Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 120, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 April 1901 — Page 4

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It is announce that the Democrats of Iowa will not make any concessions to tho 1'opullFts th!s year, which may mran that tho Democrntic organization has fully as. tlmllf.ted the Populist eletnont. i:x.nepre?rntatlve J. Iamllton LrwH. ünmrtlme of tho Ktat of Washington, noted for KorKeous mim nt. lias dfclarM for Hilt nnd Toni .Tohrixor for lfxil, nml low tariff nnd h!sh wnRts ns Is-suos. Mr. Lewi?, It rom. hn. had enough of 15 to 1. Tho prompt ie of tho "3rand Army po.--ts In r-tylriK their Ines Indicates that the tTKanlzatlon was never In a more prosperon? condition than this year, w hen th roll of the ;iAltaiit adjutant general hIiow.h that nil hut rour or five nmall posts have rret thrlr bllKatlont-a condition without jirecetlont in the history of tho organization. Tho persons who nre predicting that Jlr. Ilryan will o a candidate for (ovtrnor and .enator cm to bo laboring under the itrang' diuion that bocause a man has twice hern a candidate he nuirt twy le In that b':iusM. A great many very good m'n live live of confident bi tiiot -rfuinef-s witliout t.ing canGldatCM. Some of tho youm;er IVmorrats in Nebraska nre weary of fusion and desire that the party r.o alone hereafter, claiming that It has lopt nior'. than it lias gained by coalition. n the other hand, Mr. Itryan anl ex-Senator Allen are for fusion, probably because, between the Democracy of Mr. ltrynn and tho Topulirm of Mr. Alien, there Is no difference of any consequence. Over $S00 In all was paid t New Jersey rrlnlsters for prayers made at tho o potting" of Icpifdatlvo proceedings during the Mssion. Considering the record made by that body thi people of the State think the prayers came hlph, and are grumbling1 tu t they oupcht to rellect that tliey do nut know how much worse the. Lgl.-laturt might have duie had It not been prayed tor. Kenator Hoar, in his address to the Mastachusctts Hoard of Trade, alluded tf Senator Carter's speech by which tho appropriation bill for rivers and harbors was talked to death, as 'tedious, rambling and ineffective." It was "rambling" in that he was Interrupted by conference reports, but rs It put to death a bill appropriating $iCtO.O'iO it could not be said to bo ineffective. , It wa tedious probably for those who had Interests In the bill, but the Carter speech contained more fun thin appeared In the Congressional Record. Quite an animated discussion has sprung up in some Quarters n to whether or not Harvard University shall confer upon President McKinley the decree of LI. D. when he makes hl proposed visit to that Institution with Senator .Hoar. The opposition cornea chiefly -from a cla?s of antl-imperial-lfti who were mugwumps a few years ago, and who. In lSS.". after Senator Iode bad committed, to them, the unpardonable 5lnof supporting Mr. Itlaine, undertook to prevent his re-election as a member of the board of overseers. One of thee persons declares that tho conferring of such lienor upon President McKinley would be "a public calamity." Another. who:o command of epithet Is remarkable, characterizes the President's conduct as a "?eries of appalling misdeeds, a graeplng at imperial authority, with its attendant ma sn Licence, and a clo.e and Intimate connection with tho most unscrupulous, un-American, corrupt, mercenary, cynical. Mammon-uor-thij-lng. unpatriotic elements and forces la American io!Uies." This sort of stuft is not creditable to a Harvard graduate, which the writer Is assumed to be. It is of no ior.:-euene' whether Harvard does or dors net tender th ei-Mroe of LI,. I; to tho Prer-li'.er.t, but tint Institution should not permit a few venonn; persons to re present It in such a rrattT. not becau-e of the Trcslelent. but ef Harvard. Ths report raa!e to to- secretary of agriculture says that thirteen i:-v suar beet factories win ! itartd this fall in the United states, and that with tho.-e there will be' forty-tw ir 'pration. The edl'uial report contains no Intimation as to the uutfut of tluse t t T.ir faaori :-. If It elid It would Hj.par tint al! f thrm would n-n make nx.re tl an I r n nt. of th.. -ug ir Consumed In th!.- c uutry. The l t-sugar lr.du:tiy has been a thriving one In iruropo for thirty years. )it with the udxantie of all the experience of Lurope.tn productrs, with the assistance :vid encouracrement of the government and tl a tariff en raw ujrar eep-lvaletit to from K te ;c ior cent., po little preer.cn been made that as the result of twtrniy ytars' efffrt the Industry in the UnitikI t.ts cannot furniIi onettath of the tunr consumed. If the duty

on raw sugars were reduced to 2T per cent, jid valorem, it Is not probable that a beetsugar factory would be operated in the whole cejuntry. For th pn-se-nt the suar duty Is n-tainrd because it is tho article that will a Herd more revenue than any edher. The insignificant quantity of sugar produeed at home H not enough to make th eluty on sugar a tax for revenue only. Srn- time, if we ar- going to do the fair thing by Cuba, this high eluty must bo re'ucd so as to gie that Island the- advantage. Some time, let us hope, it will not be nece ssary to lay a tax of so p-r e-ent. em the consumers of sugar in this country as a producer of revenue. Will that tax bo maintained to keep alive a feeble Migltrprodueing interest? It is a timely question to consider.

