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The evening times., 1900-04-07
The Case of Jorge Cruz.

In the House of Representatives yester-
day, Mr. Mcclellan introduced the follow
ing resolution. calling upon the Secretary
of the Treasury for information regarding
the case of the "alien contract laborer, "
Jorge Cruz. who was brought to this coun-
try under contract with the New York
Herald" TO perform labor in New York:
Resolved That the Secretary of the Treasury
be directed TO transmit to the House OF Repre-
sentatyeS statement of the action ot the Treas
Ury Department in the case Of Jorge Cruz,
resident OF Porto Rico, brought 10 New YORK
under contract to labor in the United states. To-
gethcr with copies of all correspondence IN the
case and that he be further directed 10 inform
the House of Representatives what steps, II any
have been taken TO prosecute, Tor violation oi
the Alien Contract Labor law. the person, hrrn,
corporation entering into contract with said
Cruz
As this is merely a resolution OF enquiry
it will not be possible to smother it in
/ committee. If it is not reported to the
! House within a week from the time of in
/ PRODUCTION. 1t will become privileged, and
! action upon il cannot be prevented. The
! Committee 10 which il was referred, that
! on immigration and Naturalization. may
/ the extent of its power. which is limited
/ to securing a weeks delay. and then ii
/ VIII probably be called up and passed Mr..
/ Gage will keep il as long as he safely
can, and then reply that the Attorney
| General is sitting up nights TO prepare
a case against the Herald" which will
be pushed with customary Administration
vigor.
The Mcclellan resolution. and other like
| movements. serve the useful but sole pur-
| pose CT keeping before the country the
| hypocriticaI and panic-stricken position OF
| the Administration. in connection with
! this Cruz affair. II did not dare to face
| the habeas corpus proceedings in New
| York 1t ordered the release of the allen
contract laborer." under the pretence thai
| il was intended to bring suit against his
! employer and then eXpel him from tht
! country But nobody who is sane and a.
/ large has been deluded in the smallest
degree by that subterfuge. Mr.. Mckinley
| Mr. Gage Mr.. Griggs. and their Congress
sional associates all know well enough tha
the last thing they are thinking of is tt
( let any test case involving the political
status of Porto Rico get before the Su'
preme Court until after the Presidential
election. Their energies are bent unitedl!
upon keeping the constitutional question
in regard to cur insular possessions uU@e
cided until next winter. They think tina
/ if they can keep the highest court OF th'
/ land silent on the subject until then. they
will be able to make their game finally and
/ cCncluSively.
The evening times., 1900-04-07
IN THE PHILIPPINE ALPS.
A Letter From mn Engineer in the


ANNAPOLIS. Md, April Mrs. d. c.
Lyles. Of Harwood Anne Arundel county
has just received a letter from her son,
Lieut. DeIbritt C.. Lyles. OF Anne Arundel
county. who is serving on the staff Of the
Thirty fourth Infantry. in the Philippines.
Lieut.. Lyles says: my work during the
past month or more has been in the heart
OF the mountains north central section Of
the island where | have been constructing
a military road over what was formerly
considered an impossible mountain trail.
It is now complete and I got unmeasured
credit from everybody. including General
Funston. our brigade commander. The first
United States supply trains to go into that
section followed my little white and blue
engineers standard over the Alps Of the
Philippines What was once precipitous
and rocky hillside and mountain canyon is
now a winding road. twenty feet wide.
ditched On both sides and rendered as per-
feet as American ingenuity and dynamite
could make il. Grizzled old war dogs said
it was,a fool proposition, but the mountain
Of Carabello del Sur is conquered
1 Ou may nave ItdH vi the hSHI 1 H4u
there Insurgents ambushed me at 3
O'Clock on the night of January 13 and
fred on my camp | lost one man killed
and two wounded. and Killed three and
wounded six or more of the enemy. The
treacherous presidente OF CarTanglan I shot
and Killed with a Colts revolver. The en-
emy retired.
When the pass was completed / was
ordered to superintend more road construc
ton The maps have made have all been
copied and forwarded to the different OF
ganizations in the field
Il have just returned from a trip TO San
YsidTo. with the colonel 10 see General
Funston. who very fatteringly called me
the great pathfinder. The Adjutant Gen
eraI also made some iattering remarks on
the character of the work performed by
the on gineerino corDS
The evening times., 1900-04-07
A QUEEN AND HER SUBJECTS.
Respect for Plainly Dressed
Woman in Her Carriage.

