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SILVER REPUBLICANS.
They viii Support Bryan-Will Meet
With the Democrats.

Blackfoot, Idaho, May 2S.-Ex-Senator
Dubois, chairman of the executive COM
mittee of the national silver republican
party, was interviewed to-day as to this
present attitude of the silver republicans.
Mr.. Dubois said
1.-The silver republicans will meet in ma
tional convention at the same time and
place as the democrats, The persistent
statement made by the republican press
that silver is dead issue is the expression
Of their wish, but not of fact. Those who
supported Bryan in 1896 will support him
again unless they have some special rea
son for not doing so.
"There will not be many who will aban-
don principles deliberately adopted for
personal and special reasons. The demo-
Gratis. without doubt, will declare against
the foreign policy of the administration
against imperialism. Inc issues in 1900
will be the same as in 1896. only intensified
and more clearly defined, and the candi-
dates for president will be the same Nc
Klnley will be supported by the aggrega-
ton Of wealth and all that they represent.
Mr.. Bryan will be supported by the re-
form forces. So far as the silver repub-
licans are concerned they are interested
in the success of the principles which they
supported in the Chicago platform, and
Bryan has not changed and the Chicago
platform will be re-adopted.
THE union of the democrats and the
silver republicans will be more complete
and harmonious in 1900 than ever before
and everything points to victory of the
reform forces.
There is no disintegration of the sill
YER republicans except in the visions of
those who wish the success of the gold
standard, trust-controlled, imperialistic
republican party
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Plans for TRANSPORTATION.

London, May 29-The correspondent
of the Daily Telegraph at Cayenne.
capital of French Guiana, telegraphs
the substance of an interview he has
had with M. Loutee, governor general
of the colony, as to the possibility of
the transportation of Dreyfus to
France. The governor general said:
1.-THE question has been already thor
oughly considered. l have received the
minutest instructions relating to his re-
moval from the Isles de Salut, which
will be personally superintendent by
myself and M. Dennells, governor of the
Isles du Salut. No person but the state
officers and the regular warder will be
permitted to witness his departure,
which will take place in the roads of
Isle Royale, without touching at Cay
enne.
while on shipboard he will be in
visible to the crew. the jailers alone
administering to him. / have received
by the latest government courier a
sealed dispatch with orders to open it
only in the event of revision. What ar
engagements there are for disembarka
ton in France / do not know"
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HAD A METEOR|C CAREER
Alonzo j. Whiteman Was Once a.
Political Wonder.
HAS FACED MANY TRIALS
Was Slated for the Senate In Minnesota.
Market and Politics Were
Against Him : Passed
Worthless Checks.

New York, May 2S.-Alonso T. white
man was arrested to-day on warrant
issued in March, 1898, charging him
with passing a worthless check on the
New Amsterdam hotel Whiteman gave
$500 cash bail for appearance for ex-
animation tomorrow. The police said
they would rearrest him as soon as he
was out of court and he appealed to
the magistrate, who said that in case
he was rearrested he would go to any
police station and release him on his
own cognizance.
Since he passed the check Whiteman.
according to the police, has not been
in the city. He has, however, been un-
der arrest in st. Louis on charge of
planning to raid the New York banks.
Previous to his passing the check in
the New Amsterdam hotel Whiteman
was arrested charged with sWindling
the Columbia bank of this city out Of
$3.50. He was tried and acquitted.
Whiteman has been under arrest a
dozen times and once was sentenced
to nine years in the state penitentiary
in California. The man convicted with
got new trial and was released.
Whiteman is 81 years of age After
having been graduated from the Co.
lumbia law school, he went West, en-
tered politics in Duluth, was nominated
for the legislature and carried the dis
trict by the largest democratic plu-
rality it ever had given. He went to
the senate of the state and while there
passed the election law which bears his
name. He was chairman OF the state
democratic committee and delegate
to the national convention, where he
was the leader of the delegation. In
1890, Whiteman was nominated for con-
gress. If the democrats carried the
state he was to be a United States sena-
tor He was not then 30 years of age.
He was defeated for congress by few
votes, and the market went against
him. In short time the man who was
looked upon as wonder was without
a dollar
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PLATES SECURED.
Counterfeiters Told the Officers Where
They Gould Be Found.

