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m states ss m Pcnly o' the Secretary o! iho Treasury Sent to Congress. A f ORG-ESTABLISHED POLICY. * ' ijrp!n? ia t!ic TrMiurv. Mr. C.ijo I)c?Sar?s.1s:i Men a?? to Cumiu-sh?Why the National City Ka.il'. Was Chosen to Distribute llevenue Collections ? Tit? Custom tlous? l'itrcli??r. WisnixoTox,I>. (.Spec-ial).?Sscrelary Oasr? bns sent to Courrress Ids reply to 'lie resolutions recently lutro lueetl in the Senate by Mr. Allen, of Nebraska. aul in the House by Mr. Sulxer, <>f New York. The reply is aa exposition of the National Bank depositories, contains about r.ino thousand word", and is supplement? I by special reports front department offleials and copies of over oco thousand letters. fl The Secretary givei a number of reasons for liis course. He says lie utiliz ! National banks as depositories under the law, and that not to with draw larRo sauis !n^te.nl of (loin? so woul 1 disturbbusiness. Tbo revenues larRnlvexceed the disbursements.iind thiswou'd be a menace to business tf the surplus were not diverted from the Treasury vaults. Resrardint; tlie choice of the National City Hank, he says tlie reason "was that at the time the order was issued it was oao of bat two banks which had offered bonds sufficient to cover the amount of the daily deposit. Its bond deposit was $4,003.00.) and that of the Hanover National Bank $1,910,500. The National City Bank was therefore the one most naturally chosen. "Of the ?ixtv-eiRht banks applying for a share of the deposits, tlie National City Bank, the Ilnnover National Bank and three others, applicants for over 8300,0.10 each, are the o ily oues out of tiiesixtv'dtfht coustitutloK Rronp one, which have not been supplied the full amount for which rney 11:1a onereu sucui-.vy. "The Cnstom-Honso property was sold fo tho National ('itv Bank as the highest bidder oa Julv 3, (wider the terms of tho stale It bad tho option of paying in cash all of t'ie purchase money at nay time or any part it might elect above *753,000, which sn no it was absolutely obliged to pay. It xerf(?ed this option l?v choosing to pay $3,215,000, leaving $50,000 yet due. No deed will be executed until full payment has been made." In the matter of the Custom-House deposit. Secretary Gage savs: "The payment received was turned into the Treasury by deposit in the Natioual City Bank, it having boon the established custom of treasury officials, under the counsel of their legal advisers, supported by (Je 1S10T1S Ol inrt .-uipreiue nuuri, IU ?. 'II'ider moneys on deposit to tb" credit of the Treasure* of the United States in designated depositories as moneys in the Treasury. Tbisdeposit was made in a depository bank for the same reason tbat other deposits have been made in tuem. viz., because to withdraw the currency into tho vaults of the Treasury, where it was not needed and conld not be utilized, would have required a withdrawal of credit that was being extended in commercial circles, and to that extent a disturbance to tho natural order of business would have followed. "To liavo rer/uired tts payment by the National City Bank to another designated ' depository would have been an ungracious discrimination without substantially changing the fact. "Finally under my administration of tho the Treasury Department no discrimination iu favor of one bank against another has been made, uenerauy speaicing, when nn increase In depository banks was desired all have been invited to qualify themselves for receiving such money, and have been equally and oqultably considered in their respective relations to tho Treasury." RELEASE AMERICAN FLOUR. ItritisU Authorities Yield to American KeprescntatloiiR. London (By Cable).?The American flour selred off DolagoaBay has been released. The United States Ambassador, Joaoph H.Choate, had an interview with the Marqois of Salisuury nnd received a verbal repfy to the representations of the Washington Government. The British note on this subject