"
(From the Kansas City Starr
The appearance of Queen Victoria in the
city of London, yesterday, presented many
differences between what was announced
as her last public appearance on the oeca-
sion of the golden jubilee. The Queen may
be said to have changed her mind sud-
denly and decided in a great and i'm
portant hour for the Empire to once more
look the people in the face and survey her
mighty capital. There was no time for
preparation, no opportunity for the elabo-
rate display of ceremonial which made the
royal jubilee one OF the marked celebra-
tions in the entire history of the world.
There was little to see, after all, as a
spectacle, except short, stout old lady,
dressed in plainest black. riding in a car
riage with few of her relatives and pre-
ceded and followed by mounted escort.
Yet the grand tableau was wonderful
Wherever that carriage went it passed be-
tween living walls of people For miles and
miles the little Old lady in black bowed
her head. in response to the laundering
cheers that died away behind, and We're
passed on before. like the mighty voice
of the perpetually coming waves that burst
upon the shore There was no pageant to
wake enthusiasm. 1t was no childish de-
light wakeped by burst OF light Gnd
glitter. III was 10 tue eye Dut an SideIl!
lady in her carriage.
But this venerable woman stood for Eng
land for all it has been, and is. and is to
be. Never was there such gathering c.
the democracy which is coming to rule the
world. In the multitude there was no re-
specter of persons. Standing beside each
other on the cold street were duehesses
and poor street dealers, earls and crossing
sweepers, ard all cheered. As on our
streets On gala days, there was waving
Of the red. white. and blue. The cclors
;yine all around the world now and Lon
don was buried in them. So the Queen OF
Great Britain and Empress OF India came
TO her own again, not with sword, or orb,
or crown or sceptre, for this is the peo-
plew-agei TO- whom is-ali power and honor
and glory forever:
The evening times., 1900-04-07
MINERS TO CONVENE.
Strikers to Discuss Their Grievances
mt PiItsburS.

PITTSBURG. Pa. April THE striking
coal miners who have been clamoriHg for
a district convention to reconsider the wage
scale wen their point. At a meeting OF
the FitJsburg District Executive Board
yesterday afternoon il was decided TO is
sue call for a convention in Moorehead's
Hall Thursday next.
Officials of the two coal companies said
there was q general resumption CT work
and that about half OF the strikers had
gone in This was denied by representa-
tiyes Of the strikers but they admitted
that many men went to work yesterday.
The strikers returned to the pits with
the understanding that they will be paid
such as rates as are agreed upon when
the trouble is finally adjusted.
President Dolan said that matters are
in a chaotic condition and that half of the
men do not yet know what they are strik-
Ing for If they would stand together now
and observe the scale they would accom-
plish the dream of years. true uniformity.
he said
The evening times., 1900-04-07
MOUNT BAKER ACTIVE.
The Supposedly Dead Volcano Has
an Eruption.


SEATTLE. Wash. April 7.-Returnins
trappers and miners from the vicinity o.
Mount Baker. 10 miles from here. in the
Cascade Range. report tremendous up
heaval of earth and rocks ten mics west
of the snow-capped peak. March .. Toe
report bears every evidence Of accuracy
and reliability.
II. {. Banning and d. P. SimOns. the
latter a wel-knOwn mining man. OF this
city. visited the scene of the eruption
They declare ii a genuine eruption. with
evidences that Mount Baker is Likely 10
burst out anew as a volcano. Great MS
sures were opened in the earth. ard in the
valley CT the NOcksack. a big mountain
stream. a huge mound of earth, seventy
feet high and a quarter OF a mile long,
was raised across the valley. The stream
was CANNED and rose 10 a conside. able
height forming a lake before breaking
though. The earth trembled and the e
was a rumbing noise lasting several mir
utes. There is great evcitment among the
IanChers OF the district.
The evening times., 1900-04-07

Rioting by the trust serfs in Porto Rico,
and rebellion among the Republican mass
es all over the United States are giving
the President so much concern, it is stat
ed today that he has ordered a vote on the
Payne Foraker infamy in the House not
later than Wednesday next That may re-
suit in soiling the statute book with an
unconstitutional and iniquitous law, but
it will not lay the Porto Rican ghost that
haunts the White House.
The evening times., 1900-04-07
The Capital of Utah.