Iney SOulN be round.
Washington. May 2S.--Chief Wilkie of
the treasury secret service has received in
formation from Special Agent William j.
Burns that he has secured the counterfeit
face and back plates of a $40 legal tender
United States note, with the portrait of
General Sheridan, made by Baldwin S.
Bredell, the Philadelphia engraver who,
with his pal, Taylor is under arrest
charged with being implicated in the
wholesale counterfeiting scheme recently
unearthed in Philadelphia and Lancaster
Pa. Their possession was secured through
a confession made last week by Taylor
and Bredell, in which Bredell said that the
plates We're buried in the earth at Snow
hill, Md, where he formerly lived and
where his father now resides
The prisoner confessed that he had en-
graved the plates himself, Acting under
this information, Agent Burns promptly
went to the place described and without
difficulty secured the plates
Chief Wilkie expresses the opinion that
the plates secured are the last Of the lot
counterfeited by the men under arrest
Last week the attorneys for the i'm
prisoned men communicated with the gov
eminent officials and endeavored to as
certain what immunity, If any, would be
extended to the men If they confessed to
the further knowledge they had.
Mr.. Wilke consulted Secretary Gage
regarding the matter and a reply was
made to the effect that no binding prom
ises could be given. This was followed by
further confession.
When the cases come to trial a state
ment of the last confession will be made
by the governments attorneys, leaving
the court to act on it as they may deem
best
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BOUNDARY DISPUTE.
Canada Is Blocking the Way to Ultimate
Settlement.

Settlement.
London May 2S-The Washington
correspondent of the Daily Chronicle.
referring to the Alaska boundary dis
pute, says:
President Mckinley has all along
been most anxious to bring about a
settlement. He personally urged the
American commissioners to make ev
cry reasonable concession and to go to
the extreme limit of generosity if ne
cessary, SO DESTROYS was he to remove
all cause for friction.
Secretary Hay has been animated
by the same motive and the principal
reason why he left the United States
embassy in London to assume The port
folio of secretary Of state was his hope
of finally settling all the disputed ques-
tons"
After reviewing this story of the
commissions deliberations, the CORES
pondent says:
ITO agree in advance to cede a port
would be making a farce of arbitra-
ton. The United States has shown a
disposition to make concessions and
has offered to buy all the Boring sea
sealers at a sum double what their
property is worth, besides making other
concessions, while the concessions Of
fered by Canada in return are not very
valuable"
The Daily Chronicle. in an editorial
review of the situation, reproaches
Canada with blocking the way.
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SCHLEY IN THE PULPIT
He Was Given a Rousing Recep
ton at Salt Lake.
HIS TRIBUTE TO WOMAN
Respect for Them the Secret or the
Country's Greatness-The Spanish
War Worth All the Blood
It Spilled.

