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The Bamberg Herald. ? ? ~ " " ESTABLISHED 1S91. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. APRIL 18. 1901. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. BLOODTHIRSTY JAPS! Indications Still Point to Sang* Binary Conflict In Orient. MIKADO MAY TACKLE CZAR! Japan Insists That Chinese Ruler Return to Pekin and Send Troops Into Manchuria. A cable dispatch from Pekin says: Komours Yutaro, the Japanese minister, accompanied by General Yamaguchi, the Japanese commander, called j upon Prince ChingSnnday and notified \ him that the retnrn of Emperor KuaDg Hsu was urgently desired. Prince Ching was informed that the emperor's wishes would be respectod by the foreign troops and that every courtesy would be shown him. It was pointed out to the Chinese plenipotentiary that the emperor's return was of the highest possible importance as affecting the maintenance of the integrity of the Chinese empire, and that he should come accompanied by every available soldier, by at least twenty thousand men if possible. The troops, it was fnrther contended by the Japanese minister, must be sent tf i .. tv. T> : into iuancnur:a, as iu? x\ussiaus reported great disturbances there and it was not right that the task of quelling the trouble should be thrown upon oue nation. Finally, Prince Ching was assured that if the 20,000 Chinese troops could not suppress the disorders in Manchuria, other powers would send an international force to co-operate * with China, which all the powers regarded as a friendly power. No reply having been received to this commnnication, Li Hnng Chang was notified to the same effect and told that Emperor Kuang Hsu must give an immediate answer. The preparations which the Japanese are making here for an early start indicate that they still expect war lotween Russia and Japan. Vessels arriving at Taku from Nagasaki report the mobilization of the Japanese fleet and the continuauce of preparations on board snip for the anticipated struggle. Prince Ching says all his reports go to show that the missionary statements regarding a rebellion in Mongolia are not supported by the facts. Neither does be believe that the rebellion of General Tung Hsiang amounts to much. "It is the object of certain elements," he asserts, "to make it seem that China is in a condition of constant broil, rendering it unsafe for the foreign troops to be withdrawn. Those who have this in view will magnify a village quarrel into a big rebellion. The missionaries, naturally timid, take tnese reports m gooa iaitn. MINISTERS ABE CRITICISED. The conduct of the ministers of the powers over the negotiations with the Chinese plenipotentiaries canses much adverse comment among the military authorities. Their dilatory tactics have prevented what might have been accomplished two months ago. Even now the meetings of the ministers are postponed for the most trivial canses. For instance, the desire of one minister to go on a picnic to the tombs of the Miag dynasty prevented the holding of a meeting for a number of days. Then M. De Giers and other ministers insisted upon celebrating Easter, and thus a week was consumeJ. In a third case an unnecessary visit by one minister to Tien Tsin held up negotiations for four days. These are fair illustrations of what has been almost continuous from the beginning. Memorial services will be held by order of the court in honor of the members of the tsuDg-li-yamen who were executed last summer because of their pro-foreign sentiments?Hsu Ching Chien, Li Shau and Hsu Yung Yi. The staff of the United States legatiou has been invited to attend. Hsu Ching Chien, who was a man of considerable wealth, held at various times the post of Russia, that of director of the Busso-Chinese bank and that of president of the Chinese Eastern railway. SEW RECRUITS DESERT. Soldiers of Fourteenth Cavalry Keciinent Take French Leave. A special to the Chicago Tribune from Leavenworth, Las., says: Many of the Rewly enlisted soldiers ; of the Fourteenth cavalry regiment, , recruiting here, have deserted. j The missing soldiers are nearly all young recruits and were from com- , panies of the new regiment. Friday was their first pay day and the deser- : ters came to the city, many boaiding departing trains. The exact number of men missing is not known, but it is ( Eaid to be in the neighborhood of 160. , BRAVE BOY SAVES LIVES. Little Mllo Hughes Prevents Train From Going Through Burning Bridge. A Monon local train containing many passengers was prevented from crashing through a burning bridge fifty feet high near Frankfort, Iod., Thursday afternoon by Milo Hughes, an fightyear-old boy. At the risk of his life he remained on the traok until he attracted the attention of the engineer, who brought the train to a stop a aozen feet away from the bridge. s-?Ride. _ ^ Mr?. Carrie Nation was arrested in Kansas Ci*y Sunday night on the charge of obstructing the street and taken to t^he police station in a patrol wagon. ?he wa3 released on a cash bond of sh dollars. Zionistic Movement Approved. Fifteen'1 hundred Hebrews held a meeting |iQ Milwaukee Sunday in the interest (pf the Ziouistic movement, and demo nstrated approval of the plan which it i s hoped will restore the au cient pres of the Jews as a natiou. t k RACES DRIFTING APART. Future of the Xecro Seems Hopeless, Declares College Pre*i<l?