limitim; dimiati: i tiii: sknati;. Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, Is con1 sieiering the problem of making the Penate a body in which business can bpromptly transacted. He would make It a deliberative and at the same time an acting body. He became a member of the Senate committee on rules with that purpose In view. Recently he made an ndelre ss to the Massachus tts JJoard of Trade, I 1 which he discussed the problem. Thoso who read that address will discover that the eloquent senator and able lawyer has not solveel the problem. He has in view an amendment to the Constitution which will bring Congress together In October rather than December, ami Its terms will expire In April Instead of March. He has also under consideration a plan of limiting debate upon any given topic In ome manner not mado clear; but, unfortunately, under the rules of tho Senate continuous elebate ie possible, nlnce a senator may offer a resolution and ppcak upon It as long as h deslrc3. It Is evident that Mr. Hoar is not making progress In the solution of a question which in the eyes of the country a growing evil. Twenty years ago the talklng-to-eb-ath tactics were scarcely known In tho Senate. During recent ses slons of Congress, particularly the sconl sessions, threats to defeat measures by talking them to death, or of forcing favorable action upon subjects the Senate does not favor by threats of preventing tho passage of bills as Important as appropriation bills have been frequent. Shator Tillman declared In a speech outshle the Senate that If an appropriation was not made for tho Charleston exposition h would prevent the passage of appropriation bills. It 1m understood, evn charged by tho late Senator Pettlgrew, that the Democrats permitted the Piatt amendment to bo addd to an appropriation bill with tho understanding that the extravagant river and harbor bill would b allowed to come up. Kx-Sen-ator Carter, assumlnK tho talk-to-death role, prevented tho passage of the river and harbor bill. Senator Hoar's difficulty lies In the fact that he would believe that all the senators nre statesmen and pentlemen, and thnt, belr.g such, they should be treated with all the courtesy that freedom of debate requires. And yet. Mr. Hoar, in order to wear out the senators who Ignore the rights of majorities and trample on nil considerations of courtesy, will Join In holding those unseemly. Interminable sessions to force a vote. When It comes to a ejuestlcm of courtesy and the right of debate, which Is most discourteous, to tlx by vote of the majority an hour for taking a vote, or to wear out senators who are exercising the right of continuous resslons? Could anything be more ellsCourteous than that senators should leave one of their number to address empty heats? And, talking of courtesy, what can bo said of tho action of a minority In giving the majority notice that It will not be permitted to pass this or that measure until the minority sees lit te allow a vote, or on the condition that a very bau bill waiting millions of money shall be allowed to come up? If courtesy Is to rule the Senate It should bo broadened so as to require a recognition of the rights of the majority; now Its chief use is cither to overawe the majority or, as In the case of the river and harbor bio, to blackmall it. fc'IXAM'i: AM) DIPLOMACY. A French paper, which Is said to be well informeel regarding ministerial Intentions, says that the settlement of the Chinese question is one of finance. Tho dispatch conveying this information adds: The newspaper says that Russia, repeating that operation which has the greatest success, will advance China the sum required to pay the Indemnities, and that French savings will provide the Russian government with the requisite funds. The Kuropean troops, except the legation garrisons, will then leave Peking and a fresh period will begin, during which Chinese patience will strive to tire out the British and German governments In their claims regarding the opening of the ports and the customs. Russia, however, will retain Manchuria as a pledge for the loan. As this Information comes through French sources It cannot be said to be Inspired by Rritish hostility to Russia. Whether true or not, it is In accordance with Russian methods, which are very apt to combine finance with politics. After the war of lDi-JC) between China and Japan, when the latter demanded a large war indemnity, Russia induced China to arrange In Paris with French and Russian capitalists for a loan of n.(ifrt,fO0 secured by Russia's Indorsement of absolute guarantee of payment from the customs revenue of Chinese treaty ports. Ry this move Russia used funds supplied partly by Russian but mainly by French bankers to establish herself as China's patron, adviser and elirector a sort of financial guide, philosopher and friend. Nobody tnought at the time that Russia's action was disinterested. "Altogether." says a contemporary authority, "the loan is reSarded as a triumph of Muscovite diplomacy and a blow to the prestige of Great Rrltain in China." Subsequent events have shown that It added materially to Russia's prestige in China. A creditor or indorser is very apt to have considerable influence with a debtor. If the pres:nt plan of advancing China the sum required to pay the Indemnities elemanded by the powers is carried out, liussla's hold on China will be still further strengthened, and the will be in a position to dictate her own security or terms of settlement. The Russian bear is not always asleep when his eyes are shut. LONG AMI SUVI'.KK SILLY SP.ASOX. Iast week one London paper told us a ttar-lncltir.g tory of a conspiracy on the part of European nations to put curb upon the United States. An Italian statesroan and an Austrian cx-mlnlster, both representing decaying nation?, declareel that It was essential tojo world's peaca

and L'uropc's prosperity that the American government should bo checked. The American wre getting the markets ol the world, and. having taken the Philip-pine-s, would not let Kurope an nations dis ido China among tin m.-elves. Now, another Lor.elon paper, the Saturday R vicw, tils us anothe-r blood-curdling story. This time- it is not all Kuropo but Germany trat Is preparing to humble if not annihilate the American Nation. That nation, he Review says, i building navies of twlft cruisers designed to carry large am i's, the object of which Is the humbling of the United States. The real purpose of Germany, the London papers tells us, M to seize South America, but to do this it must first overthrow or cripple the Nation which supports the Monroe doctrine, which t-tanda In the way of the occupation of outh America by Germany. The Review finally dropa its disguise of indlfferenee and says that when the tug of war cornea Great Rrltain should ally herself with Germany rather thin the Unltl States. The reason assigned feir Germany' dofire for South America Is that many German Immigrants in that region arc dissatisfied with the rule In Brazil and Chile, anel have asked their nitive country to rid them of that allegiance by making those countries wholly or in part German colonies. The question naturally arises, how many natives of Germany arc now In tho two South American countries? Ir. Chile, S.OoO of Us C.2.V),00U Inhabitants aro Germans, and less than 500 go there each year. At the present time the Immense number of 473 Germans, on an average, yearly go to Rrazil for homes, so that there may be 12,oik) of them in that country, whose population in round numbers Is 17m,ijui As the Germans are the last Immigrants who would Incite rebellion against a government that woulel treat them fairly, it Is not probable that tho ln Rrazil are asking tho subjection of that government and people to tho German empire. There is, furthermore. , no Indication that Germany eieslres to establish more than commercial power In Smth America, which It has already done; In recent years to the detriment of th? P.rlttsh. There H no real hostility in Germany against the United States. In some :vspcts we nre rivals, as nre Great Rrltain nnd Germany, and Great Rrltain and the United States, but the rivalry Is confined to contests for Industrial advantage. As a matter of policy, the three nations, rroples or governments having Teuton origin shouhi act together In world-wielo affairs, but. If they cannot. It Is not probable that Germany will make war on the United States with Great RrltHln for an ally. This might have been done In IVJI or 1S'C If there were motive It Is now too late, but there can be no real motive, since, next to Germany, the United States Is tho home of the largest number cf German blood, and the same Is true r.f Great Rrltain. The silly season In London Is having a long and severe run.

