Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-04-11

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the express purpose OF resigning
that Office, By telling him that he
must hold IL o while longer. Being
one of Mr. McKinlsy's good friends,
Gov. Allen swallowed his disap-
pointment 90 best he could, and
promised to return TO Porto Rico
about the 1st Of May. By the way,
speaking Of Porto Rico, there 10 q
wide difference between the rosy
views Of existing conditions. CON-
mercial and industrial on the island,
expressed by Gov. Allen and those
which come from reputable news
paper correspondents and other
sources.
Some sensational Developments
are expected in connection with the
swindling Of the government out of
~, SOC, 900 by Captain 0berlin n.
Carter, now serving q Eve year term
in the Lesvenworth Military Prison,
while he was in charge of the Har-
Dor improvements at Savannah, Ga.
An official of the department. of
Justice, is quoted as having said !:
1--WE have traced every cent Of the
money stolen by Carter, and at
present / can only say that the in
vestigation will result in q number
of arrests. We know where the
money has been hidden and invest.
ed, and it will soon be turned over
to the U. s. Treasury. I can also
say that when Carter serves ou' his
time, he will be arrested on crimi-
nal charges, but | am not at lii. rty
to state at prese the exact ma ure
of these charges.
Notwithstanding all the talk Of
deals between the administration
aud the Panama Canal Co., Repre-
sentative Hepburn, of Iowa. author
Of the Nicaragua Canal bill, which
passed the House, but failed in the
Senate of the last Congress. ex-
presses confidence that the next
session Of Congress will authorize
the construction of the Nicaragua
canal. Mr.. Hepburn is a repub
can, but it was made plain more
than once during the late Congress
that he was not in the confidence of
the republican bosses. Consequent.
ly his expression of confidence, is
not as convincing as it might be.
The talk of Aguinaldo's being
allowed to come to this country is
vide Of the mark. The admins.
tration has work for Aguinaldo to
do in the Philippines for months to
come, and it will see that he stays
there to do it, or refusing to do it,
that he stays locked mp. There 10 no
junketing ahead of him for awhile.
Senator Simmons, OF N. c., who
was in Washington several days on
official business says he was given
to understand that the cases against
several North Carolinians Who have
been indicted in the Federal Courts
for alleged violations Of the election
laws last November, will shortly be
aban doned AID nolle pressed, be-
cause of the opinion of the prose-
cutting officers that the law will not
hold in the cases in question.
Speaking of the rumor that ex Sen.
ator Butler, of his State. Chairman
of the Populist National Commit
tee, would be given Federal Office,
Senator Simmons said: "Mr.
Butler would probably be able to
advance some argument Why this
should be done. for the Populist
party in North Carolina certainly
contributed to the reelection of
President Mckinley as far as was
in their power. Mr.. Buffers own
county, where there are more popu-
lists than democrats end republi-
cans combined, gave Mr.. Mckinley
q majority. 1t vas also true all
over the State, that the populists
to q considerable extent voted the