experts from the treasury should accompany such members of the firm of architects as they may send to Indianapolis to look over the ground jointly, and thus be fully informed as to the wishes of those owning property contiguous to the site on which the federal building is to be erected. In the erection of a great building, such as this is to b?, It is contended that it is only justice to those occupying the surrounding property that they should be consulted as to the methods to be adopted to secure a suitable foundation. It Is probable the treasury will act on Senator Falrbanks's suggestion to send an expert from the supervising architect's office to act In conjunction with the Philadelphia architects in ascertaining all that can be learned as to the wishes of the people generally, and particularly those In the immediate vicinity of the site to be occupied by the new building. Architect Taylor, of the treasury, said, to-day; "that ho thought It , would be at least six months before the Philadelphia architects would be able to submit their working drawings In such form as to enable him to advertise for bids on the construction. There will be three large contracts to be let upon this building: First, the contract for excavation and foundation; second, superstructure and stone and brick work and roofing; third, the interior finishing, which may Include engines for heating, lighting, etc. As the appropriation stands at present there is $1,035,934 available, with a total of $2,200,100 authorized to complete the project. "I expect," said Mr. Taylor, "that it will consume three years to complete the Indianapolis building." Senator Fairbanks also called on Secretary Hay, but had nothing to give out concerning the object of his call or its result. Senator Fairbanks dined with the President this evening. It was an informal affair. The senator expects to go to New Y'ork next Monday, on business, for several days, after which he will return here fcr a time and then return to Indianapolis. XXX A party of ten Indianians composed of John B. Cockrum, R. O. Hawkins, C. J. Clark, E. II. Tripp and S. N. Chambers, of Indianapolis; W. R. Wood, of Lafayette; J. F. Stutesman, of Peru; L. P. Newby, of Knlghtstown; A. T. Hert, of Jeffersonville, and N. W. Gilbert, of Angola, Lieutenant Governor, are at the Raleigh. They left Indianapolis, Sunday, March 17, and went to Havana, where they remained about a week. They spent yesterday in Columbia, S. C, arriving in Washington this morning. They go to New York to-morrow, where they will spend a few days and thence to their homes. They are all in good health and report having had a fine trip. Mr. Gilbert says the situation in Cuba is serious. All the citizens of means, Cubans and Spaniards as well, want the United States to retain control of affairs there, as they dread what will happen after the American forces are withdrawn. xxx At a special meeting to-night of the Indiana Republican Association, Robert J. Tracewell, controller of the treasury, tendered his resignation as president. He stated that his departmental duties precluded his serving longer and thanked the members for their support. His resignation was accepted with regrets. R. M. Johnson was then elected president pro tern. On motion of General Dudley, a committee of thirteen members, one from each congressional district, was appointed a committee to select a candidate for president to succeed Tracewell. The committee, was named as follows: First district, F. L. Templeton, Mt. Vernon; second, J. R. Wethers, VIncennes; third, C. A. Williams, Corydon; fourth. Will C. Eberhardt, Greensburg; sixth, Edward C. Root, Conner8ille; seventh, U. S. Waters, Indianapolis; eighth, Thomas A. Dever, Winchester; ninth, J. 11. Harris, Noblesville; tenth, D. II. Fenton. Hamilton; thirteenth, Benjamin Melott, Rochester. Committeemen for the fifth, eleventh and twelfth districts were not named, no one appearing to be present from those districts. They will be named hereafter. XXX Wilmer G. Tlatt. of Indianapolis, a clerk in the office of the auditor for the War Department, was to-day promoted from $1,GC0 to $1.S00. x x y Bert Naued and H. W. Beck have been appointed members of the civil service board for the postoffice at Mount Vernon. XXX The controller of currency has approved the American National Bank, of Indianapolis, as a reserve agent for the Citizens National Bank, of Attica, xxx George M. Allen will leave Washington next Tuesday. He will go to the springs

near Terre Haute for rest and recuperation before proceeding to Denver, Cel., to take up his new duties. COLLEGE PRESIDENTS.