Salt Lake, Utah, May 2s.-Rear Ad-
miral Schley arrived here from Denver
at l o'clock this morning. At Provo,
Utah, he was met by a reception COM
mittee headed by Governor Wells and
other state officials. A large and en-
thusiastic crowd greeted the party at
the railroad station.
AT o'clock in the afternoon the rear
admiral and party attended the ser
vices at the tabernacle The regular
services were suspended for special
services in his honor.
After music by the tabernacle choir,
a short sermon was preached by DR..
Talmage. At the conclusion of the ser
vices Rear Admiral Schley was escort
ed to the pulpit and after shaking
hands with the church officials made a
short speech. He said in part:
This is the first time in my life that
l have ever been in the interior of this
great empire of ours and I have abund-
ant proof and reason now to under
stand how it is that we have grown to
such a mighty nation. l believe that
that confidence upon which the repub-
lie is built has been the respect and
love for its women. AS we say in our
profession the man who serves behind
the guns best is the man who has the
best woman serving behind him. 1t has
been their doings largely which has
made our flag a little bit more beauti-
full; that made us a little bit more
proud of being Americans.
I'm the war through which We have
just passed + think it has been worth
all the blood that has been spilled and
all the money that has been spent to
have learned our own power and to
have taught it to others. Another i'm
pressive lesson has been that the lines
which divided us before have all been
dissipated and in the war just ended
the North and the South, the East and
the West have stood in that brother
hood and in that readiness to die for
the best flag in the world, supported
and protected by the best people. be-
cause they believe in God and God $
presence in everything" -2'77
In the afternoon the visiting party
We're driven through the principal
streets to the home Of George Y. Wal
lace. whose guests they will be during
their stay in the city
Tonight banquet was given the
party at the Alta club from 1870 to IL
o'clock The club rooms were profusely
decorated. The speakers were: Rear
Admiral Schey, Ex-senator Mander-
son, Judge G. c. Goodwin. Senator
Rawlins and Governor Wells.
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MANY FICTITIOUS NAMES
Found on the Rolls of the Cuban
Army.
COMING FOR THEIR MONEY
One Hundred and Eleven Applicants
for Uncle Sans Gratuity-A Scheme
to Discredit the Proceedings.
Right Names Omitted.

Havana, May 2S.-There were Ill APP
plicants to-day for shares in the $3,000,-
900 which the United States has offered
as a gratuity to the Cuban troops.
Thirty were given $75 each. The others
were not on the rolls, although they
had guns which they were ready to
turn in and certificates of service.
The United States military authorities
consider that the rolls are very unre-
liable. Indeed, the opinion is freely ex-
pressed that large proportion Of the
names are fictitious and that the rolls
omit majority of the names of those
rightly entitled to share in the graf
uity. The object of this, apparently, is
to discredit the proceedings and to show
the Cuban public that a large number
of the troops refused to take American
money.
Lieutenant Colonel George M Ran
dali of the Sth United States infantry,
the commissioner experimenting the
distribution here, went carefully over
the rolls of one battalion with its COM
mandant. He pointed out 81 names OF
men who are dead and names of others
who had not been heard of outside the
rolls.
or theee paid to-day, % turned in
arms-Mausers. Remingtons and car
bines. The other five showed receipts
from the alcalde vouching for the deliv-
cry of their arms.
The payment will continue until noon
tomorrow in Havana city, but Colonel
Randall says it will be necessary to
have additional days after while here
and extra pay rolls for men who have
undoubtedly seen service. He also be-
lieves that were the payment to be con-
tinued for the next three months, at
least 80 per cent of those entitled to
apply would do so. Most of those who
received shares to-day asserted that
they only heard by accident that the
distribution was now actually taking
place.
Colonel Randall will send Senior Per-
fecto La Costa, the mayor, all the arms
turned in to-day. The first payment
outside of Havana will be made on
Tuesday at Santiago de Las Vegas,
whittier Colonel Randall, the clerks and
80 soldiers will go with the paymasters.
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TO REMEDY DEFECTS
In the Working of the Customs Admins
ton Act.

ton Act.
New York, May 28-S C. Mead, as
sistant secretary of the Merchants as
ISOLATION, has just returned from a trip
to Washington, where he had a confer
ence with President Mckinley in refer
ence to the workings of the customs
administrative act and the treasury
rules regarding the application of that
act. Mr.. Meade said to-day:
The matter was carefully considered
by President Mckinley, who heartily
approved of the idea of the investiga-
ton into the sufficiency of the act and
rules. He has stated that he welcomed
the cooperation of mercantile organi-
cations in such matters. The president
suggested that the Merchants associa-
ton of New York appoint a committee
to examine into this matter with the
cooperation of representatives of other
commercial centers and ports of entry,
and present to him, as a result of their
Investigations, a memorial containing
an outline of the amendments to the
act and changes in the rules which
would guarantee to the domestic man
ufacturer and the honest importer i'm
partial and consistent administration of
the tariff laws of the country.
1.-The president further stated that. If
these suggestions met with his APPROX
al he would incorporate them into the
recommendation to congress IN MS an
nual message and ask congress to take
steps to make these proposed amend
ments a part of the law.
Following out the suggestion of the
president, the Merchants association
will appoint committee, representing
both the importers and the domestic
manufacturers, which committee will
then seek the cooperation Of represen-
tatives of the various trade centers and
ports of entry in the country, in ascer-
tanning the defects and suggesting rem
edies therefor"
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DELEGATES HOPEFUL
That They Can Devise a Practical Plan
for Arbitration.


