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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
VOTE on PLATT AMENDMENT.
Measure Expected to Come Before the
Convention Yesterday.

NEW YORK. Nav ga dispatch to
the Tribune from Havana says:
Courtesy 10 Gaulberto Gomez prevent
ed a vote on the majority report, ac-
cepting the Plat amendment at Mon
days session OF the convention. He had
gone to the country to make a poll
teal speech and was detained. though he
announced last week that he was
through with speechmaldng in opposi-
ton. His associates declined to take
advantaGe Of his absence.
The revised and modified report Of
the majority was discussed and sup
ported BY Senior Berriel. rector Of Ha-
vana University. and by Manuel San
gully. The phraSeology has been i'm
proved and appears satisfactory to the
majority. Privately some delegates
have inquired whether It is satisfactory
to the Washington authorities. This
is assumed to be the case. Portuon-
do, the radical from Santiago. has re-
affirmed his opposition but the radicals
all concede a majority for the amend
ment.
The delegates are in good humor over
the prospect of final action. II no
one happens to be Ill or away a vote
may be had on Tuesday of this week
The main obstacle is in the municipal
campaign, the desire Of Candidate Fem
ers' friends to enable him to avoid COM
mitting himself until after he is elected
mayor. The National party in Havana
has spill. on this subject. Some dele
gates are also demanding open sessions.
but the first vote will be taken in Sc
cret.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
PRESIDENT SPEEDING EAST
Trip Entirely without Incident-Mrs
Mckinley Slowly Improving.

CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia. May 2s.-The
trip OF the presidential train from oma-
ha eastward today across the state Of
Iowa was practically without incident.
Few stops were made. but the train
was slowed at the principal towns and
cities and the president appeared on
the rear platform.
Mrs. McKinley's condition has con-
tinued to show steady but no rapid i'm
provement since she left San Francis
co. She Is gaining some strength and
the president Is much encouraged. She
has no, yet left her couch, however.
DR.. Rlxey does not desire to have her
tax her strength but he permits her to
sit up in bed most Of the DAY. The
president sits by her side much Of the
time.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
BoYCE ON LABOR UNIONS.
Says the Western Federation Now Has
$4,000 Members

DENVER. May 2s.-In his annual ad-
dress today President Boyce, OF the
Western Federation OF Labor called
attention TO the fact that twenty-seven
new unions had been added to the FED
Grafton during the year. embracing a
total Of 5000 men. In all there were
$4,000 members OF the federation
In speaking OF the COeur d'Alene
mining trouble Boyce said that the
proprietors We're blacklistlng men. that
the miners now had to get a permit
In order to 30 to work. He declared
that this system was an outrage on
American liberty and said that black
listing the men for labor troubles was
worse than relic OF the middle ages.
To meet this method on the part OF some
employers Boyce advocated more pro-
gressive policy In organizing different
unions OF the body.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
CROKER LEFT MYSTERIOUSLY.

NEW YORK, May ga dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
A great mystery is made at Moat
House of Mr.. Croker's absence. He is
reported to have left home on Saturday
for fortnight's enjoyment of the races.
but the protes.ations were so emphatic
that the villagers suspected that he had
sailed for America on the st. Louis, get
ting off so quietly as to elude observa-
tlon. He had several horses entered for
the Hurst Park races, where two Of
them were in third place Monday, after
being well backed.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29

the higher educational system has been
shlpwrecked.
General Van Nofsky, before starting
on his inspection Of the universities, is
sued two circulars regarding the In
termedlate schools. In one he complains
of insufficient instruction in the YER
nacular, In the other he recommends
less stringent examinations in the clas-
sicaI tongues.
The geological section Of the
st. Petersburg academy Of sclences
has received information Of the
discovery near Irkutsk Of mammoth In
such perfect preservation that even
eyes. abdomen and other soft tissues
remained sound.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
Presbyterian General Assembly
AdjOurns at Philadelphia.
REVISION OF FAITH REFERRED
Special Committee to Make Recommsnda-
tIOns In Which Greed Should Be Re-
vIsed and Present Same at
Next Meeiisg.