They Fornmlnte Plans for Il-ttermelit of Work in Institutions. CHICAGO. March CO.-Before adjourning to-day the sixth annual convention of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools authorized the appointment of a special commission to plan a method of affiliation between all colleges, universities and secondary schools in the districts represented. The committee will also define unit courses of study and Jeclde upon a more uniform system of requirements for admission. The body will be known as the Special Commission on Accredited S:hocls. and will make a report of its investigations at the next annual meeting of the association, to be held In Cleveland in March. To formulate a definite plan of affiliation and credit between the universities, colleges and secondary schools of the North Central States; to define and describe unit courses of study in the various subjects of the high school programme; to decide upon a plan of uniformity of admission requirements for the universities and colleges; to secure uniformity in the standards and methods of economy of labor and expense in the matter of high school Inspection. W. S. Chaflln, chancellor Washington University, St. Louis, was elected president of the association; George A. Carman, of Chicago, treasurer, and Fred N. Scott, of Michigan, secretary. Vice presidents were elected from each of the following States: Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado. The following executive committee was chosen: W. S. Chafiin, Fred N. Scott, George A. Alton, George A. Carman, C. A. Waldo, N. L. Harris and J. E. ArmStrong. Dean E. A. Birge, of the University of Wisconsin, and President James H. Baker, of the University of Colorado, read papers. PRINZL00 CAPTURED. Boer Coinmandnnt and n, Convoy of WaKoni Taken ly the British. LONDON, March 31. A special dispatch from Stanncrton says tho Imperial Light Horse have captured Commandant Prlnzloo and a convoy of twenty-eight wagons. Commandant Eaglebrecht, the dispatch says, has surrendered. The British are sweeping the eastern Transvaal clear of everything useful to the Boers. All standing crops have been destroyed, but the women and children are being cared for. Five hundred of them have been conveyed to Utrecht, where their wants are well attended to. The Boers derailed and plundered a freight train near Johannesburg Friday night. KEYNOTE FOR LIBERALS HERBERT GLADSTONE SEEMINGLY A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK . Letter to His Constltnents In Which He Indicts the Government in "Grnnd-Old-Man" Fashlou. LONDON, March 3-Herbert Gladstone, member of Parliament for West Leeds, has issued a letter to his constituents containing a striking indictment of the government, which, the Daily News declares, "will be welcomed by all Liberals as a bugle call to action and as worthy of his father's sons. He appears to have struck a note on which a majority of the Liberals can unite against what even the Conservative organs admit to be the weak management of the party In power." The letter is short. Its quality can be judged from the following excerpt: "The war in South Africa will cost not far short of 200,000,000, and the settlement seems as far off as ever. There are problems to be solved in the far East of the first magntiude, and the government appears destitute of a clear, settled policy. Already the huge expenditure for the army and navy Is going up by leaps and bounds, and will force Europe to add to Its ruinously large armaments. Where is It to end? The Irish question is raore to the front than ever and the government seems to view it with apathetic impotence. The advocates of the Liberals are not endeavoring to take up the government's burden until they have exacted conditions that their policy will not again be stultified by the rejection of their measures by the House of Lords." Whether the conditions should be exacted from the King or whether the Liberals must frankly appeal to the country for the practical abolition of the House of Lords is not quite clear. "But anyway," as the Dally News says,, "it is a bold and somewhat startling suggestion, in which Mr. Gladstone seems to have put his fingers on tho weak spot of modern liberalism." 31. P. to Be Ousted. LONDON, March CO. As a result of the evidence heard in the trial in the case alleging that agents of Frederick Rutherford Harris, ex-secretary of the British Chartered South African Company, were guilty of corruption In the parliamentary election at Monmouth, counsel for Mr. Harris, at the resumption of the trial to-day, announced that Mr. Harris, under tha circumstances, must relinquish his seat in the House of Commons. Mr. Harris was the confidential agent of Cecil Rhodes, and won for the Conservatives a scat which had long been held by the Liberals. MORE INDICTMENTS. St. Louis Judges nnd Clerks of Election Charged with N'eIect of Duty. ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 30. The February grand Jury, which yesterday made a most scathing report on fraud perpetrated at the last election, has indicted thirty-one clerks and Judges of election for alleged neglect of duty. C. L. Hogan was indicted on the charge of unlawfully acting as a challenger. Natural Oil Discoveries. SOMERSET. Ky., March 30. A company which has been prospecting for oil in Wayne county, has made a good strike at a depth of eight hundred feet. Two hundred barrels overflowed rapidly and ran to waste before it could be stopied. GREENVILLE, la., March 30.-Petro-lcum in large quantities was discovered here to-night. Many locations have been made and excitement runs high.