The Hague, May 28.--The newly APP
pointed sub committee of the third COM
mittee of the peace conference, the ar
bitraton, will meet tomorrow. 1t Will
be known as the drafting committee.
it's name indicating the scope of its
functions.
The delegates have worked unceas-
ingly to-day, although the formal Ia
bors of the conference were suspended.
An effort is being made. and with a
certain degree of progress, to combine
the Russian and British proposals in
such a way that the report Of the draft
ing committee may secure the support
of both parties in the plenary commit
tee. M. de Staal and Sir Julian Paunce-
fote, chiefs of the Russian and British
delegations respectively, and other del
egates had a long conference to-day
with this end in view and there is no
doubt that an agreement in principle
will be reached.
The hopes of the delegates that an
arbitration board will be established is
rapidly improving. The different points
now relate to the composition Of the
tribunal. how the representation of the
powers is to be arranged and the linn
itations to be placed upon the jurisdic-
ton of the board
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WILL INVESTIGATE
The Wreck of the Steamer Jessie in
Alaskan Waters.

The Wreck of the Steamer Jessie in
Alaskan Waters.
Port Townsend, WASH, May 2s.-The
government will, it is stated, Investigate
the wreck of the steamer Jessie, which
occurred last summer near the mouth of
the Kuskokwin river. Alaska, with loss
of 16 lives. One of the cutters forming the
Boring sea patrol, which leaves for the
north in few days, has been ordered to
stop at the mouth of the Kuskokwin and
make inquiry.
News of the wreck of the Jessie was
first published last August. Following
the news of the loss of the vessel it was
reported that her passengers and crew
had been murdered by Indians after
reaching shore. The Swedish mission at
the mouth of Yakutat bay has investi-
gated the report, and according to ad-
vices Just received here, believes there
was no foundation for the. report.
The Kuskokwin Indians have given a
straightforward account of the wreck of
the Jessie. The high sea prevented them
from going in their canoes to the rescue
of the passengers. They secured a large
amount of wreckage from the barge which
the Jessie was towing. Other Indians who
trade along the coast Knew of the wreck,
but none of them believed that any of the
passengers reached shore, as the break
ers at the mouth of the river run very
high and there is a strong undertow.
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EXPECTING WARM TIMES
At the Republican Convention
at Columbus This Week.
A FIGHT AGAINST HANNA
The Administration VIII Be Endorsed.
= McKisson and Foraker Have Their
Knives Out - Many Con-
testing Delegations.

Cincinnati, May 2S.-The unusual in
terest in the republican state conven-
ton at Columbus this week is due to
its indirect effect on President McKin-
ley next year. as well as to its direct eff
fects on state factions and contending
candidates this year. In the earlier
skirmishing there was talk of the pos
sibility of a state administration that
would use its power to secure an anti
Mckinley delegation from Ohio to the
republican national convention next
year. Since all but four of the SO coun-
ties have selected delegates, it is found
that about the only thing the delegates
are unanimous upon is the Endorsement
of the national administration. All the
candidates for other places on the state
ticket, as well as those for governor,
have had strong resolutions adopted in
their counties for their delegates to in
dorse the national administration. Even
the Kurtz-Bushnell-M cKisson element
announce that they are not against Nc
kinley, but that they are against Han
ma and any candidate favored by
Hanna.
1t is still claimed by some that the
result of the convention this week may
determine what kind of a Mckinley
delegation will be sent from Ohio to the
republican national convention next
year. 1t is conceded that much depends
upon the committee on credentials next
Thursday so far as both this year and
next year are concerned.
Cuyahoga county, the home Of Sena-
tor >Hanna, has 80 delegates, and leads
the list with three different delegations.
Hamilton county, the home of Senator
Foraker, has the largest delegation, Sc
votes, and it also has dissenting dele
cation as well as the one headed by
George B. Cox. While big mass con-
vention will be held here tomorrow
night to protest against the manner in
which the Cox delegation was selected
and to select So contestants, yet no
members of the county committee Will
participate in it, and it is thought that
the Hamilton county contest, as we'll
as some others, will be disposed of on
prima facie evidence of irregularity.
Such will not be the case with the con-
testants from Adams, Atra, Cuyahoga,
Hyland and Preble counties, involving
almost 100 votes out of a total of S13
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IN CONTRAST.
America Confident England Will Do
the Right Thing.