PHILADELPHIA. May 2s.-The one
hundred and thirteenth Presbyterian
general assembly was dissolved at s:i5
o'clock tonight by Moderator Minton
after having been in session nearly two
weeks. during which time many matters
Of the utmost Importance to the church
were considered.
Chief among these was the question
regarding the revision OF the confess
sion Of faith. After discussion con.
tinuing nearly four days this momen-
tous question was referred to spec
ial committee. who will make recon-
mendations as TO the manner in which
the creed should be revised and pre-
sent them to the next general ASSEMBLY.
which will meet in New York ~,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
FOR LARGER MEMBERSHIP.

CHICAGO, May 2S.-The National As
ISOLATION Of Railroad commissioners Is
to be made an international organiza-
tion at the coming convention, which
will be held in San Francisco beginning
June 5. 1t is proposed to change the
name to the International Association Of
Railway Commissioners and to invite
Canada and Mexico to membership.
The question was extensively dis
cussed here among members Of the com
mission, representing thirty states, who
had gathered here preparatory to start
ing for California today.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
PHILIPPINE LAWS NECESSARY

WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator
Lodge, of Massachusetts,, chairman of
the Philippine committee in the senate,
expressed the opinion that the decis-
ions of the United States supreme court
would make Philippine legislation alb
solutely necessary in the coming session
OF congress.
He also was clearly of the opinion
that under the Spooner law, the presi-
dent had absolute power to provide for
revenue, both customs and internal for
the Philippine islands.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
PROMINENT PEOPLE MARRIED.

NEW YORK, May 2S.-Announcement
has been made of the marriage on Sat
uriay evening OF Prof. George D. Her
ron and Miss Carrie Rand. the cere-
mony having been performed in the
apartments Of DR.. Charles Brodie Pat
terson. of this city. Rev. William T.
Brown. pastor Of Plymouth church,
Rochester. N. Y. performed the cere-
mony which was extremely simple.
there being no vows taken by either
party.
Miss Rand, prior TO her marriage. de-
voted much time and money to the
cause OF socialism, and 1t is the inten-
ton Of her husband and herself to de-
vote their livs 10 socialism.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
ARRESTED FOR BRIBERY.

MOBILE. Ala. May 2S.-Ex-Captaln
anI Quartermaster Cyril W. King. in
charge of the construction work at
Fort Morgan. Ala, has been put on
trial in the United States district court
charged with receiving bribe from
Contractor ]. H. Hobson. Hobson tes-
titled that last summer he did $4,000
worth of work at the Fort and that King
rejected a great deal Of material. In
October King offered to be easier on him
for a consid arltion. Ho5son paid King
$4,000 in installments. the last batch Of
money being marked and verified by
4 government detective. After these
payments began King was less exacting
upon Hobson's work.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
WALLED TOWN TAKEN.

French Artillery Enter Small Town
Northeast Of Ting Chau.
PARIS. May pa dispatch from
General voyron. at Ten Tsin, dated
May 25, says a accommodating party
came upon a walled town. fifteen kilo-
meters northeast Of Ting Chau. The
town authorities refused 70 open the
gates whereupon the French artillery
opened fire. The wall was preached
and the town taken.
One French hfantryman was severely
wounded.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29

opinions Of the supreme court In the
insuar cases. The decision IN the De-.
lima case II followed In the Philippines.
and II n also assumed II will be, might
result In calling an extra session Of
congress. In the Dcilma case. the
court decided that duties collected on
Porto Rlcan goods. before congress en-
acted the Foraker law. were Illegal and
must b. refunded.
Such decision would mean not onlv
the refundIng Of duties heretofore col
lected In the Philippines but would
open the ports Of the United States to
merchandise and goods OF every des-
crIDtion from the Philippines until con-
gress meets In December.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
BELIEVED no BE RAMAGNoLI.

BERLIN. May 2s.-The Lokal Anzei-
ger reports IN the authority OF the
Budapest correspondent that there has
Just been taken from the river Dan
ube, near that city. dead body heav-
lily loaded with chains which the Hun
garian police firmly believe to be that
OF RamagaolL the anarchist reported
to have been sent from America to
murder the German emperor, The po-
lice Of every country in Europe and
America have been notified OF the dis
covery.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
PLEADS FOR HIS RACE.
Booker 7. Washington Appeals for Con-
servative Action-Senator Nor
gans Plan.