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ST. LOUS FAIR COMMISSIONERS CHOSEN BY THE PRESIDENT. John I'. Miller, of Indiana. Among Those Who "Will Represent the Government nt the Mound City. PLACE FOR V0LNEY W. POSTER .MADE DELEGATE TO THE CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN STATES. Others Appointed by the President Ar Cyrus Northrop, II. G. Davis, AV. I. Buchanan nnd C. M. Pepper. BOTH ARE IMPORTANT BODIES MAXI QUESTIONS TO COME BEFORE THE AMERICAN CONFERENCE. Commercial nnd Political Topics to Be Considered All the Appointees "Well-Known Men. WASHINGTON, March SO.-Late th!l afternoon the President announced that he had appointed the following as delegate to the International Conference of American States: Cyrus Northrop, of Minnesota. Henry G. Davis, of Went Virginia, William I. Buchanan, of Iowa. Charles M. Pepper, of tho District of Columbia. Volney W. Foster, of Illinois. Also the following to bo members of tht Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission. John M. Thurston, of Nebraska. Thomas H. Carter, of Montana, William Lindsay, of Kentucky. George W. McBrlde, of Oregon. Frederick A. Betts, of Connecticut. John M. Allen, of Mississippi. Martin 11. Glynn, of New York. John F. Miller, of Indiana, Philip D. Scott, of Arkansas. The President's announcement of tht membership of those two Important commissions completes a work that has been receiving his attention for come time, and In the case of the SL Louis commission the pressure for appointment has been almost unprecedented. The Congress of American Republics to be held at Mexico City next October is hardly less Important, however, and in its International aspect It promises to be to the western hemisphere what The Haguo Congress was to Europe and the few western countries participating In it. The list of the St. Louis appointees has been made up for some days. The President had desired to include the name of Prof. Northrop, but thi3 was found to be Inexpedient and Prof. Northrop was accordingly given the first place on the commission to tho Congress of American Republics. The duties of the St. Louis commissioner are unusually resionsIble, for this body of nine members exercises all the authority given to tho national commission of the Chicago exposition. Including members and alternates from each of the States and aggregating a hundred or more members. As Congress has appropriated $3.000,000 to aid the project and St. Louis is pledged to raise $10,000.0O more, the exposition will take on national and international scope. The service of commissioners will probable cover several years, as the exposition will be not held until 1X3, and until then the work of the commission will be in pre paring for the event. The Congress of American Republics will be somewhat like that held in Washington when James G. Blaine was secretary of etate, and will be for the purpese of developing the friendly relations between the western republics and discussing a number of topics in which they are mutually interested, both commercial and political. The Mexican government has ap-' propriated $75,xJ for the purpot-e of entertaining the assemblage and Senor Mariscal, Mexican minister of foreign affairs, will preside at the opening and probably will bo honored with the presidency of the congress. Already Brazil, Argentine, Bolivia, Peru, Nicaragua and many of tlia other southern republics have named their delegates, some of them including their ministers at Washington. There I much interest throughout South America In the part the United States la going to take in the congress and thi has been heightened by the bid Spain made to b cure strong cooperation with tho Latin-American countries when the recent Litln-Amerlcan conftrer.ee was held at Madrid. The plans for the American congress were arranged by representatives of th various republics In Washington and probably the mot Important is that looking to the formation of a permanent tribunal of arbitration which shall be for the western world what The Hague tribunal 1. for the countries which participated in The Hague conference. The r.eed for this has bcn made more apparent by the constant lord-r controversies arising between th? South and Central America countries. Mot of thes have been referred to arbitration as thy have arisen, often through the pacific Influence of th United States, but it is now deird to have a tribunal of a more permanent character. It had been hopec by the South American representatives that an official' identified with the State Department would be chosen among the American delegates, but this was not considered feasible. The appointees are, however, well known. Prof. Northrop beir.g a prominent educator, exSenator Davis having had lng legislative experience and Mr. Pepper having made 4 study of the Spanish and lmilar affairs. The President's NYestern Trip. t WASHINGTON, March 30.-Th work of arranging the ltirerary of the President's" trip to the Pacific coast is proceeding ? lowly at the White House and almc?t everything on the programme up to the present time 1? provisional and subject to chige. The trip is to be in no .mt a pch making tour. It bir.g the President's desire as far as possible to avoll addressing the crowds which will congn gate at tha various places at which he will stop. Somt set spechts at several placs already art arranged for, but the President will make no rear-platform fpeechos to the multitudes. Another feature of the trip will be the substitution of a drive through a city for a public reception. The trip will be sa arranged that there will no traveling on Sunday. Secretary Courtelyou. ho !i planning the itinerary. 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