-nt. The annual convention of the American Academy of Political and Social Science adjourned at Philadelphia Saturday night. The closing day's sessions were devoted to consideration of the recj problem of the south and our newly acquired West Indian possessions. President George T. Winston, of the North Carolina college of agriculture, and Professor W. E. Btughardt Dubois, of the Atlanta university, discussed the negro question from opposite points of view at the afternoon session. At night Senator Piatt, of Connecticut, and Charles M. Pepper spoke on the Cuban and Porto Ivican phase of the race question. In his address, Mr. Winston said in ? ?.HL _ i - pan: "lae xwo races are umiuu^ apart. They were closer together in slavery than they have been siDce. Old-time sympathies, friendships and affections created by two centuries of slavery are rapidly passing away. A single generation of freedom has produced indifference, mistrust and prejudices. Unless a change is made the coming generation will be separated by active hatred and hostility. The condition of the negro is indeed pitiful, and hi6 prospects for the future are dark and gloomy. There is no solution for the problem, unless it is dealt with from the standpoiut of reason and experience without prejudice or fanaticism." WILL >LM> COMMISSION. Cubans Now .Art-op to Withhold Expression on I'latt Amendment. A special from Havanua says: At Saturday's secret session of the constitutional convention Senor Nunez asked that the convention either reject or accep* the Piatt amendment as the resolution adopted Friday was not a formal declaration and was misleading. The conservatives considered the resolution practically njected the amendment, while the radicals and the radical press maintained that it did not, and Senor Nunez therefore asked that a yea and nay vote be taken. This 1 A il . I . 1 wasopposeu uy me rauicais, wuo u?vc always avoided taking a decided stand. The conservatives were pleased at the point, and as a split was threatened among the radicals, a compromise was offered and agreed to by the terms of which a resolution was adopted that the convention should not express itself either for or against the amendment and that a commission be sent to Washington to reach the best possible agreement with the president. This commission will not be authorized to settle definitely the question of the relations between the United States and Cuba, but will report back to the convention. LOMUNU'4 B.ll) BREAK. Mississippi Governor Makes Remarks Which Azigor Ohl Soldiers. Considerable indignation is being expressed by confederate veterans and members of the Daughters of the Confederacy at Jacksonville, Miss., over a remark made by Governor Longino when the petition asking that the corner stone of the new statehouse be laid on the birthday of Jefferson is >raa 111 tuuomuatiuui The remark in question was made to one of the prominent ex-confederates who was deeply interested in the selection of June 3d as the date for the ceremony, and, according to his statement, when the petition was presented Governor Longino is reporte? to have said: "I can't see what Jefferson, Davis has to do with this statehouse, and I'm getting tired of this ex-conferate rot, anyway." SEEKING VENGEANCE, Father of Burned Negro Asks For Prosecution of Mob. A special from Leavenworth, Kan., says: Alfred Alexander, father of Frederick Alexander, the negro who was burned at the stake for the alleged assault and murder of Miss Can is Forbes and for the assault of Miss Roth, has filed information with the county attorney against n number of those participating in the burning and asks for a warrant for their arrest upon the charge of murder. Alexander will ask for warrants for William Forbes, whom he accuses of setting fire to his son, one of the city officials and a policeman, who, he charges, assisted in piling the fuel around the stake and aided in the burning. GOVERNMENT WILL REFUND. Famous "Hat Trimmings'* Case Compromised For 94.000.000. The famous "hat trimmings" cases, involving abont $20,000,000 and which since 1884 have been the subject of a bitter legal battle between the government and a number of Philadelphia importers, have at last been settled. It is stated on high authority that a compromise has been effected through which the merchants interested will receive about $4,000,000 from the United States treasury in full settlement of the much larger amount they claim to have been forced to pay in excess of legal duties. GOLD BARS FOUND. Bullion Stolen on Shipboard Discovered by the Steward. The three gold bars stolen from the specie room of the North German Lloyd line steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse during that vessel's last trip from New York, were discovered during the cleaning of the ship Saturday morning, behind a cornice in the corridor outside of the secondclass saloon, by Steward Magcrs. The police have reopened investigations. DEALT IN GREEN KOORS. Two MrL and a Woman Under Arrest at Buffalo Charged With Swindling. Two men and a woman who are said to have done such an extensive businer-in green goods that their monthyl expenditure for postage stamps represented $500, were arrested at Buffalo, N. Y., Saturday evening. Thty are W. A. Clark and his wife and brother, Lee L. Clark. The inspectors say the gang has been operating in the vicinity for