(From the New Lippincott)
salt Lake City still presents Of the most
absorbingly interesting fields for the sociolegst
to be found on this continent The conditions
most vital to a peoples life there far beneath
the surface and cannot be compTehended in day,
nor by sojourner who looks exclusively through
either Mormon Gentle eyes. Two generations
have been born into the Mormon religion. and
the traditions OF the church are as binding. TO
them as those of century creeds to their fol-
lowers. The man whom you are told has broken
away from the faith you find upon acquaintance
to be half Mormon STILL THE ''good Mormon
who il pointed out to yGu viii be found to be,
in nine cases out Of ten. half Gentle.
The evening times., 1900-04-07
ARMY OF The POTOMAC.
The Eneampment to Be Entertained
in Virginia.

FREDERICKSBURG Va. April The
joint committee Of the City Council and
citizens on reception and entertainment o.
the Army Of the Potomac at the annual
encamPment of that organization in this
city next month is actively at work pre-
pairing for the event. and the Northern
soldiers will be given a royal welcome. n
programme with many interesting features
will be prepared for them. besides the
pleasure the visitors will derive from Wis
itinE the many historical points here and
near by.
The evening times., 1900-04-07

Assuming that Count de Niilebois-
Mareuil has really been killed near Boshof.
in command of only seventy men, the
question is being asked: Why should so
high an officer be operating with such an
insignificant force? The answer uadoubt-
edly is that the French General was
caught while hurrying from Kroonstadr
where he recently was, TO take field COM
mand of the Beers who are opposing the
northern march of Lord Methuen. The
small body of troops with him doubtless
was his escort.
The evening times., 1900-04-07
Nienna,. Fashien Exposition.

An entirely novel kind OF exhibition Is taking
place in Vienna, which is Of great interest 70 all
fashionable women. 1t is called the Vienna mode
exhibition. and demonstrates that Vienna fssll-
ions owe nothing whatever to Paris and have a
style and taste exclusively their own. The Coun-
tess kilmsnsecss s the president Of the committee
which has charge OF the organization OF the eN-
hbtion.
The evening times., 1900-04-07
The Number Is Exaggerated

(FrOm the New York Commercially
The average woman speculator, according to.the
experience OF brokers, is about as cautious and
timid a creature Is ever ventured into Wall
Street at all. and when she goes into the market
il is in ten-share lots and with fear and trembling
Put all the deals of all the women in New York
together for a year and the aggregate would look
small alongside an ordinary days business OF
some speculatoTs
The evening times., 1900-04-07
Far Wore observnnf.
rrom the Boston Transerlpt.

From the Boston Transcript
DcSson-Do YOU think that woman Is mentally
equal to man? -. rA.-.
Uilsrv-FquaI? She is away above him There
!; nv wife. fer instance. When We get home from
chuTch She can always tell me what the text was,
and more than that she can tell what every woman
in the meeting house had on, and give pretty
close estimate Of what it cost ard how long IT had
heen worn.
The evening times., 1900-04-07
To CoIonize south Africn.

(From the Chicago Chronlcle.)
After South Africa is conquered Great Britain
Is going to offer TO each of her soldiers whose
time has expired 2i0 acres Of land there, provided
they will occupy it for ten years, as an induce
mesit to settle in the country. All the officials
and all the mining and other companies are ia
yorahle TO the plan.
The evening times., 1900-04-07
An Accident.

crest--Jesn. in the oyster stew I've actually
found an oyster! ~ s.,... :. aoo..,,
Ncc,,r AGAIN srt
The evening times., 1900-04-07
Little Difference.

(From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph)
Mr.. BeIlefeld-There isn't much difference be-
tween a farrier and horse.
Mr. Bloomfield (resignediyl-Go on.
Mr.. BeIlehed-No; there isn't. For example,
a horse is horse, sure, and a farmer Is 4 hoi's
The evening times., 1900-04-07
His view of II.