President McKinley started yesterday on his kng tour through the Southwest and to the Pacific coast, making one of 'the longest tours a President has ever made. He left Washington amidst the greeting of the multitude, and witliout regard to party or race ho will be received with acclaim wherever he goes, first because he ir. tho President of the United States, and second, because ho Is personally popular a facta few persons stricken with the madness of antl-impcrlallsm fall to realize. Those persons who may fear that public tuMncss may suffer by the absence of the President from the capital forget the telegraph and tho number of his advisers who no with 'aim. Tho citizens of our remote possessions do not lag behind tho procession. "Antl-Carrlc-Natlon drinks at the Pantheon saIcon" announces an advertisement In the lattst issue at hand of the Honolulu Rulletln. They have politics there too of the truo American brand, as witness this editorial paragraph from the same paper: "The hog bladder politicians ugain suffer IIcomflture on tho rebound from the swnt given Secretaries Caypless nnd Maheula." Oh, there is no doubt that we are a ßreat people. The athletic season has fairly set In. A ytung Connecticut woman has just died from the effects of a blow adminbtere! by a "cleek" In the hands of an awkward friend on the golf links. However, our girls must have exercise. HtOM HITHER AND YON. Still Abend. Chleniro Reeorfl-Herald. Automobile We are vastly superior t you horns. Horif-Oh. I don't know; when we roll over we net up all right when you roll over ou have to send for a plumber. Literary. Detroit Journal. "How do you set on with your literary work. old man?" "Oh, famously! I have invented an extremely illy attitude in Vhich to be photographed for the literary periodicals, nnd hive nuw only to write romethtng." 1'HcifyliiK Her. Harper's Eazar. The if If this scandal In the family is golr.R to make any difference in our social position, it will bo more than 1 can bear. Chicago Millionaire Don't let that worry you a lit. If It does, we'll move to New York. Diplomacy. Catholic Standard. "What have yor d-me about that supposed Nihilist?" Inquired the Czar. "1 told h'.m. your MaJty," -eplied the chief of police, "that if he elid not leave the country in twenty-four hair. we would considvr l'ini Euilty. and execute him." "What! Such lenieney is" "Pardon mo, your Majesty, I have made it absolutely iir.iKishiMe for him to secure a passport, and he cannot have without one." Anticipatory. Chicago Tribune. "Hiram. I am considering a proposal of marriao. and, as you have be en coming to 'see r.ie for nearly ri year. I thought it would be no mire than rUht to tell you of it." "Why. 1" Hi. I I have' always wanted to ask you myself!" "Why haven't yöu done It?" "I I haven't dared to. Will jnu marry me, Delia?" "Yes." "You dear girl! (I'ause, properly tilh-d up.) Tell m- now, Delia, whose proposal of marriaKO you w.-re considering." "Yours, Hiram." tioeiel VrI fur Kuiu. New York Herald. In guarding the Manehurlan section of her railway she Is protecting the commercial Interests of all the powers, particularly those of the United States. In idlclng th province Russia Is erecting another bulwark between Kurope and a possible yellow invasion. The American public Is beginning to realize this. It Is useless, thereI fore, for the English press to pen evere in an unworthy c&mpaifn or vmncation.