wasjient later to the United States Embassy. The gist or it was ciiDieu to Washington. Iu brief, foodstuffs are not considered contraband of war unless intended for trie enomy. Several of the Government's advisors wanted to make a regulation regarding canned goods, but this was decided to bo Impracticable. The decision to mako flour and grain in transit to the enemy contraband is evidently hedged in by many . difficulties of execution, lhit the Foreign Office believes that investigation will generally determine whether the grain is really meant for consumption at Lorenzo Marques or in the Transvaal. Mr. Choate cabled Lord Salisbury's note to the State Department at Washington, and Colonel Hay is expected to reply accenting the terms. The British authorities, it is annouueod, *l?irt linvrt released the German steamer Herzog, which was seized on January G while 011 ber way to Lorenzo Marques. LORD ROBERTS IN SOUTH AFRICA. Over 1110,000 Kriliali Troops on the Defensive or Waiting to Attack. London (By Cable).?Genernl Lord Jtoh. oris, the new commander of the British forces in South Africa, and his chief of tnff, Genernl Lo-d Kitchener, liavo arrived at Capo Town. With their arrival it is assumed that 4belr clearer vision, supported by 35,000 rresa men who are uuo iu arrive m wu>u Africa within thirty days, will niter the situation, and that the fourth month ol the campaign will witness the beginning of victories lor the British arms. Thoy are not, however, expected to produce definite results for some day.-; but iheir more presence will restore the shaken jjonfldenco of the men at the front in their Generals. Lord Roberts finds 12XOOD men on the defensive or watching for au opening. Lord Methuon's health, according to the Daily Mail, has "broken down," and the Field Marshal may relieve him. Possibly #ome others will be relieved of important ebmmauds. There is certainly plenty of rank in ovidetioe ia fiouth Africa. In addition to the Field Btarchal, there are two full Generals, four Lieu ten ant-Generals and twelve or fy-r?ou Mn'or-Ccnerals. i: I " * ;7HE NEWS EPITOMIZED. ! M':itliln;!on Itcinn. i John J). Il'ipk^rcll-;-. ia rej>'y to inquiries I 1 rrora t:;'* IndustrlBl <*ontiniasfoii, recooi? ^ l nemls tri.-:- !> r'.'iilo;! r,a-.l ;' I jy law. | General Oli- reported t"> the War He- I nrtment the suicide. duo to insanity, ot i-"ir-t I..l?ut?nn!!t liowniati. of tho Tlnrtvi -evoath Volunteer Infantry. licar-Adtnirit Seidoy lias cabled to tlm i s'avy Department front Mo .ievldco that fj!<jutena:it-f.'om:nnaJer 1'. K. Greene lias i tommlttej suicide. | I , A wrecking company offers to raise tho j I wreck of tho l';;it!e.s!;ij> Maine in Havana j harbor by freezing ti e water around it. I with Ikniiil air nr. 1 then pumping tho j 1 wreei: dry. Brigadier-General Davis. Military Gever- { ; nor of Puerto Kic?\ and Brigadier-General | i Wilson, the Military Coni.nauder of the j, [ Cuban provinc* of Matansas and Santa Clnra, called at the War Department and ! I had a coafereneo with Secretary Iioot re- j j sncctiug eoaditious in Cuba and Puerto i . . ltico. i The Controller of the Treasury, con- j 1 strain;; the Per- uinel act, lias ruled that | 1 naval officers ? :i leave are entitled to half j ? ! shore pay. <?ur .iiiopiPd isumiuo, | ( I Tlif* country in the vicinity of Manila, r. I., is quiet :?r.?l communication lias been established with the adjacent towns. A laud boom lin~ followed the fins to Guam, suddenly boo<ius real estate from .