(From the Detroit Free Press.l
she-Why don't you do something 70 win
wealth and glory?
He-I would. but I'm afraid !: 20 TO Cape
Nome I'll freeze to death. and i; 1 90 TO the
Philippines I'll get shot.
The evening times., 1900-04-07
just Like Adam.

From the indianapolis Press)
''It was the woman tempted me- said Adam.
Whereat Eve in the shrubhery hard by, mur-
mured iii that isn't just like a mani
The evening times., 1900-04-07
CURRENT HUMOR.
Sour GRAPES.

(From the Chicago News
NeIl-No Girl could have refused him il Ec had
propo.ed to her as sweetly he did to me-
Bess-WelI he ought to have il down hne by
this time Practice YOU know, makes perfect.
The evening times., 1900-04-07

4 Boom for Cannon.-Above the rat
tie of dishes and the hum of voices in the
House res aurant t-the noon lunch hour
yesterday could be plainly hsard the rum
bic of a Vice Presidential boom for the
Hon. Joseph G. Cannon. The boom was
launched at that hour by the Hon. Thadde-
us Nacclay Mahon of Pennsylyania. Every
body agreed that the suggestion was
good one but nobody was prepared to say
that Uncle Joe wGuld be willing to give
up sure thing he has in the House as
one of the clearest headed and cleanest-
handed members of that body for the un-
certain chances of the Vice Presidency
Then too. nobody professed TO know how
the suggestion would be received by
Messrs. Hanna and Mckinley. OF course,
if they have selected Roosevelt fer the
running mate there is no use TO get up
boom for anybody else. Still, il was con-
ceded On all sides that MIR. Cannon's name
would add strength to the ticket. Never
during his long service on the ADpropTid-
finn Committee of the House, during much
of which time he has been chairman. mas
there been a breath OF suspicion against
this plain-mannered, industrious, ana
watchful legislator. He has no money, ana
therefore could not De eApecIeu lo W u
any value to the party organization IN the
way the Vice Presidential nominee Is sup
rosed TO contribute to the campaign. But
that he would bring responsibility to the
ticket and disarm much of the criticism
which usually is hurled at Republican
Vice Presidential candidates is conceded
bv everybody Yet as there appears TO
he no likelihood that Mr.. Cannon would be
acceptable to the party managers il IS
predicted that the boom launched for him
bv MT. Mahon Will be short-iived.
The evening times., 1900-04-07

II il be not impolite we should like TO
ask why it was that Attorney General
Griggs excluded Washington contractors
from competition for the contract for the
new Department CT Justice Building? This
is a question that Mr.. Griggs is not bound
to answer to us: but how about Congress?
In view Of the impending Presidential
campaign, Otis is TO be brought home next
month, and General Macarthur is to sue
ceed him as Governor General. The Ad
ministratfon story is that Otis is broken
in health as a consequence Of the
strain TO which he has been subjected.
He is probably suffering as result of the
sedentary life he has led in Manila. where
he has seldom been outside of his palace
He is 10 return by whatever route he
pIeases. II ought to take in a little bit
of the Island of LuZon 50 that he may
have some faint idea Of what the country
which has strained him, looks like
The evening times., 1900-04-07

Early AdjOurnment.-Tho no au-
thoritative statement on the subject mas
vet been issued it is confidently believed
that the Republican managers have decided
10 force adjournment of Congress before
the first week of June. In support Of this
belief it is pointed out that the committees
of both houses are carefully keeping all
driftwood out of legislation and reducing
to the bare necessities of the Government
and the exfgencies- of the party the meas
ures that are fayorably placed on the cal
endar. Porto Rican legislation now is prac-
tically out of the way, as there is no likeli-
hood that the House will refuse TO accept
the Senate bill. Hawaii and Alaska have
been pushed ahead of other measures OF
vastly more Importance, and these two
bills will be hurried through with all pos
sible expedition. The appropriation bills
have all been got out of the way, and af-
ter Hawaii and Alaska have been finally
disposed of, only the Hanna-Payne ship
subsidy scheme-a strictly party and po-
liticaI measure-will be left for the man
ayers TO force through. That this scheme
will be pushed at this session, there seems
no longer any doubt. Until a week or two
ago 1t appeared likely that the measure
would be held in allegiance till the next ses-
sion. but it is said that the special in
terests to be benefited by the scheme have
made its passage at this session condi-
ton precedent to the promised campaign
contribution, and that this is a demand
that Mr.. Hanna cannot ignore. 1t is
thought to be possible to complete all the
legislation on Alaska, Hawaii, and the ship
bounty enterprise within the next seven
weeks. and then both branches of Congress
will be ready to adjourn.
The evening times., 1900-04-07