several mouths, some of their victims coming all the vay from Texas. I SOUTH CAROLINA 2 j i STATE NEWS ITEMS, j srvUNiCNJCMrjfsirsirMi Sensational Fun ral Oration. The sensatioual incident at Columbia Monday in connection with the mysterious killing of Captain John J. Griffin, for which Major Barnard B. Evans is in jail, waB the funeral oration of B.ev. Father Fleming. Tho church was packed, among those present being delegations of railway offirti'olc fr/->m niflfoi-Ant nnrts of the COUn- i try. Father Fleming, after paying a high I tribute to the personal character of Captain Griffin, referred to his war j record. Although a native of another j country, when the south needed men ; he, believing her cause just, bad been j among the first to go to the front, j ready to die, and in fact almost did , give his life. "His death was unwarranted, unde- I served," declared the preacher. Continning, he said: "It seems hard that such a man j should die as he did, but let us take j this as a waruiDg." Fi*l?erinon Violating I.awR. State Fish Commissioner Edward i Willis, of Charleston, who recently j persuaded the government to stock j the rivers of the state with shad, has j opened a vigoj ous warfare on fishermen who have been violating tlfe law. Within the pa>t two weeks he has had more than forty shad nets removed from rivers iu the low country, and several fishermen who have broken the laws have been arrested and lodged in jail at Walterboro. By. using traps and nets the fish people have almost j depopulated the rivers, aud great j difficulty will be met iu having the stock replenished. Efforts are being made, however, to have committees appointed in the various counties to protect the fishing interests. * * * " j #/* ........ By a vote of 170 to 5G the town of Bock Hill refused tc permit the establishment of a dispensary there. This is the culmination of a warm local fight. Charlotte ships Bock Hill between sixty and seveuty thousand dollars' worth of liquor a year. The town prefers to lose about ten thousand a year profits to having the dispensary. * ? * Evan* Abandon* Suicide Claim. It is announced that Major Evans has abandoned the claim as to suicide, and has stated to a friend that he shot Captain Griffin in self-defense. The walking stick used by the crippled soldier will furnish the ground for this defense. The post mortem shows that i the bullet, entering the breast, took a j slightly downward course. Judge Andrew Crawford, of Columbia, and Major William T. Gary, of Augusta, have been retained by the defense. Ex-Congressman George Johnstone, of Newberiy,another noted [ criminal lawyer, will also be retained. Counsel will permit no statements by Evans. Pro*pectiv? Depot Fi>r Charle*ton. It seems that there is at last a prospect of Charleston's haviDg a union depot. A commission has been issued by the secretary of state to a company to build such a depot. The corporators represent the several systems of roads entering that city, and are: Samuel Spencer, New York; Jtt. (j. jla-win, Savannah; Henry Walter?, Baltimore; Warren G. Elliott, New Houover, N. C.; A. B. Andrews, Raleigh, and (J. S. Gadsden, Charleston. The minimum capital will be $50,000, with a maximum of $20,000. *S New Auditorium Started. The citizens of Greenville turned out one afternoon the past week to witness the ground breaking for the new auditorium building of the Greenville Female college. The building will contain ai\ auditorium, study hall, art gallery and lecture rooms and will cost $15,000, Work will begin at once. Addresses were made by prominent citizens. Miss M. C. Judsou, lady principal of the college, threw I out the first shovel of dirt. * Superintendent McMahan In Atlanta. j An Atlanta, Ga , dispatch says: j "Hon. John J. McMahan, of Columbia, S. C., arrived iu the city yesterday morning and is stopping at the Kimball. Mr. McMahan is superintendent of education of the Palmetto State and enjoys the reputation of being one of the most progressive and i enthusiastic young educators of the i south. Duriug his sojourn of a few } days iu Atlanta Superintendent McMahan will visit the city schools and j make a thorough inquiry into Atlanta's I school system." *** Had Money In Her Trunk. Miss MeCondon Kaiser, an aged inmate of a public almshouse in Charles- ! ton, died recently, but before her | death begged piteously for burial in a I cemetery instead of in the potter's i field. She was supposed to be a pan- ! per. Pel sons interested in her case raised funds for a decent burial. Later, when the Ionian's trunk was examined, it was fouud that she had j $240. Not willing to spend the money, even on a funeral, she let it remain j concealed, mid now the full amount ! .... I has been given over to tne city. I Created a (ipmiin 1 Sen?ation. The official announcement from j Washington that the president had : appoiuted Johu G. Capers, a son of ! Bishop Ellison Capers, of Sonth Car- J olina, to be district attorney to ! ce-d District Attorney Lathrop, creat- j ed a sensation in state political cir- i cles. Constables Kept Itiisv. The state liquor constabulary is ! divided into seven squads, which are .so disposed as to best repel the iuva- j sioii nf the "blind tiger." Etch squad i has a chief, who makes weekly reports j of seizures, witn *he names of those j | persons from whom liquor is seized, j No attempt is made t) prosecute unless j the blind tiger is caught in the act of j selling. The 1 qior captured is for- j warded to the di-peusary and partly j offsets the expense of the constables. ijast week two squads ol live men eacn ' made no seizures; the others got 320 1 gallons of liquor and 90 dozen bottles I of beer. Tiie largest haul was made from the moonshiners of Greenville | county,where 140 gallons were obtain- j ed. Columbia came next with 75 gallons and 30 dozen bottles of beer. Charleston furnished 36 gallons of whisky. TRAGEDY IN COLUMBIA. Captain Griffin Dies From Pistol ' Shot Wound Inflicted By Major Evans. Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock i v I Captain John J. Griffin, commercial j agent of the Norfolk and Western ' railroad, was shot to death iu the ! rooms of Major Bernard B. Evans in i Columbia, S. C. The arrest of Major ! Evans subsequently created a pro- j nounced sensation. The two were alone, and occupants I of adjoining apartments were at din- j ner. Major Evaus summoned a phy- j sician, saying that a man was hurt in ! his rooms. Dr. R. W. Gibbes found j Captain Griffin lying in a dying con- j dition and speechless on Major Evans' J bed. A 44 caliber Colt's revolver bul- ; let had entered just above the left \ nipple. When Dr. Gibbes announced that Griffin was dying, he declares that Evans, who had been drinking heavily, became wildly excited and exclaimed that Dr. Gibbes lied; that Dr. Gibbes and not he himself bad killed Griffin. The physician, under pretext of replacing a broken instrument, managed to get out of the room, although Evans declared that he should not do so. Dr. Gibbes summoned the police aud they were refused admittance until Judge Ernest Gary, a cousin of Evans, arrived aud demanded admittance and submission to the officers. Evans struck Judge Gary and was taken to jail in a state of hysteria, having declared that Griffin had taken his own life. In the room were evidences of the fact that oue or both of the men had been drinking. Aside from this there is no reason why Griffin should have killed himself or that Evans should have shot him. TKii <1an,1 roon'c n-a<j hrnispd nn X ur Vicail lUUii O 4UVV ft MS/ ...wv v. VM loth sides and there was an abrasion of the skin on the bridge of the nose. His wa king cane, clotted with blood, was sevtral feet from where blood marks indicated that the fatal shot had taken effect. The coroner's jury Sunday afternoon rendered a verdict that to the best of its belief the death of Captain J. J. Griffin was caused by a gunshot wound inflicted at the bands of Major B. B. Evaus. Captain Griffin served in the confederate army with a company from Macon, Ga., and after the war entered the railroad service. He bad tbe position of general freight agent of tbe East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia at Atlanta, Ga., for many years, and subsequently went to tbe Norfolk and Western. Two years ago be was assigned to tbe South Carolina territory. Major Evans is a son of Brigadier General N. G. Evans and a nephew of Major General Mart W. Gary, of tbe late Confederate army. He is a brother of former Governor John Gary Evand. who was adjutant general in 1S98, and was himself iu the Havana postoffice department at that time. He is well known in militia and political circles, having twice received a large vote for railroad commissioner. He and tbe present lieutenant governor* James H. Tillman, fought a bloodless duel in <snnip vpars flffo. ried when only eleven years old aud has eDjoyed remarkable health ever since. TIKEK TACKLED KEEPER. Proprietor of IndlHtiapolIn Zoo Badly Wounded By Knratrcd Beast. Bajah, the Bengal tiger that fatally injured oue of the keepers at the zoo in Indiauapolis several months ago, after a desperate fight in the animal's cage, Friday attacked Frank C. Bostock, proprietor of the zoo,and dangerously injured him. It is feared by the surgeons that Bostock will lose hi1 left arm. Ilis right leg and his face were badly lacerated. *-,v,Ov**v*v* ^ / ? Captain Griffin had quite a large family. He is survived by a wife and seven children, four sons and three daughters. His family continued to reside in Atlanta up to a short time ago, when they joined him in Columbia. There are many theories for the killing, but none have much to support them. It is known that Major Evans was in financial straits. Only a part or the available testimony was brought out by the coroner, but the jury was unanimous ou the first vote, aud the verdict has been geuerally accepted as proper. phoninu Tyro crookedness. Investigation of .Manila Frauds SubstanPtiatcft Charges Made. A Manila special says: The trial of Sergeant Memson, the first case-in the commissary scandals, began with the startling disclosures expected. Two witnesses testified that quantities of flour were taken from a government warehouse and sold by three commissary sergeants and two others, who dhiled tho proceeds. Finnick, proprietor of an American bakery, was incriminated, and other busiuess men were also involved. Tho extent of the illegal sales has not been ascertained. FOUR MILLIONS LIABILITIES. YF. C. Coffin File* Petition In Bankruptcy at New York. William C. Coffin,of New York City, who was a former partner in the banking house of Coffin k Stanton, which made a general assignment in 1894, fiied a petition in bankruptcy in the United States district court Friday. He schedules