PLACE FOR 0. L. PRÜDEN

APIMIINTRD PAY MASTKlt I Tim ARMY, WITH RANK Ol' MAJOR. AHUtant Secretary nt White lleiuxc Honored 1- the Pres Meat K:ioch frontier Promoted. WASHINGTON. April 20 One of the last acts of tlio President before leaving the White House on his tour to the Pacific coast was the signing of the commission of Mr. Pruden, one of the assistant secretaries, as a major and paymaster In the army. Commissions have been made out for James Allen, Enoch H. Crowder and Robert L. Hughes In case vacancies occur In tho list of volunteer brigadier generals while the President is away. The President to-duy made the following appointments: Consuls Charles H. Ugbort. of Illinois. State of Durango, Mex.; George W. Co'ville, of Oregon, at Rarranquilia. Colombia. Army Chief of engime-rs with rank of brigadier general. John W. Rarlow, Georgo L. Glillspie, Henry M. Robert; Judge advocate generals with rank of brigadier general. Thomas F. Rarr, John W. Claus. George D. Davis; Judßo advocate with rank of colonel. George . Davis, Kdward Hunter; jutlge advocate, with rank of lieutenant colonel. Jasper N. Morrison. Knoch H. Crowder; Judge advocate, with rank of major. John Riddle Porter. Arthur Murray; captain of cavalry, Casper 11. Conrad. Jr.; second lieutenant, artillery corps, Robert F. McMillan; brigadier generals of volunteers. Menitt Harber. Tasker H. Rllss, Oscar F. Long. John Cr. Railance; surgeons cf volunteers, with rank of mJor, William Reil. Harold Coffin. Charles Forbush. Sammi De KrafYt: assistant surgeon of volunteers, with rank of captain, Richard S. Griswold. Michael K. Hughes; first lieutenant. Thirty-ninth Volunteer Infantry. Charles H. Frank; second lieutenants. Thirty-ninth Vedunteer Infantry, George W. Wllkins. l wis Bradley. Arthur D. Rrac-k-wood; second lieutenant Forty-fourth Volunteer Infantry, Warren Win ford; second lieutenant, Twentv-slxth Volunteer Infantry. Hilden Olln; seoom! lieutenant, Twentysixth Volunteer Infantry, J. H. Henning. Navy Passed tisslstant rurgeon. with rank of lieutenant. Junior grade, Kdward V. Armstrong; boatswain, Dennis J. O'Connell. Knoch Crowder, who Is made a brigadier general and also a lieutenant colonel, secures the latter promotion by the retirement of Generals Lieber, Rarr and Claus. The appointment as brigadier general of volunteers is a compliment given him for services In the Philippines, a position he vlll hold nnt i 1 July 1. Colonel Crowder has been longer In the Philippines than any other oflloer of prominence. Major Stephen J. Groesbeek, whose name eloes not appear In the list made public to-day, will bo promoted to bo lieutenant colemel. Tho question whether the detail of Colonel Davis t be judge advocate general, under the reorganization law, creates a vacancy Is yet undee idd. Of the other brigadier generals of volunteers announced to-day, General Rllss Is ef tho commissary department and has been collector at Havana since the occupation by the United States. General Allen Is of tho signal corps and has a record for good work during the Spanish war and slnco in the Philippinen. General Hallanco is a major in tho adjutant general's department at Manila and General How so is lieutenant colonel of the Thirty-fourth Volunteer Infantry. With respect to the office of chief of engineers the following general plan of action will be followed: Gen. J. M. Wilson, the Incumbent, will retire on his own application ne xt Wednesday. Col. Henry M. Robert ami Col. John Harlow will bo made chief of engineers successively and Immediately retired. These retirements will make Col. Pete-r C. Hsins, now attached to the Isthmaln Canal Commission, the senior oflloer in tho corps of engineers. Ho will bo made a brigadier general in the lino of the army before his statutory retirement In Julv. 1. but the new chief of engineers will be Col. George L. Gillespie, who will enter upon th' duties of that office by next Monday at the latest and retain it until retirement, In October. Utfi. O. L. Pruden. who was appointed paymaster, enlisted as a private In the Eleventh Regiment, New Je rsey Volunteers, in August, isn. Ho pervert about two years, when he was discharged from the military service to accept a civil appointment In the otlice of the Judge advocate general of the uriny. At the beginning of the second term of President Grant he was appointed executive clerk to the President, and held this oftlce until the beginning of President Hayes's administration, when he was appointed assistant scretary to tho President, which ilace he has held up to tho pre-sent time. Mr. Pruden is one of tho best-known men in Washington, and has been almost the dally associate of Presidents for nearly thirty years. He Is a favorite with newspaper men, nnd it Is said of him that he never gave a correspondent Information that was incorrect. l llUi: DELIVERY SYSTEM. Reorganization of Uoth tho City nnd Iturnl Service. WASHINGTON, April 3. The plan of organization of tho free delivery postal system. Including both the city and rural services, as authorized In general terms by Congress last session, was adopted today to take effect July 1. Under the reorganized system, August W. Machen, of Ohio, will continue as general superintendent of the free delivery system, with general charge of both city and rural services. Charles Hedges, of Texas, now assistant superintendent, with headquarters in New York, Is appointed superintendent of the free delivery service In the cities. The senior assistant superintendent of the free delivery service, William G. Edens, of Chicago, preferred to remain In that city on account of personal and political Interests ther. Charles T. McCoy, of South Dakota, now an assistant superintendent at large, is detailed to New York as assistant superintendent, in charge of that division. J. W. Irwin continues as assistant superintendent of the Pacific coast division at San Francisco, and H. Conejuest Clarke remains as special parent of the free rural delivery service. Miss Ina S. Llcbhardt. who has made a high record as secretary to the general superintendent. Is appointed chief clerk of that olllre. Mr. Machcn's salary Is raised from $3.000 to jn,ÜOO. Of Liferent to Indian Inns. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, April 29.-Samuel R. McKelvey, of Patricksdourg, John H. Garrison, of Aurora, anel Oscar R. Smith, of North Judson. were to-day admitted to practice before the Interior Department. Reserve agents approved for Indiana banks: First National of Chicago, for the Old National of Kvansville; Siegerman National of Cincinnati, for the Tell City National of Tell City. Nathaniel L. Daniel, of Roonville, was to-day disbarred from practice before tho Interior Department. He is accused of receiving illegal fees in pension claims. Judge Hayden's condition continues the sa me. Indiana postmasters were appointed today as follows: Filmore, Putnam county, J. E. Robinson, vice Harry McNaris. removed: Tennyson. Warrick county, F. T. Aust, vice J. L. Posey, removed. 3IISCKLLAKOlS M:WS. Yield of the War Revenue Act Diplomatic Jnimt to IlnfTnlo. Up to March ?A, l'xil, the war revenue act of June 1'' has produced $2S'J.50i.4l7. The secretary of the treasury yesterday t urc based J'L'..' short-term 4 per cent, bonds at ?ll.Xoo. Yesterday's statement of the treasury balances in the general fund, exclusive of the $1.,U'"0 gold reserve in the elivislou if redemption, shows: Available cash balance, gold. $05.545.13U. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Yerkes has held that express rders for goods and n:f rchar.dlse to he transported from the t'nlted States to a foreign country are not exempt from taxation under decisions of th' I'nite-d States Supreme Court In tho matter of export, bills of lading. Plans are being made for a trip by members of the diplomatic corps to Ruffalo on June 11, to visit the Pan-American exposition. The presidential party will arrive at Ruffalo about the 12th and the plans are to have the diplomats ltave Washington

In time to be present when the President and his Cabinet are at Ruffalo. The plans are being made through Lord Pauncefote, the dean of the corps. ITALY'S DUMPING GROUND.