Gen. Albert ID. Shaw, COmmander-in-
Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic.
is at the Riggs. en- route TO Watertown,
y. Y. after an extended Southern trip,
during which he visited the encampments
in thirteen States and was Loyalty re-
ceived by the veterans. He reports an
enjoyable trip and finds everything pros
porous. He is accompanied by his son.
DR. Shaw, who is prominent physician In
Brussels Belgium
The evening times., 1900-04-07

from New York attending to some legal
matters. He will remain until Monday.
The evening times., 1900-04-07

Major J. B. Pond, the veteran manager,
who has brought before the public many
noted lecturers, is at the Riggs from New
York for few days. He has successfully
managed, among others. Henry Ward
Beecher. Henry NJ. Stanley. Bill Nye, Mark
Twain, Artemus Ward, Petroleum v
Nasty. Josh Billings. James Whitconb
Riley. George W. Cable. and Horace
Greeley. Major Pond will remain in the
city until tomorrow.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31
ed the district attorney to ask for a
continuation Of the case when it is
called on Tuesday next.
ARBITRATION MAY NOW
SETTLE THE BIG STRIKE.
The National Metal Trades Associa-
ton Offers to Recognize
the Union
of the Machinists as a National Orr
ganizatlOn and to Arbitrate Diff
~ferences-P r e s 1 dent O'ConneII
Urges That the Offer Be Accepted.

CLEVELAND, O., March 30.-Devel-
opments to-day indicate that the ma
chinists strike in this city will be end
ed in the near future.
The following telegram was received
at the executive headquarters of the
strikers to-day from President James
O'Connell at Chicago;
"The National Metal Trades Asso-
citation offers to arbitrate all strikes
and recognize u association national
ly.
will Cleveland lodges agree to this
proposition? This is a grand oppor-
tunity to make us the strongest organ
ization in the world. / advise strong
ly for arbitration"
OiConnell was asked for further par
ticulars. If his reply proves satisfac-
tory the strike will probably be de-
Jared off Immediately.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31

GLENDIVE, Mont, March Solos
eph C. Hurst was executed in the jail
yard here to-day for the murder of
Sheriff Dominick Cavanaugh. In re-
ply to a question by Sheriff Aiken,
Hurst, while on the scaffold. said:
ITS all a mistake; I am an inro-
cent man."
Outside the walls scores OF men
awaited news of the execution. it be
ing freely stated that a reprieve would
result in a %lynching.
Hurst and Cavanaugh were respect
lively Republican and Democratic can
didates for sheriff in 1898. the latter
being elected by a small plurality.
Shortly afterwards Cavanaugh was as
sassinated in an alley. Hurst being
appointed sheriff by the county COM
missioners. Hurst was convicted on
circumstantial evidence and a sensa-
tional fight for his life has beer made.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31
ASK FOR PROHIBITION.
An Effort to Have Traffic in and Mnn-
ufacture of Intoxfcants Prohibited
in Insular Possessions

An Effort to Have Tramc in and MANI
ufacture of Int0xicants Prohibited
in Insular Possessions.
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 3d.
A large delegation from New York,
Philadelphia and other cities appeared
before the insular affairs committee
of the House to-day in behalf of the
bill introduced by Mr.. Gillette, OF Mas
s~achusetts, to prohibit the Importation
into, sale or manufacture of intoxi-
eating liquors in Puerto Rico, Hawaii
and the Philippines. They adduced
many facts to prove that especially in
the Philippines there had been a large
increase in the sale of intoxicating
liquors since the advent of the Amer
leans, with drunkenness and other at
tendant evils and argued that entire
prohibition was the only remedy for
the condition of affairs existing and
prospective. Among those who spoke
were Rev. J. B. Dunn, of the National
Temperance Society of New York;
Rev. E. c. Dinwiddie and Hon. S. z.
Nicholson, of the National Anti-Saloon
League, and Mrs. M. D. Ellis, of the
w. C. T. U.