MONTGOMERY. Ala. May 2S.-Booker
T. Washington, In behalf OF his race,
today presented to the constitutional
convention an appeal for conservative
action. Senator Morgan has prepared
for the consideration Of the constitution
al convention an address designed TO
support his suffrage clause, Senator
Morgans plan provides that nobody but
a white man shall hold office.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
RUSSIAN EDUCATION.
Changes in Universities Proposed by
the Minister Of Education.

CORRESPONDENCE OF Associated Press.l
ST. PETERSBURG. May 11.-Gener-
al Van Notsxy, minister of education.
has not yet announced his scheme Of
university reorganization. There is an
earnest discussion in the press and a
dozen projects have been launched. As
q rule they are modelled on the univer-
sity constitution adopted by Emperor
Alexander l.. which granted fair de-
gree Of autonomy. This was complete
ly abolished under the severe repres-
slve regulations Of 1884. under which
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
ENDED FATALLY.
Society Young Lady Acclden :ally Killed
at Nardin. Ock.

WICHITA. Kas., May 2s.-At Mar
din. Oklahoma, a party Of society young
ladies and gentlemen went plcnicing
and when a picture was being taken
Of a group Miss Nora Wolfrum asked
Miss Bishop to point rife at her to
add to the romance Of the scene. The
rife was discharged accidentally and
Miss Wolfrum was killed instantly.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
FIERCE FIGHTING
WITH BOXERS
Battle Raging Between Them
and Catholic Converts.
FRENCH TAKE WALLED TOWN
Artillery Opened Fire on Being Refused Ad-
mlttascs- -0se InisatrymAn Wounded
--chlsa WIN Pay Certain
Amount Of Indemnify.

LONDON. May 2s.-The Boxers are
again active In all the districts where
there are no foreign troops. says a
dispatch to the Standard from Tien
Tsln.
Yesterday a missionary who was go
ing to Taku on the grand canal was
forced to return to Tlen Tsin on ac-
count Of the fer,e fight raging between
the Boxers and Catholic converts. There
was heavy firing on both sides
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
PuATT AMENDMENT ACCEPTED.

HAVANA, May 2S.-The Platt amend
ment was accepted by the Cuban con-
stftutional convention today by vote Of
is to IL The actual vote was on &C.
cepting the majority report of the com
mittee on relations which embodied the
amendment with explanations on Ger
tain clauses.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
JUDICIARY REPORT ADOPTED.
United Presbyterians VIII Exclude
Members Of Secret Societies.

DES MONIES. Ia. May 2s.-By a
vote Of 30 to So this afternoon, the gen.
eral assembly Of the United Presby-
terian church adopted the Judiciary
committees report with regard to the
Interpretation OF article Is OF the creed.
The action OF the assembly is in effect
To exclude members OF secret orders
from admission into the church. II is
also interpreted by some OF the dele
gates to mean expulsion Of members Of
the church. who now belong TO secret
societies.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
DIES IN POVERTY.
Former Assistant Secretary Of the Con-
federate Navy.

CINCINNATI, May 9S.-Col. James G..
Miner. assistant secretary OF the Con-
federate navy during the civil war, died
in poverty today at Milford, Ohio, aged
50 years. He was a graduate Of Edin-
burgh University, native of New Eng
land. The civil war swept away his
fortune, and since then he has battled
unsuccessfully to build up a new for
fiina
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT.

CHICAGO. May Ex-senator Fair
banks, Of Indiana, was formally an
nounced today as candidate for presi-
dent before the Republican national
convention Of 1904 Harry S. New, Re-
publican national committeeman from
Indiana, who arrived in Chicago today.
is authority for the statement that In
diana will stand behind Fairbanks in
his race for the honor.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
WORLDS FAIR COMMISSIONERS.

DENVER, May Ex-Governor orman
has appointed the following st. Louis
Worlds Fair commissioners:
Captain George w. Thatcher, Of AS
pen. Pilkin county. commissioner in
chief; Thomas ]. o'Donnell. Of Dem
YER; Hon. Van e. Rouse, of Colora-
do Springs: I. N. Stevens. Of Colorado.
Springs.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
FIRST LIEN BONDS LISTED.