America Sonndent England VIII DO
the Right Thing.
London, May 29.-George w. Smalley,
the New York correspondent of the
Times, commenting upon the easy-go-
ing attitude which the American press
takes regarding the Canadian matter,
contrasts these expressions with those
used at the time of the Venezuela dis
pute. and says:
There could not be more convinc
ing proof of the change in American
sentiment There is no sign of dis
position to take a hostile view. 1t is
assumed that England will ultimately
do what is right and will not suffer
the wishes of Canada to outweigh her
sense of justice"
The Times this morning publishes a
special article explaining all the aspects
of the Alaskan dispute. 1t believes
that Englands case is very strong
and that ''she has every interest in go
ing to arbitration, provided the terms
of reference are satisfactory adding
that those of Venezuelan precedent
might fairly be accepted on both
sides"
The article speaks favorably of the
compromise plan for internationalizing
the wharf at Skaguay and the White
Pass road as far as the Canadian from
tier
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A RAGGED GAME,
Picked Nine From Butte Defeated by a |
Score of 80 to IL.

Picked Nine From Butte Defeated by a
Score of 80 to IL.
Special Dispatch to the Standard
Helena, May 2S.-About as ragged
and one-sided a game of ball as could
be imagined was played here this af-
ternoon between the Helena club and a
picked up nine from Butte. The Hell
ena club found the visitors soft marks
and beat them almost three to one, the
score being 80 to IL. The visitors We're
joshed by the crowd numerically, sew
eral of the players being dubbed nick
names by the jeering spectators. Ryan,
for Helena, pitched a great game,
striking out Is men, while Lloyd, for
the Buttes, struck out only one. The
errors were, Helena seven, Butte TO-
Helena made % hits and Butte 10. An
other game will be played tomorrow
but it is doubtful whether very many
spectators will be present. The score
by innings:
Helena ......7 6 2 0 1872
Butte ........1 0 2 1 0 3 0 Ill
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TlllY IS MISSING.
His Party Treacherously Attacked While
Making Landing.

Washington, May 27-General Gree
ley to-day received cablegram from
major thompson at Manila reporting
that party landing for the repair of
the cable at Escalante, island of Ne
gros, had been treacherously attacked
by natives; that Capt. George H. Til
ly, signal corps, is missing, and that
the worst is feared. Tillys services
in the Philippines have been marked
by such ability, courage and zeal that
his superiors placed him in the fore
most rank of subordinate officers. The
cable operations referred to are not
those of the signal corps, but of the
Eastern Extension Gable company that
has been permitted to repair and re-
place certain cables in the Visayan isl
ands. Tilly doubtless accompanied
the expedition as the representative of
the United States, the supervision of
all telegraph lines and cables being a
part of his duties. No other casualties
in the signal corps have been as yet
reported in this expedition. lilly was
appointed from Montana.
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Getting Acquainted.

Denver, Colo, May 2S.-A special train
having on board 60 officials of the COM
mercial department of the Burlington
system. arrived here to-day from the
West where they have been sightseeing,
en- route home. The party left Chicago
last Sunday. 1t includes the heads of the
freight departments at all the principal
cities of the East and Middle West The
object of the trip is said to be to culti-
yate mutual acquaintance and gain infor-
nation for use in the discharge of their
duties. They will call on Governor Thorn
as tomorrow and leave for Omaha to-
morrow evening.