t nlteel Mate. I'nctl n n Place of Hanifthnicnt for Crlniliinlx. NEW YORK. April 2ä.-The Herald says: "Italy Is making of the United States a dumping ground for her criminals and paupers. This fact has been forcibly called to the attention of the local authorities by the arrival in this port of three Italian brigands whose depredations made them a scourge to the province In which they were reared. Despairing of being relieved in any other manner, the merchants upon whom they had preyed made up a liberal purse, with which the three were sent to America, arriving here with money enough In their pockets to enable them to land unquestioned. These three outlaws, who encountered no obstacle to bar them from entering this country, are now in Kansas City, Mo. Warning has been sent out by Police Commissioner Murphy to the Kansas City police officials, who now have the Italians under strict police surveillance. After their arrival In New York the brigands lived in a quiet manner, meanwhile maturing their plans for a career of crime In the West. Commissioner Murphy found that this Is no Isolated ease. 'Italian criminals.' said the commissioner, 'are pouring Into New York on every ship that brings Immigrants. Tho popular belief that our laws bar out criminals and paupers Is a mistaken belief, it may bo that the Italian government has no part in the scheme, but It Is still truo that the United States Is being made a dumping ground, receiving the cast-offs from Jtallnn prisons and pauper houses. " DESIRE OF THE CUBANS they ava xt i ni:i'i:M)i:ci:, i:vi: IF IT IS II I T A TASTE. Annexation May He Acceptable After the People Have Gained What They llnve Long: Hoped For. NEW YORK, April 2a. ''Even annexation might be acceptable to Cuba If It came after Independence," said Dr. Rafael M. Portuondo, one of the members of tho delegation from the Cuban national convention to Washington, last night. For fifty years s-ho has longe-d and fought and bled for Independence. That once attained she would agree to any fair demands the Uniteel States could make." General Portuondo was eloquent In his expressions of satisfaction with tho result of the mission to Washington. "There was a rnlsunderstanellng." he said, "nnd now, for us at least, It has all been cleared. The trouble was with the Piatt amendment Many tf the Cubans suspected It. They did not know what It meant. They doubted the motive that lay behind It. Not that they thought It might be unfair to Cuba only, but to the United States. Tho explanation given to us at Washington Is rdaln and dispels our doubts. None of us can now question the honesty or impugn tho falrmlndedness of the Senate. To be sure, there are terms about tho amendment which cannot be adopted, but I think a great deal has been accomplished." Asked how long It would take to establish a Cuban government. General Portuondo replied: "Not less than ten months. There must bo conventions and elections beforo tho Electoral Council, which chooses a President, is seiected. That will take time, and I think we shall feel satisfied If our government Is set In motion by Feb. 21 of next year. That, you know, Is our Fourth of July, the anniversary of our riso against Spain. "Our electoral body will be made up equally of representatives from the prfesslcnal men. the wealthy citizens and provincial assemblies. The President must be a native Cuban or one who has fought ten years for Cuban Independence. A senator must be a native, but a representative may bo a native or a naturalized citizen." Opening of the Cuhun Cnmpnluit. HAVANA, April SD.-Thc mass meeting held yesterday at Matanzas by the Democrats, the opening rally of tho campaign, was largely attended. Senor Montoro, who received a great ovation, nald the Cuban problem was an International one, and that the Piatt amendment was a wise measure. He lamented that radicals should look at the question solely from the point of view o constitutional limitation, for In his opinion the Constitution was deficient, would not continue and could not fulfill the eminent political and social necessities of tho e-ountry. He declareel that valuable time had been lost In a very Important matter, namely, the securing of some conccHslons in respect to the duties on Cuban products, nnd he urged that this question be settled v.ith Washington as soon as possible. Senor Giberga said the Piatt amendment was opposed In the convention by radicals who did not represent the Cubans In any way, politically or socially. Incrcnue In Cuban Imports. WASHINGTON. April 20.-In a recent statement given to the press by the division of Insular affairs of the War Department a considerable loss was Indicated In the trade of Cuba with the United States for the first months of 1900 as compared with the same period of 1S99. It h; now explained by the division of Insular affairs that in the statement abovj referred to tho value of gold and silver coin and bullion was Included In the total value of commerce between Cuba and the United States. Eliminating the coin shipments it is ascertained that instead of there being a decrease of the value of Import Into Cuba from the United States there is an Increase of $1,222.203 for the first eight months of 1000 over the same period of 1SW. o IlrlKniirixiKe In 1'lnnr Del Rio. HAVANA, April 29. Captain Slocum. who was ordered to Investigate the cases of reported shooting and robbery In the tobacco district of the province of Pinar del Rio complained of by Mr. Gustave Rock, asserts as the result of his Investigation that no acts of violence are being" committed there, but the planters fear that without arme el forces In tho province disorder arid brigandage will prevail. TI;r rural guard under the direction of Captala Slocum Is making a tour of Pinar elel Rio, and telegraphic reports from all points in the province say that the best order prevails. The WrmiK -Ir. Wright. New York Press. We are quite