his liabilities at $4,150,907 and assets at $25, whioh is cash in bank. The secured claims amout to 82,986,172. DECISION NOT ANNOUNCED. Supreme Court Fails to Mention the Porto Rican Cases. A Washington special says: Again the supreme court has disappointed the expectant by failing to announce an opinion in the Porto Rican cases involving the question whether the con stitution extends over our new possessions. There is no telling when the decision will be annouuced, but good judges seem to think that the uncertainty will be ended within a week. Radiator Plant Burned. One of the large plants of the American Radiator Company, at Detroit, ??.Tick., was almost completely destroyed by tire Friday night. The loss is J about $130,000. r NEW PARTY POLICY Inaugurated By President McKinley For Southern States. BENEFITS WHITE REPUBLICANS ! Appointment of Capers as District Attorney In South Carolina Starts Ball to Rolling. A Washington special says: A(l 1 n ' j T? Anil HI iVnn VOCaies UI U ? UllC Luau a party in the south received a crumb of encouragement from the presideut Monday. Among the federal appointments formally promulgated at the white house was is the name of John C. Capers, of South Carolina, to be attorney of the United States for the district of South Carolina. Under ordinary circumstances but little or no significance would be attached to an appointment of this kind. There is, however, said to be a new political principle underlying the president's action. Since the election of McKinley for a second term there have been frequent statements emanating from cabinet officers and other members of the administration to the effect that it was the intention of the president to assist, as far as he was able, iu the rehabilitation of ihe Republican party in the south. As at present constituted, the Republican party in the south is composed largely of negroes,and,except when a national convention is at hand, but little interest or pride is taken in the southern contingent by the Republican borses at the north. During the campaigns 1806 and 1900 a number of prominent gold Democrats in the south refused to support Mr. Bryan and gradually drifted away from their old line Democratic moorings. Added to this element it is claimed there is a youuger generation with new ideas and new ambitions iu politics, who have to a certain extent acted or become indirectly associated with the Republican administration. Mr. Capers claims to be a representative of the latter class of southern Democrats. Mr. Capers is at present an assistant attorney to the attorney general in the department of justice and is engaged in the settlement of southern war claims iu the court of claims. He was appointed to his present position during the last Cleveland administration while Mr. Olney was attorney general. When McKinley was elected, Attorney General Miller was impressed by the legal ability aud experience of Mr. Capers, aud accordingly retained him in the public services. In the meantime Mr. Capers had declined to follow the leadership of the free silver wing of the Democratic party. In the last campaigu he practically broke away from the Democratic party and went on the stump for McKinley in West Virginia and other doubtful states. For some time past he has been in frequent conference with Senator Pritchara, of North Carolida; Senator McLaurin, of South Carolina, and other well known southern men who profess to be interested in the formation of a white's man's Republican party. After a careful survey of the political field the president apparently concluded that Mr. Capers is we'i qualified to become an administration missionary to lead the new crusade in the Palmetto state. Mr. Capers is young, ambitious, has had some experience in politics, belongs to a distinguished South Carolina family and is the favorite son of the well-known Bishop Capers, of South Carolina. It is contended that the appointment of Mr. Capers may attract to the Republican camp many white men who have lingered in the Democratic columns because they would not consent to affiliate with a party organization which was composed largely of the colored brother. :? 1U, Vt/Mtcio Krnnrrlif aUOUirV Ul lliC nunc uuuoc u. out the fact uot noted in the official bulletin, that Mr. Capers' appointment does not take effect until the expiration of the term of the present incumbent, Mr.Lathrop. TILLMAN TO FIGHT CAPERS. There will undoubtedly be considerable opposition to the confirmation of Mrs. Caper's appointment. It is well known that the Republican organization in South Carolina is united in urging the reappointment of Mr. Latbrop. Not only has he satisfied the members of his own party, but it ; is said that the legal profession throughout the state, without regard to party, has indorsed him for reappointment. In addition, it is said that Senator Tillman would rather see | Mr. Lathrrp appointed than any one J whom Senator McLaurin might name. I It is, therefore, probable that when the nomination of Mr. Capers comes before the senate for confirmation, there may be a battle royal between I the rival senators from South Carolina. GRANDMOTHER AT TWENTY-SIX. Remarkable Story of South Carolina Girl Who Married at the Ace of Eleven. It is reported on reliable authoiity that there is a woman living in the mountains of Oconee county, South Carolina, who is twenty-six years old and has