*15 to i-100 aa uer , with tUo market still advancing. The concerted movement of Generals i Bates and Scluraa to intercept and destroy tin: Filipino troops failed beeause of bail | l roads. At the first formal meeting of General I Wood's Cabinet in Havana, Cuba, it was j decided to issue an order instructing bu- i I renu chiefs that all Government employes ; must do a full day's work for a full dny's j i 0:1 v. General Scbwan's provisional brigade, ; operating on the shore of J.agnua do Buy, 1 j drove the Filipinos out of several towu^ and captured puns and ammunition. i Governor-General Wood, of Cuba, lias ! released seven prisoners who had been detained for a 'ong time In Havana prisons ' ' awaiting trials on frivolous charges. Senor (v-u's.ida, at Havana, says tlie I Cuban people nre greatly Interested in tho ; Paris E.vpositi II" also says eonsi?l?rnble trouble is being involved in mtilc.ng I judicial selection, wlii-h will he neces-ary j on account of the limited space uliotoJ to j Cuba. Domestic. Governor Leslie 31. Shaw was inaugu- i rated for a second term :.t I>es 3Ioiues, j - Iowa. Ti:e Moody Memorial I*i; :. ! Coininittoe I 1 at 11 mec.iug in Northampton. Mass.. ?lo- i ci led to continue the work of the evnugel- I ! 1st. hiii! appeal tq the people for a fond of | $3,000,000 to endow the three institutions . he was identified with. Mrs. Mary Tlieobold. age i 1'fty-?i.\\ was ? ; burned to deatn and her daughter. Lu- j i einda, aged tweiily-throe, was fatally 1 burned ul their home in Louisville, Ky. Chicago people are clamoring for pub- i , lieation of t!i? city pav-rulls. There is I much talk of.stufled pay-rolls, but Mayor i Harrison says the city i> so poor it canuo: j pay $10,000 a year for printiug the list. | i Dr. .T. t\ Mullhali. a noted eye and ear specialist, of St. Louis, Mo., committed < suicide, lie was despondent on account of j i ill health. He leaves a family. The structure In Detroit, Micb., known j as tbo Municipal JJuiiutng was ?iuuruniuien on account of tlio discovery ot a case of smallpos therein. Robert W.lJrown, a negro, was banged , lu rnilaVlolpbia for the murder of his wife. "Ai" Hunoy perished in a blizzard in th? j Sacramento Mountains, N. M.. and several I ' thousand head i>f stock were frozen stiff. ( In a lire which destroyed the Newark ; City Home, nt Newark, N. J.. '^07 children, , experienced in the llro drill, marched in ! safety from t!ie building. Governor Nash, of Ohio, in his inaugural j culled attention to tlie need for a check to i he placed ea corporations doiug business in tho State. The Governors of Iowa anil South Caro; Una made their annual addresses to tho ' Legislatures of their respective States. The largest casting for nn equestrian ' statue of George Washington ever at- j tempted was made in New York City. The , statue will be unveiled at Paris. July 4. Joseph Pulitzer's residence in New York j City was almost entirely destroyed ! by lire. Mrs. Morgan Jellett and Miss j Elizabeth Montgomery, housekeeper and j governess respectively", lost their lives. Representatives of fifty railroads, com- J prising more than half tho mileage of the i j United States, at a meetiug held In New ; [ York City agreed on action looking to the j f maintenance of rates. i Mrs. James Harvey, aged siity-eight ; years, tho mother of James Clarence : ilarvoy, uf New York City, committel ; i suicide at Danbury, Conn., by taking j carbolic acid. 1 lie xorjivuo UUUl J.llUWt, IWIIV.U iovouu. I had sovernl successful tests ia Hampton Bonds, burning oil us fuel, will bo refitted ' ; at Newport News. Va., with now ma- : cblm-ry, which witlgive lier greater speed. Ernest K. Lch nuun. a multi-millionaire of Chicago, died at White Blnhis, N. Y., \ where ho went lor treatment for Insanity. The Union County Bank, at Baliwav, N. 3 J., was compelled to close, because of ex- I j cessivo withdrawals of deposits that took 1 I ail its ready cash. I Tlireo hundred employes of Fnrker , I Brothers' gun factory at Mcrideo, Conn., j had a narrow escape from serious injury, if not Instant death, by the top floor crashing in without the least wurnlng. I ) Many employes wen* hit by flying splint- | , ers, but no serious injuries resulted. j , AIM. l uiliuriun iki[)|'aiu, ?iftOu o? nut > six. was burned to death iu her homo in Wilkcsoarre, i'euu. i Foreign. i The French Chamber of Deputies reassembled nt Paris. M. Deschanel, Prosij dent of the House, urged that the pnrty ! truce agreed to during