willing to take the Nas-h-ville American's worel for it that Luke K. Wright, of the Philippine commission. Is a "distinguished Tennesseean" and a "bold and independent thinker." In fact, we do not need its word for it. We never knew an otlieehohler of thia grade who wasn't at least a distinguished citizen of his State and a bold and independent thinker in tiie eves of his local newspaper. Rut this does not alter the fact that President McKinley ought to get Mr. Wright out of the Philippines on the rirst transport, in Ins ot.'iclal capacity he assured a great gathering of Filipinos that "there has never been a doubt" that they were "in time to become a part of our Nation." Not only was there not a scintilla of authority for this statement, but there were unofficial declarations of the Senate and of both political parties of the Uniteel States directly to the contrary. A man who misleads and befoo.o a governed race as to the Intentions of a governing race is the most dangerous sort of man to rule the one or represent the other. Kmbroilment as a result of his administration is only a question of time. The wrong Mr. Wright must go. Thomas II. Reed. New Kngland Farmer. I met Hon. Thomas R. Reed In a hotel a few days since and was much surprised at his appearance. He has lost ixty pounds of llesh I should Judge, and has the appearance of a man suffering from fcomo chronic organic disease.

HIGH COURT DECISIONS

case iwoLviMi ashi:ss.iu:nts FOR r r i: i:t imimiuvkm i : nts. Supreme Justice of Opinion thnt a Cull" I it n Agreement t Sell unci Mn He Tai eel. WASHINGTON. April 20.-In the United States Supreme Court decisions were handed down to-day In a number of cases involving the constitutionality f munlcipt! legislation authorizing assessments for street Improvements. The opinions were read by Justice Shiras. The rinclpil on? was in tho case of the District ol Columbia vs. Davidson, on appeal from a decision by th Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. In that case the court laid down a principle governing all the cases, saying: "It was within the power of Congress, by the act of 1TJ. to order the opening and extension of the strefts In question and to direct the commisslor ers of tho District of Columbia to institute nnd conduct proceedings in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to condemn the necessary land; and it was also competent for Congress to provide that the amount found elue and awardeel as damages for and In respect of the land condemned for the opening of said streets, not less than one-half thereof should te assessed by the jury In said pioceedlngs against the pieces and parcels of land which will bo benefited by the opening of said streets, as provided for In the said act, and that the sums to be assessed against each lot or piece or parcel of ground should be determlneel and designated by the jury, and that in determining what amount should bo assessed against any particular piece or pared of ground the jury should take Into consideration the situation of said lots and the benefit that they might severally receive frtm the equaling of said streets. It Is also established that in proceedings of this nature notice by publication Is sufficient." Justices Harlan, White and McKc-nna dissented. The Supreme Court decided In the case brought by ex-Congressman Stephen V. White, of Rrooklyn. that a 'call" as the word is used In the Stock Exchange. Is an agreement to sell and therefore subject to taxation at the rate of 2 cents per hundre d dollars under Mho war rove nu- law. The opinion was handed down by Justice Rre.vcr, who, defining a call, said: "Calls are not distributed as mere advertisements of what tho owner of the property described therein la willing to do. They ale heid and In parting -with them, tho vendor iveoive-s what to him Is satisfactory consideration. Having parted for value reeciv'l with that promise. It Is a contract binding on him, and such a contract is neither more nor less than an agreement to sell nnd eleliver at thetlme named the property describe-el In the instruments. It may be a unilateral eontract. So are many contracts. On the face of this Instrument there Is an absolute promise to sell We cannot doubt the conclusion cf the circuit judge that this Is. in Its term!1. Its essence and Its nature, an agreement t sell. Therefore, It comes within the letter of the statute. There Is nothing to t-uggest that Congress did not mean that this provision should be enforced titeordirg to Its letter and spirit evervwheie T.'.e language of the stutute seems to ii clear. It Imposes a stamp duty on J cr- -merits to sell. We see nothing !r. the rurroundlngs which Justifies us in llmltnt the power of Congress or denying to Its language üs ordinary meaning. Therefore, wo answer tho eiue-stiem submitted to us by the Circuit Court of Appeals lit the idllrmatlve and hold that a call Is an agroement to hell nnd taxable as such. The court restored to the docket for reniKument the case of Charl s F. Champion, of Chicago, and also granted the pition for a writ of e-ertiorarl in the case of John Francis, ef Cincinnati. Roth are lottery cases. The Champion case Involves the constitutionality of the act of Congress forbidding express companies from circulating .ottery matter. It was argued, early In March, by Assistant Attorney General James M. Reck, for the government, and W. D. Guthrie for the defndant. In aeldition to the epjestlon as to whether a lottery ticket Is an article of commerce and subject to congressional legislation the important question was also raised as to whether the right to regulate ceunmerce Included the right to prohibit altogether commerce In a given article. The case, probably, will not be reargued until next autumn. After announcing various opinions nnd hearing a number of motions to-day the court took an adjournment until Monday, the l.Ttli prox. Tho meeting then