fourteen children, all living, mid nnp rrrandohild. The woman mar CUBANS ARE DEFIANT Convention Delegates Defeat the Piatt Amendment. WILL HANDICAP COMMISSION Senator Spooner Declares There Shall I3e INo 44i loaincaiion. Other News Items. A Havana special says: The Cuban constitutional convention placed itself upon record Friday against the Piatt amendment by a vote of 18 to 10 on a resolution that the convention should declare itself opposed to the amendment "on account of the terms of some the clauses, and the way in which they are drawn, and also on account of the contents of others, especially clauses III, VI and VII." The conservatives assert that this action is embarrassing, inasmuch as it practically ties the hands of any commission that might be sent to Washington. NEWSPAPER MEN SENTENCED. Senors Torrel and Urritis, respectively the editor and director of El Estivador, the organ of the stevedores and lightermen, have been sentenced by the captain of the port of Havana, Lieutenant Commander Lucien Young, to thirty and sixty days' imprisonment respectively. They were charged with the publication of libellons articles intpndpd to invite trouble among the dock laborers of Havana. At a late hour Friday afternoon both men were released. It is admitted that Lieutenant-Commander Young's court had jurisdiction in the matter of sentence, but he considered that his object had been attained in making an example of two agitators who, it is alleged, were at the bottom of the recent labor troubles, and who had been even more recently engaged in inciting another strike. The former strike was settled by a mutual agreement by all parties to regard the schedule of wages drawn up and published in the official Gazette, as the law, by El Estivador had been attacking the schedule as unjust, and calling upon workmen to resent it. XEELY TO SELL PROPERTY. The legal authorities have granted permission to Charles F. W. Neely to sell the brick yard and land in Havana standing in his name. The money realized will be turned over to the court and kept intrust until a decision is reached in connection with his alleged embezzlement of postal funds. SPOOXER IS EMPHATIC. "Congress has defined the relations which shall exist between the United States and Cuba, and in my judgment it will not agree to any modification," said Senator Spooner, member of the senate committee on relations with Cuba, after a conference at the war department Friday with Secretary Root. "The terms offered Cuba," Senator Spooner continued, "are more in the - ? i-?*Via icUncl fVion tV>nt nf tli c iLi IC1 COt VI liid iOlUUU bUMM VMM* W. United States. I am confident that the mass of the people of the island appreciate the nnselfiah attitude ol this government, and if they had an opportunity to declare their views they would unhesitatingly approve the relations as defined by congress." The attention of the senator wae called to the suggestion that General Wood should dissolve the convention and issne a call for another, the people at the time of the election of delegates to vcte upon the question of the acceptance of the Piatt amendment. "I have seen that report," he said, "I know nothing about it. I believe, however, that the convention after further consideration of the matter will come to the conclusion that the wise course to pursue is to incorporate in the constitution the terms offered them." Another step toward tho establishment of full civil government in Cuba was taken by the appointment bj General Wood of Ernest Sterling as deputy auditor of the island. Seno: Sterling has been discharging similar duties for some time past under Majoi Ladd, but is now re-appointed as b purely civil official. THOUGHT UK HA!) CKOWE. Verdant Tennesseo Constable Arrested Trnmp On Errand of Mercy. A Chattanooga dispatch says: A constable of a very green nature got excited at Jamestown Wednesday night. Lie saw a tramp goiDg aloDg the road driving a nice looking horse, and as he was iu need 01 some money he got excited and arrested the man, saying that he had captured the wonderful Pat Crowe, the Cudahy kidnaper. He put the man in jail and wired that he had the man, the very man wanted. Later he wired that the man was not the one wauted, but a tramp driving a horse for a farmer to get a physician. SAMOAX CENSUS. Uncle Sam Bosses 5,800 People In His Part of Islands. A census of the population of the Saraoau group has been taken. The number of Samoans in Upolu and othpr islands under the German gov eminent is 32,000, while the population of the six islands under the United States government is returned at 5,800. The very slight iucrease during the last thirty years is about the same in proportion all round. MORE FILIPINOS SURRENDER. Inmirgents Are Laying Down Weapons of Wai faro I5y Wholesale. The war department received the following cablegram Thursday: "Manila, April 11.?To Adjutant General, Washington: Colonel Arce surrendered Sastiilejos yesterday; 335 soldiers, twehe officers and arms. This and the surrender of Colonel Alva at Oroupapo, April 8:h, with thirteen officers, 391 men, nine-two rifles, frees Bataan, Zambales provinces. "MacAbthub." CATHOLICS ON EDUCATION. Church Opposes 5tate Control of School System In This Country. A declaration of the Catholic position on education in the United States was adopted Friday at the closing session of the national conference of the