the exposition year should be continued indefinitely. I The first militia that have left England since the Crimean war sailed from South: ampton in the steamships Nile and Umbria. j They numbered 2^00. Automobiles iu tbo provinces of France I are showl: great enterprise in organizing j fetes. The Portuguese poiicc at Lorenzo Mar- , ! ques have prevented several Portuguese j from crossing the frontier ami joining the ' : Boers. Hereafter no one will be permitted , ( to cross the frontier without a permit from . i the Governor. j j A new inquiry into the Jameson raid^is i 1 being worked up iu England I i. I . 1K1TISH REPLY REGETOD F iscretary Hay's Contentions on iho FIolt Seizures Csr.c- dsd. 1 )ONTRABAND CF WAR DEFINED. of Neutral# to Forward Good* 1# formally Admitted?*liiitish Iteply Is 1 Culled Satisfactory at WH'Iiincton? * ! I OiK'stioii of Indemnity Will lie Settled Without the A ill ol u Commission. ' 1 VTasiiingtok, 1). C. (SpecialXot only m- (Ireat Britain admitted tic right of tho j 'tiiteil States to trade with the neutral Portuguese possessions In South Africa, tut she has officially ilechireil the right of J leutrnls to sell and forward goods not con- , raband of war to the Transvaal for tho use j >f non-combatants there. This important declaration was ma do by ( lie British Clovcrnment in its reply, hand- < < I'd lo Ambassador Clioate. which ho forwarded to the State Department, and which he calls "highly satisfactory." With the recognition of this principle, which the administration has supported I rota the outset of tho negotiations; the disavowal of the seizure of the American cargoes on tho Mashoua and Maria, and the investigation j of the ownersh pof the cargo on board the Beatrice, lo which the same principle will I;- applied, the incident i- practically , Close. The remaining negotiations will concern j v the uurstion whether the- virgO"- have -uf- > fered any damage in eonsciuence of .heir landing and detention. If they have, tho t authorities are satisfied tli.it the British , E (,-ovi rumen t will be willing to reimburse the ' v owners. i The lAiswer of Lord Salisbury, '.vliioh Is i s considered satisfactory bv Secretary Hay, * really ineaus that foodstuffs are not con- jd trnbnnd of war. Foodstuffs can bo re- | P gnrded as eoiitrabandof war only when in- t '' teniied for the enemy. This intention must ft bo shown by actual proof at the time the vessel containing the suspected contraband | 1 is overhauled. The mere belief that the J foodstuffs may ultimately reach tho enemy J1 cannot justify tlio seizure. , n Great Britain lias the right of visitation ;11 and search on the high seas. It is an in- ? hereni belligerent right, and prevails only | fintimoofwar. b Every vessel bound Ft Lorenzo Marques !l will he visited, its manifest examined, and. 1" if necessary, its cargo searched, except ; merchantmen nudcr convoy of men-of-war, , in whicli case the war vessels will bo in- *! terrogatcd and the governments tlioy rep resent wiil be morally and legally r?spou- 1 siblo for the statements ma le to the bel "m'-4 v"?? FRENCH OFFICER WITH THE BOERS. Colonel He Villeltoi* Murrall Claim* tlic ^ Cretllt For the Colcnso Victory. Tauis (By Cable). Tiic Liberie publishes a letter from Colonel Do Yillebois Marouil I ilescribin^ his experiences with tho Boers, i I m which he says that the Transvaal Gov c rfll ic' j; coi.iinkj. < .?ust tk villebois masecil. ^ ' <? ^'Genorul Joubert's French Chief of Staff.; ; j1 eminent, by an offitiial nnaouncetnont printed in the Yolksstooi, recognized that : the iiouor of the Colenso victory belonged i to himself, ho having, as Chief of Staff, I P prepared the battle and boon present j n thereat. jr ST. LOUIS FIGHTS FOR LIGHT. | ? : rollco Called to Protect tl?e House of Delegate* From a Mob. St. Lori>?, Mo. (Spocial).?A mob attend- . *d the meeting of the Ilouso of Delegates T Pfl.lat* .?