will be only for the announcement of opinion;;. rOIl GOOD ROADS. LoiiImIiiuh Residents Orgaulinix Inder the atioiinl A ssociut Ion. NEW ORLEANS. April 2a. The National Good Roads Association to-elay inaugurated In this city Its series of conventions for the purpo?o jf State erganlzation. The largo attendance and the Interest displayed by the delegates leads the promoters of tho movement for improved primary transportation to believe that a strong and vigorous State organization will result to-morrow. More than two hundred delegates from parishes and counties throughout Louisiana and Mississippi and many from Alabama gathered In Odd Fellows' Hall at the opening of the convention. After an address of welcome by Mayor Capdevllle, Governor W. W. Heard, of Louisiana, addressed the convention. He referred to the efforts of the Postofflce Department to secure good roads for the extension of the rural delivery system; urged the necessity for goed roads If the congestion of population In cities Is to be prevented and declared that they are necessary to secure the best results In all lines of agricultural industry. President W. P.. Moore, of the association, outlined its aims, and in the course of his remarks afhrmed the necessity for speedy construction of tho NIcaraguan canal. He then detailed plans for permanent state organization. He was followed by Hon. Martin Dodge, director of public; re"ad Inquiries, United States Department of Agriculture, who descrllied the marvelous progress made In other lines of transportation in contrast with tho progress made In primary transtortatlon. He said that we have alreaely proved that we could attain a very cheap rate of transportation by the application of modern methods in other directions, and that there Is no reason why, with the application of the same principles, we may not reach the same results in primary transportation over the highroads of the country. He suggested the apportionment of th cost of such roads among the Mate, parish or county and property owners directly benefited, and a demand upon the United States government for aid in this elirectlon. A short address by Hon. Andrew Patullo. M. P., of Ontario. Canada, terminated the session anel a large rnajoritv of the eldegates went at once to view the "e.bject lesson" road In the outskirts of the city. Committee reports occupied the afternoon. Rernlinrdt and Her Letter. New York Press. The letters of regret from Sarah R-rn-hardt and M. Coquelin that were read at the Press Club dinner last Saturday night were written in French, with th exception of possibly half a doz n English words in the bold style of the widow of M. Jacques Damala. Coquelin's hand Is small and tramped. Madame Sarah's Is reckless. Colonel A. H. do Frece translated the letters and now has the originals In his muse urn of curiosities. The actress's lapse into English was: "With a parting shak Hand." ete She sails on April ." on the "Kaiser Win. Gr." Sarah Rernhardt Is unusual. She always has been. We have no record of anything like her. Her versatility Is phenomenal. Resides being the greatest Actress In the world, she is a successful sculptor, painter and writer. She Is the most expert bicyclist In Paris. She can beat an Indian paddling a canoe. With a red and reel she Is capable of stunts that would put our prize fishermen to the blush. At lawn tennis she can hold her own against Whitman and Larned. Her beginning was unusual. Every subsidized theater In Paris was closed against her because she slapped In the fac no Mile, Natalie for knocking down her

little si.-ter In th vires r.f the Comedl Frar.calse. At the Ob on i:e earned $2 a month. She demanded a raise e-f Sb si. It was refused m l sh t s!r.iad. Wlthtn thirty days she was r-c-itng Jii a night not a month: Them eferih her progress wa e:,sy. After playing "Phe Ire'' with unbeundod success it did not tak" her long lo vnquT the Iii st place on the Fre nch stac-?. And she has he hi It against all comet s. She Is fifty-six years obi.

COEDS DON KALE ATTIRE. Reloit College Girl (ihr n Novel En. te rtulnnient-ö "Hnh, Huh" Hoj . RELOIT. Wis., April 2! -The girl residents of Km. rscn Hall, the swell dormitory of Reloit College, Saturday night entertained their sister students at a function in which garments of masculine types dominated. While tho attendance was limited to bonallde coeds, rumor has It that many of the costumes were extremely gorgeous an.l picturesque. The grand march that preceded und closed the festivities was led by "George Washington" In stunning knlckerbockera and frock coat. Among those who followed the Intricate figures of the march were golf lads, in natty troupers nnd hose, bluebloused sailor lads, waifs of the street clad in gunnysacks. preach. rs in grave ministerial garb, cowboys with r .1 kw eaters and huge se'mbreros, summer chappies In white ducks, gentlemen in evening attire, and Just plain. every-lay c liege students. The young women not fortunate enough to possess big brothers. Indulgent uncles, or Inlluential friends, had to cntnt themstives with playing the prosaic role of coeds. The men who had loaned their garments for the occasion ver naturally anxious to see whtber the habiliments woulel do. and. notwithstanding irawn curtains and locked eloors the window casements of Kmerson Hall were occupied by a large part f the rnalo population of the college at various time s eluring the evening. They failed. how-v r. to count on feminine sagacity and re source s. for scare iy would a pair of I ds ensconce themselves on a window sill than they would bo uli:gd by a showr ef water from an uppe-r stetry eir tlie sudden closing of a window would line h masculine fingers, in si it of Interruptions, thi young women profess to have had a good time, and ware so favorably impressed with tin Ir appearances that tney posed for several IIa blight pictures. REPENTS TOO LATE. Calliiliiin fane Juror Novr