Association of Catholic Colleges. The resolutions comprising the declaration received the unanimous assent of the representatives of seventy different colleges, the entire collegiate system of the Catholic church in America. The delegates on adjourning were enthusiastic over the results of their labors, feeling confident that the con Terence has been a marked success, j The declaration adopted was as foli lows: "1. That this Association of Catholic Colleges request its president, Rt. Rev. Thomas Conaty, to respectfully call tho attention of the bishops j of the United states, ai meir annum J ineetiug, to the work of this conference in regard to our collegiate conditions, and especially to the importance of the high school movement. "2. That the tendency of educational legislation forces us to warn our Catklic people of the systematic and welldcfined effort in certain qoarters toward absolute state control in education,thereby threatening and crippling all private educational effort, thns depriving a large proportion of the citizens of the liberty of maintaing schools in which their religion ahall be made an essential element. "3. That we remind legislators of the rights of conscience guaranteed to us by our American citizenship, and call their attention to the system ol schools which our people have maintained at great expense and sacrifice, "4. That we protest against the unfair and unjust discriminations resulting from much of the educational legislation, and we appeal to the fairmindedness and sense of justice of the American people to protect us from such illiberality. "5. That this conference of Catholic colleges convinces us that we are justified in asserting that our college system deserves the generous co-operation of all interests in higher Catholic cduoation; and we pledge ourselves to use every effort to perfect still more our collegiate education. "G. That we call upon all Catholics to recognize the imperative need of e more perfect organization of our educational system, and we assure them ikat with a fuller development of the Catholic high school we shall have a complete system, with its headship in the university, and thus we shall continue to maintain a high collegiate standard." INYITE TO 0031 TAUL. Illinois Legislature Asks Boer Preslden to Deliver Address. The following resolutions were unan1 imously adopted in thp Illinois houst 1 of representatives Friday: 1 "Whereas, It is reported in thi ' public press that Oom Paul Krnger, , the sturdy leader of the Boer peopli of the South African republic, is ex pected to arrive in the United State* on or about the 23d day of the presen month; and, , "Whereas, His services as the lead ! er in the patriotic cause of his in re ; sisting British oppression and preserv ing to his people the inalienable righti < of home rule and self-government hi! re-enacted the Magna Charts in thi , hearts of freemen and added luster t< i the cardinal principles of America! institutions for which our forefather! i fought and died, therefore be it [ Resolved, That this house extendi , to Mr. Kruger a cordial welcome t< our shores and to the state of Illinois and asks him, if permissible with hit , plans, to address this house prior t< the day of adjournment." L003IIS A GREAT TALKER. Some of HU Alleged Interviews DIspleas ing to Washington Officials. The interviews ascribed to-'MiUlste; * Loomis at San Juan have attractec much attention in Washington and thi minister probably will be invited t< explain some of his utterances, if he ii | not able to enter a broad denial of the accuracy of the interviews. Reflec | tions upon the personal character o: Ll? /n t \T An Arrnalo OVA nnf T A IL16 prysiueu I Ul T OULiiuvm mu .-W garded as proper, according to officia etiquette, and it is confidently hopec k that the minister will be able to re pudiate these. TO BO DM 31R. JOHNSON. Hooeier State Single Taxera Want Him ai Candidate For President. The Indianapolis Single Tax Clut has called a mass meeting to launch s presidential boom for Tom L.Johnson in Indiana. Resolutions will be adopted setting forth Mr. Johnson's eligibility for the presidential nomination, Carriage Factory Destroyed By Fire, The carriage and wagon factory oi A. C. Norman & Co., of Covington, Ga., was totally destroyed by fin Thursday night, many new vehicle! i being destroyed. The loss amount! to $3,500, with no insurance. DYNAMITE'S DEADLY WORK. Three Men Killed and Ten Injured Bj Kxploalon In Mexico. Advices from Chihuahua, Mexico, announce that a terrific dynamite explosion occurred at Minaca, Mexico, 15C miles from Chihuahua, in the heart oi the raining district, Monday. Xiiree men were killed, one is dying and ten others were seriously injured, some of them fatally. Much property was damaged. LETTERS KEPT SECRET. Brother* of Arrlngton Decline to Make Public Note* of Marderer. It is known that J. J. Arrington,tbe suicide and murderer of Miss Cleghorn, left three letters, all of them addressed to his brothers in Rome. Two of these notes were found, but the third hatnot been located. The brothers de cline to give their contents to tht public. It is thought a full explanation leading to the death of J. J. Arlington and Miss Cleghorn is told. The Arringtons are guarding the secret in the letters closely/ GOV. ALLEN SCORED i i -* I Porto Rican Commissioner Refntes Statements Giren Oot ! "ISLANDERS NOT