NEW YORK. May 2S.-The governors
of the stock exchange today listed
$lOO. 100000 first liens convertible per
cent gold bonds of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company, The income ac-
count and balance sheet for the prop
critics comprising the Union Pacific sys-
tenn, made up to the latest practicable
date, accompanies the genral statement
The total assets amount to $I6l, ,56S,51
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
wALDERsEE TO BE RECALLED.

WASHINGTON. May 2S.-TAe state
department today replied to the an
nouncement OF the German government
that the emperor considered that the
time had come for the recall from
China OF Field Marshal Count Won
Waldersee. and expressing the satisfac-
ton OF the government Of the United
States at this announcement.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
MLAuRrNs INTENTIONS.

COLUMBUS, S. c.. May Ex-senator
McLaurln. in an interview with corr
respondent of the State. declares en-
phatically that he win not enter a sum
mer campaign. His health, he says,
will not permit it. He wants to be in
a race with Mr. Tillman alone and Is
confident Of success.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
Eleventh Annual Reunion Opened at
Memphis. Tenn.

MEMPHIS. Tenn. May 2S.-Neariy
$500 members OF the United Confederate
Veterans, representing 1881 camps Of
the organization, met In Confederate
hall this morning for their eleventh an
nual reunion. General Ftzhugh Lee,
General Joseph Wheeler and General
John Il, Gordon We're among those pres
ent.
The exercises OF today were almost
entirely confined to welcoming ad-
dresses.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
WILL PAY INDEMNITY.

PEKIN. May 2s.-The Chinese pleni-
potentiaries have informed ministers Of
the powers that the court has notified
them OF its willingness to pay indem-
nifty to the amount OF 450.oOo,OOO taels.
but the court objects to four per cent
interest.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
READS INsULAR DECISION.
President and Party Spends Much Time
Discussing 1.-THE Delima Case.

CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia, May 2S.-Dur-
ing their journey across Iowa, Presl-
dent Mckinley and members Of his
cabinet spent much time reading and
discussing the published reports OF the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
BUBoNIC PLAGUE

LONDON. May 2S.-The progress Of
the bubonic plague here. says the Hong
Kong correspondent Of the Times. Is
becoming serious. The death rate is
over thirty daily.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
CUBAN MORTGAGE LAW.

HAVANA, May 2S.-By a decree TO be
issued tomorrow, mortgages will be ten
dered four years, debtors paying each
year. respectively 10, Is, IS and 40 per
cent of the principal and accrued inter-
est
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
THE TWO sHAMRocKs.

GLASGOW. May 2S.-slr Thomas LIP
ton has decided to send Shamrock l. to
America with the challenger in order
that he may continue the trial races
right up to the date Of the cup races.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
DESTROYED BY FIRE.

SPOKANE, May 2s-The Great Nors
thern coal chutes and cages at HnIiard.
with five cars OF coal. We're destroyed
by fire this morning. Loss $4,000.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-29
E. W. WINTER nj

ST. PAUL Nay RE. ". Wlnser.
formerly president Of me Northern Pz-
cinc railroad. is dangerously 81 Ia
Chicago.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-08
A Claimant to the British Throne.

Diversity of personal claim has ever
constituted a hitch in the divine
right" argument to sustain n throne.
1t is an interesting manifestation in
monarchical affairs even now, when
that argument is so little dwelt upon.
At the present morcent one gentleman
is abroad who considers himself the
rightful emperor of the French, while
another sees himself the proper king
tender in the shadow. And while
Queen Victoria, of the house of Han
over, lies dead in Osborne House,
lady watching events from Munich
regards herself as a living Mary ~,
direct from the house of Stuart.
The pretender in Bavaria is the
Princess Mary Theresa Dorothea, wife
Of Prince Louis. She is a direct de-
scendant of the Princess Henrietta
Anne, sister of the deposed James II.
If she has any hope in England 1t is
In the Legitimist party. But her hopes
are admittedly faint. When a state
ment of the Legitimist cause was
printed, nearly a year ago, she con-
tributed her photograph to the story.
So little was thought of the matter in
Britain that the Legitimist Jacobite
League is permitted to exist un-
troubled and unmatched. This Mary
in Munich is a devout Catholic She
has twelve living children, one of
whom is regarded by her as the real
Prince of Wales. Her ambitions need
not trouble the rest of Victoria nor the
dreams Of Edward VII.-New York
Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-08
Effect of Foreign Invasion in China.