* H?a r'lK* llnll in AAmnAl if ffttfllffl I steps to relight the eitv and public institutions in accordance with resolutions adopt- SI Btl at Thursday's mass meeting. The crowd marched up and down shouting, "Lynch aj the scoundrels!" Messrs. McBeth, Blair, McPbeeters, Mc- T Bae and"8tauard, the Committee appointed 1 v. at the Citizens' meeting, were admitted to j the chamber. Delegate Kellcy, a member ! m ol the Committee on Public Improvements, read a statement explaining the notion of j 1 the muiorit,' in failing to pass the lighting , bills and promising immediato relief. His i,l! remarks were frequently iuterrupted by ; "J shouts of "Boodle!" intermingled with j ' threats of lynchiug. ! s! A riot alarm was sent out and tho police I responded. They managed to keep tb? I [ rowds in tho corridor.- moving and pre- j rented overt acts of violence. Tho House I then read for the ilrst time tho Couucil bill , Sl providing for tho temporary lighting of ; .. :hoc!ty. Oa Monday the Mil was passed L, ivith an emergency clause and tho lights [ turned on again. st / JULIA MORRISON FREED. Ihaltanoog-?. Jury Acquits Actress Who Shot Hsr Stage Manager. tVhen the Verdict Was Announce! There j Wan Cheerinc la the Court Ilooni Woman Make* it S;ie?c!i, i Cha.tto?oo:?a, Tenn. (Sp9Cial). The Jury iith?'trial of Julia Mjprrison returned a rerdlct of not guilty. The jurors decided I ipon their verdict in exactly two minute?, rhe verdict was based on the plea of etnoional insanity and self-defense. Neither j >f the questions was ever considered, how- j ivr, after the jury wont out. The court ooni was crowded. Scores of women were j present. The verdict aroused the crowds in the j ourtroom to a great demonstration. | "beers aud apnlau?e ranc out, nnd it was I rlth great difficulty that tbn Court retored order. As soou as quiet could bo j tad Miss Morrison advanced to the j peaker's platform and made a most | Iramatle speech to the Court and the ; .ire ?Ji.A cnl/l. "1 to tbnnk tho Gourt and the rentlenK-n of the jury nnl nit who wore i nsru-uental In inv acquittal for your just J ,nd cenerous decision. May God in His | aercy 1)9 ever as just to you and your.s as ou have be*a to me to-day. As for tho irosecution, I wish to say that I fully for;iv? them, and bear them no malice for heir strenuous efforts for my conviction, j "As to my persecutors," she continued, ! urnintr toward Mrs. Geortjo J. Ant", the j icautlful sister of tho murdered actor, who ; ms overcome with emotion and suffuse I j in tears. "I leave thorn to tliPir consciences ' and their God. To the poor bereaved sis- j er I say that God knows that were it in ay power to restore her brother to her I rould certainly do it." When Miss .Morrison had finished her neectv. which she rendered in a dramatic tyle. Attorney-General Donaldson made a em and that she be held for carrying a 1stol and the case was entered, but no ail or other formal court recoffuition was ccorded the action. Miss Morrison went shortly nrter hearing he verdict to the jail, where she had a I egular reception for h^r friends. Every ! uryman called and shook hands with h<?r, i nd asked her for a photograph. She j tigged the Sheriff and kissed his wife and ! hildren, and when later Colonel Joe i ilift, her aged chief counsel, came into the j ill parlor, sho tlirew herself on his neck nd kissed his gray head and wopt with 3V. Miss Morrison shot and killed Frank Lei- , oubeimer, leading man in the "Mr. Plas- ! er of Paris" company, on the stage in a Ihnttnriooga theatre on the night of Sepcmoer 23, 1*93. Iler trial had heon*n proress several days. She will leave for Xew 'nrt within three weeks. THE ALBANY A FAST ONE. i>\T United State* Cruiser'* Successful Trial in British Waters. Newcastle, England (Dy Cable).?Tho Tnlteil States cruiser Albany, formerly ttie Irazillan cruiser Admiral Abrouall, pur- , based by tho United States shortly before ' he beginning of the war with Spain. | ,'hilo under construction here, wus given j n official trial off this port. She showed a speed of 20.97 knots under j