TROSPEROUS" Rule of Chief Executive of Island t Is Attacked and His Reports Branded as False. i 1 V- A:i.nAtAll ?? P aril Wm. A new iUI A Uif^attU COJS. ; ing to the public utterances of Governor Allen, of Porto Rico, since his ar; rival in Washington, Wenceslao Borda, | Porto Rican commissioner Thursday ! made the following statement: "The question at issue between i Governor Allen and the commissionj ers are merely two: I "First, whether his administration in Porto Rico has been conducive to the prosperity and welfare of the island; second, whether the Hollander reveuue law was such a measure as should have been passed, and, with- $ out a hearing, approved by the chief executive of Porto Rico. Governor ~ Allen has gone out of his way to attaek -J* personally the commissioners when he' ( | says that the members of the so-called ! commission are foreigners; one s ' | Spaniard, one a South American and , : one an Englishman. We fail comi pletely to see how this assertion, even i : were it true, could affect the merits of | i our case, but we do think that it shows M :: his arguments must be poor when he 1 ! has to vail himself of one of this . nature. I ! "Governor Allen states that Porto ^ . | Rico has never before, in its history, v :: ( i been so prosperous; that more persons J I are employed today than before; that .: i the sugar crop will yield 100,009 tons. ^ . ; He shows, however, no facts or figures , ; to substantiate these assertions. They t are, therefore, mere statements of an interested official. There is no more truth in them than there is to the statement that we are tax dodgers and [ that the rest of the Porto Bicans are well satisfied with the situation. Now , comes a Porto Bican labor leader, k Santiago Iglesias, with a petition } signed by G,000 workmen which de- ? L clared that the condition of the Porto > , ! Bicans could not be worse. These t people certainly are not tax dodgers. , "Governor Allen is apt to believe ' 1 that everybody who criticises his adj ministration is bad, but he cannot call his new crities tax dodgers, whatever else ha may call them, since they have nothing that can be taxed. "Porto Bico is not as prosperous as he would like the people of the Unit- _ aj ed Ststes to believe, as is eloquently V>; and conclusively shown by the cus) toms statistics. "It is misleading to compare the ? j I exports and imports of this year, that | is to say, the production and consump- . | 3 lion of the island, with that of the ^ years of the war and hurricane. The * } test contrast should be made, to be v ^ ^ fair, with the fiscal year just previous to our occupation of Porto Bico and . with the present fiscal year, which, accnrding' to Governor Allen, is also a v _ normal one. The exports during the ^ B! former year amounted to about $19,j 000,000 pesos, or 811,400,000. The 3 imports to about $18,000,000 pesos, or <2 j about 810,800.000, a balance of trade >4 1 in favor of the island of 1,000,000 3 pesos, or $600,000. The exports from May 1, 1900, to 3 February 28, 1901, were $5,814,083, j and the imports $3,100,000, a balance of trade against the island of $2,285,J 917, which is wholly unsupportable ^ amaIIa rr?V> 14 ia vooallo/) j auu opens iuiu nucu it id ivvbiivw that our circulation is less than $2,000,000 and that Porto Rico has | lost her credit in the commercial world. "Governor Allen states that never ha^Ahw^been the number of laborers r employed aT"aP"prcse?t.- He fails to 1 offer the grounds for this belief. The 3 production of the island does not show ) it. The alarming emigration of labor3 ers to Ecuador, Cuba, Hawaii and > Santo Domingo, which he admits is -* 35 taking place, emphatically belie the f | governor's assertion in this respect. "Why does not the governor menI tion the other industries of the island I besides sugar? We answer, because ^ - misgovernment has nearly wiped them ?ut-" 1 BOOHING CASSAVA. . J , Recent Convention In Brunswick, Ga., Is Having Wonderful Results. , The recent agricultural convention i held in Brunswick in the interest of 1 sugar cane and cassava has had moat wonderful results, and is being talked ' about all over south Georgia. A feature of the convention was tfeefree distribution of a large quantity -?? > of cassava seed among all who exf pressed a desire to plant the important product aud it is believed that a s very large acreage of cassava will be ? planted this year, directly attributable J to the interest aroused by the Bruns- * | wick convention. IS BUBONIC PLAGUE CASE, ' Ann Arbor Student, However, Will Recover From the Disease. Dr. Victor C. Vaughn, dean of the medical department, and one of the ; notoii h?r?cArioloQrists in the ? v.w.? 0 , country, appeared before the Michigan state board of health Saturday and practically acknowledged that the ; case of Student Charles B. Hare is one of bubonic plague. He assured the board that there would be no spread > of the disease . (Veneral M'Clurg Dead. A telegram announces the death at s -' ? St. Augustine, Fla., of General A. 0. i McClurg, head of the publishing house of A. C. McClurg & Co., of Chicago. Geueral McClurg was widely known both as a business man and as a factor ia public affairs. rhristian Scientists Win Case. Judge Eugene S. Elliott, in the circuit court at Milwaukee Monday, decided the Christian Scientists are not " liable to prosecution under the state ~ medical law.