Sorry He Voted for Aeuittnl. OMAHA, Neb.. April 2 -"I w as th twelfth man m the Jury to vote for Callthan's aequltTal." said W. R. Fuller to-day, "ami I stood alone from the third ballo, about 1 o'clock Saturday night until about .s o'cioe-k Sunday morning. I believe now, as I believed then, that Callahan has not proved an alibi, and that there was sufliticnt evid tier to convict him. but for six lours I sto.d alone there. I shall never forgive myself for yielding. I wish now that 1 had stayed with them and lung the Jury." Ceuinty Attorney Shields does not agree with General Cowin In the statement that Callahan e.n.not be hold feir trial n th cburg-s of grand larceny and false Imprisonment, lie says Callahan Is In th Mino position as a man who Is charg"! with bdh assault and robbery weuild bo if h were acquitted of one or tho other of tha charges. o Special Iteunril for Put frei we. OMAHA, Neb., April 2:.-The body of Pat Crowe Is not as mu-h In Jemand as It was before the acquittal of James Callahan. Five thousanel dollars will no longer be paid by the city eif Omaha fr Crowe' body ele-ad or alive. The Council to-day authorised tho eitlef ed' pdic to withdraw this re ward. The re ward of J..UU offered by the e ity for the- arre st und eeuivietlon ef three kidnapers ed' Eddie Cu.iahy, Jr.. wan allowed to stand. The city will pay Jv1 for the- conviction f ene of the criminals. A prjeo of jr.a is put on th" head of two of the e-emspiralors and throe ef a kdid will bring tli captors 2.Vmi. tiii: l it 1 1 : aci i u.no. The Retter He Is Known the Leas Im port nnt He Appears. New York Evening Sun. The Interview with AguJnaMo printed In the Sun this morning will make painful reading for his American ouloglzer. "I am learning English anel studying the American governnn nt," says the Filipino "Washington." He confessed that ho was not familiar with the proposal to purchase church estates ami sell them to the natives. "1 will make no definite statements on public or private question," he said, "until I am familiar with the situation." He repeats tho statement that ho elid not participate In a single engagement. He seem to have been a fugitive always. Agulnaldo Is thus rcvealeel as a leader whose Urst concern was his personal safety, yet ho used to claim Immunity from bullet wounds to Impress his superstitious followers. It turns out that he is unfamiliar with the American system of governme nt. Our antlimperlalist friends used to say that he wa Imbued with the principles (jf the fathers, and thus his resistance to American authority must be regarded as a t-drtiKglo by a heroic soul feu liberty, that divine boon to man. At least, It was to be expected that Agulnaldo would have positive opinions and tho courage to express them. He seems to be afraid of his own shadow, as uncertain und reluctant as a politician who wants a nomination and fears to commit himself. In Filipino eyes Agulnaldo Is a great man. however. He is htill Invested with demigod qualities, and his success In eluding, capture for two long years Is one of the things the nativ bejasts about. He. can plume himself on very little else In the war. Aculnaldo, therefore, has an Influence with hin people that Is not to be deped. He has taken the oath of allegiance with an appearance of sincerity, and he should be able to lend a hand in pacifying the islands. Rut when It comes to views and convictions he seems to be on th? fence. Evidently this hero and martyr has been a figurehead from the firFt. Raftslft'a Advance on India. Mr. John Kimberly Mumford has written in the May World's Work an Interesting account of Russian political methods, particularly as shown by the gradual assimilation of Persia and tho struggle for Manchuria. "Peacefully." says Mr. Mumford, "blandly, but relentlessly and with the Piblloan 'wisdom of tho scrport,' by skilful utilization of the native elements, as well as by the Introduction of new foreeos. a Russian leaven is being distributed throughout the entire Persian loaf. The murmuring of the vanqulsheel in the countries the Kussinn has overcome Is never wholly stilled; the prophecy of reolt is continuous, but the Cossack Is a sedative f wondrou eflieae-y. The Russian knows the peoples ho holds t-way over. He conciliates native agencies at everv stej. He "assures im-n e(f the friendship of Russia.' He 'annihilates memories; h weans peoples from regrets. He ptavs upon their vanity until It Is transmuted inte lovnlty: he grafts upon his alreaely conglomerate spech something of the language of tho conquered, and the next g-n-ratlon speaks with the tongue eif Moscow. In brief, ho finds a" barbarism, ami moving, leaves a Russian. That 1 what he will edtlm.it ly elo in all of Persia. The Russian believe i:i his mbslon. That h aspires to the- po-session ()f all Asia there s ems no loi.ger any re.m for doubt. There are great bstac'es In h's path; he r.meives them. He has ore way in Manchuria, another it. Iran. Rut he Is building warships as fast as ho Is taking up lan 1 in Asia. He anchors them row In Port Arthur; next in Ruhlre and Render Abbas. How son will tho oarchüght of his cruisers sweep tho harbors of Calcutta anf Rornbay?" Pntersein's Had Eminence. Rrooklyn Eagle. A man variously named Romagnoll. ot Romanlsso, r Mt:ilT has. It Is .-aid. beer arre st l on a North German Lloyd steamer on the charge that ho wa picked iut by Anarchists at Patcrson. N. J., by lot, ti kill the Kaiser. A great e'eal eif Investigation will b ree-ulrod to establish this aocusitlop, but Paterson has furnished suf!lcient precedents f atren-ity to make It plausible. No other town has achieved so much bad eminence in so short a time. lins Doue Hollt llrfetre. P.altlmore American. Mr. Stead thinks that eventually Englanei will either have to ilsht the United SUtc or eat humble pip. Sh'? has done both bofore now. und history. In the improbable event ot hostilities, may repeat Itself,