r>rced draft and exceeded her contract onditions. She is a sister ship of the New irloans, built on tho same pattern. The trial was under tho supervision of a niteil States naval board, consisting of deuteuaut-Commander Colwell, the 'niterl States Naval Attache, Chief Engieer Norton and Constructor Gilmore. The guns will bo on board tho cruiser, eady for her American crew, in six weeks, he was greotedcoming up the Tyne with ooting from the harbor vessels and the rew of the British training-ship Wollesley heered her heartily. FOUR NECROES LYNCHED. Glvney Brother* Hanged Without Trial for Shooting Officers on Arrest Duty. Kitlet. Tenn. (Special). ? Four na- ( roes have been lynched as a result of tho j I lurder of Feaee Officerss Marvin Durham ' \ nd W. D. Turner by the Givney brothers. I 'he Givnevs, who are nlso negroes, shot ( he two officials as they were escorting a ' rother of the murderers to jail, ltogor and Henry Givney, who commit- j ed the deed, wore at once jailed, but a ' 10b of six hundred men surrounded the [ .il and demanded the keys. These were j urreudered and the Givnevs taken out !; nd hanged to the nearest tree. Later oa j leuben and Frank Givney, brothers of the j! mrderers, and accused of complicity ia 11 he crime, were captured and lynched. 10NEY LOST FROM SUB-TREASURY. j, ongress Asked by Assistant-Treasurer Jordan to lteitnburse illm. Washixotox, D. C. (Special).?Congress t as been asked to refund $2,041.7.5 lost from t ie Sub-Treasury la New Fork City. This i toney has been refunded to the Governient by Assistaut-Treasurer Jordan, and j e seeks to have Cougrrss reimburse him j ' >r the amount missing. In a letter transmitted to Congress ny j le Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Gage, j fr. Jordan incloses affidavits from em- 1 loyos of the Sub-Treasury, declaring that o clue can be discovered as to bow the ' loney was lost. Tne officials simply 1 now that their accounts are short to the ( stent nunounced, and Congress is asked : make this good. PERSIA MENACED BY RUSSIA. lie Latter Strengthens Her Armaments and Advance* Her Outposts. Londox (By Cable).?The Calcutta corro* londent of the Daily Mall says: <<vrrt.?i? ?l.. _m-l_l fliof nrt I tVUUClUd UlilUiai simcuiVUi ...... larm Is felt concerning Afghanistan is nite true, I have good reason to believe iat the Iudl tn Government has received Isqnleting information regarding Russian ovemeuts In the direction of Persia. "Russia is taking advantage of the ransvaal trouble to streugthon her itrmaents and to push forward her outposts ong the Persian frontier, with a view of Itimate annexation, a deM-n in which ermany would probably acquiesce In eonderation of receiving railway coueesons." Fourteen Browned Oft French Coast. A fishing boat foundered off Bouiogneir-Mer, France, in n heavy gale, nine of le crew perishing. The bark Jeanne . ugeuie sauk near Cherbourg and Ave per- * >ns were drowned. philippieb^^^ Senator Beveridge's Argument For Holding the Archipelago. THE REPLY OF SENATOR HOAR. ' \ The Senator From Indiana Point* Out the I Value of the Island* nnd SncKe*t? a Form of Government?.Senator Hoar \ STnlCP. a Short lienlv?Onote* Ilrnorll i General OH* and Admiral I)?w?y, WASRnfOTos, D. C. (Special).?Tho Important debate which 13 expected to take place in tho Senate on tho question of expansion was opened Tuesday by Senator Bevcridge, of Indiana. The new Republican Senator from Indiana is tho youngest member of tho body, and this was his first speech. These facts and the knowledge that tho question had bepn made a subject of special study by him in the Philippine Archipolago itself attracted wide attention' to his address, and ho had an audience on tho iloor and in tho galleries such as speakers in tho Senate rarely command. Senator Beveridge's speech in part was as follows: "Mr. President, the times call for candor. Tho Philippines aro ours forever, 'territnr\r l.olnin.irirr tn I ha TTnifpil Xf.-ltn* ' n? tho Constitution calls thorn. And just beyond the Philippines aro China's illimitable markets. Wo will not retreat from either. We will not repudiate our duty in tho Archipelago. We will not ubandoaoar opportunity In the Orient. "This island empire is tho last land left in ull the oceans. If it should prove a raistnke to abandon it the blunder, once made, would be irretrievable. If it proves a mis-, take to hold it tiie error can be corrected when we will; every other progressive nation stands ready to relieve us." Referring to the war, he said: "The military situation is no reason for abandonment. Our campaign has been as: perfect as possible with tho force at hand.' Wo attempted a great task with insufficient means; we becamo Impatient that it was not finished before it could fairly bo commenced; and I pray wo may not aid that other element of disaster, pausing in tho work before it is thoroughly and forever done. "I am prepared to vote either to makoi our work thorough or even now tonban-J Jon it. A lasting peace can be secured) only by overwhelming forces in ceaseless' action until universal and absolutely lluaij defeat is indicted on the enemy." Senator Bcverldgo said the Filipinos j were children incapable of self-govern-1 ment, and that the people were indolent' und thoroughly shiftless. In outlining a suitable government for ; the islands he said the United States should' have: I "A Philippine office in our Department' of State; an American Governor-General in : Manila, with power to meet daily emergencies: possibly an Advisory Council, with no power except that of discussing measures ( with the Governor-General, which council would be the germ for future Legislatures, I a school in practical government, anil anl American Lieutenant-Governor in each i province, with a like coancll about him." i He then entered upon a general defence of the policy of expunsion. I iw". "Sonators in opposition are e3toppeS , from denying our constitutional power to J \ govern the Philippines as circumstances] may demand. For such power is admlttod i in the case of Florida, Louisiana and > Alaska. Does a thousand miles of ocean' diminish constitutional power more than a thousand miles of land? "No.no. There Is In the ocean no constitutional argument agaiust the march of j the Hag, for tho oceans, too, are ours. The great Republic, before I die, will be the! acknowledged lord of the world's high seas. Senator Hoar in reply said he had lister ed In vnln for those words which the American people have taken on their lips In solemn crises "right," "justice," "duty" and "freedom." Mr. Hoar declared that practically every, statement of fact in the speech was relutod by government reports received by, Admiral Dewey, General Otis and from! >ther official sources. He declared the Filipinos had thoSpan-j hrds hemmed in Mania and the latter) vore obliged to surrender. He quoted General Otis, Admiral Dewey and other| >fflcers to show that when Aguinaldo ar-1 lived la Luzon from Hong Kong the insur-tents had an army of thirty thousand;) hat in the island of Luzon the Philippines ; naintuined courts, schools, municipal gov(rnments aud churches, and that peace' md order provalled pretty generally." NOTED INDIAN SCOUT DEAD. kViliiam Jackson, Served Under Miles, Crook, and Gibbon. Helena, Mon. (Special). Advices releived frem the Blackfoot Indian Reserva-I Ion In Northern Montana state that Will-' am Jackson Is dead. He was ono of the noted Indian scouts lonnected with tho United States Army. 3o became a scout at the age of seventeen, t is believed, and for many years he renlordtl fuithfiil nnd cort*f/*A un/lap lilies, Crook, Gibbon, uud other Indian lghters. | He was one of the first to roach civllizalon with the news of the Custer massacre, tnd his account was as accurate as the1 >fllclal report. Democratic Leader In Consrresa. gpfgjfe. ^ REPRESENTATIVE 7. D. lilCUABDSO*. [He was chosen by tho Democrats ns the minority leader in tbo Housa of Renrjfc^, senlativcs.)