The effects of quartering the Ger
mans, French and Italians in the city
soon became apparent. When they
moved in, conditions were about norm.
al. The streets teemed with life, and
the shops and markets did business as
usual. BY the next day nearly all the
shops were closed and the markets
vacated, except in the quarter policed
by the British. The major part OF the
population had disappeared. The ways
We're comparatively deserted. Carts
trundled by French, German, or Ital-
ian soldiers, and laden with loot, could
be seen everywhere. The town was
evidently being PLACED deliberately
and Systematically. Now and then a
woman's piercing scream broke from
the mufiing depth of cluster of
houses. and spent its echoes in the
empty streets. Such sounds, with their
sinister meaning, We're frequent in the
French and italian quarters.-From
punishment and Revenge in China"
by Thomas f. Millard. in Scribner's.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-08
places. One time, while up on the

places. One time while up on the
main truck in the harbor of Liverpool,
he saw man and a woman struggling
to their rescue, and landed 100 feet
below in the water, feet down. When
he came to the surface he succeeded
in saving both their lives.
Years passed, and Tom, a man, for
sook The sea and went to Pittsburg,
where he was employed in the rigging
gang of n gas company. One day,
While at the top of chimney which
rose 104 feet from the ground, he fell
from the ropes and fell downward. He
says:
when l found myself going to the
bottom was not at first alarmed. I
had fallen before aDd jumped from;
higher points. But just then 1 hap
pened to remember that in my former
experiences 1 had jumped or fallen in
to the water. So, says l to myself,
You are going to get hurt, Tommy. SO
look out Down l went, and, to tell
the truth, it seemed as though I had
been on the way a month before l
struck the bottom. Finally there was
a crash and | saw more stars than all
the astronomers nave been able to dis
cover since the world has been. After
the first jar was over felt q stinging
sensation in both Of my legs. l tried
to get on my feet, but could not, and
then was sure l had been hurt"
What happened to his legs was this:
Both ankles were telescoped and every
bone in mis- left foot and ankle was
broken. That leg had to be amputated
at the knee, but the other leg was not
hurt so badly, and it was saved.
DouSherty recovered, and now he is
happy, and likes to tell how he felt
when ne was falling.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-08

Every time that Thomas Dougherty
looks at the stump of his left leg he
realizes that falling 100 feet into the
water and falling the same distance to
the ground are entirely different. Yet
he insists that, once having started ON
the downward path, man can choose
the way of his descent and land on his
feet, according to the New York Press.
He says if he hadn't been able to do
this feat he wouldn't be telling his
earthly friends now how it happened
Tom runs a little store in Plttsburg.
Years ago, when a'lad in England, he
took TO the sea. and on shipboard be
got used to falls and jumps from high
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-08
Fought With an Eagle.

A woman named Callahan, living at
Carmel, Penn, had desperate fight
with an eagle which was trying to
carry away her two-year-old child.
The child's face and hands were torn
by the birds talons and Mrs. Callahan
was seriously pecked before she sue
ceeded in driving off the big bird
The child had wandered into clear
ing near the house. and soon after
ward Mrs. Callahan heard her scream
ing. From the door of her home the
frightened mother beheld the monster
bird pecking, clawing and Tapping the
little one who, with her hands and
arms was trying to break away from
her antagonist.
Once the bird caught the child's
dress in its talons and prepared to
bear it aloft, but the child's struggles
compelled the bird to let go. The
frightened mother secured rifle and
ran to the rescue Of her child. She
dared not shoot, but with the butt of
the gun she ran screaming toward the
eagle. 1t was not to be driven off
without a struggle.
1t let go of the child and turned it's
attention to the parent. The bird
flew into the woman's face and pecked
her eyes and nose, but with we'll
directed blow from the club the eagle
dropped TO the ground, and after a
moments scrambling took to the air
and went flying away. 1t is said that
during the past summer this eagle
has carried away several pigs and
that once before it had made an at
tack upon a child. Mrs. Callahan
says that the bird was FIVE or six feet
from tip to tip of wing, and that it's
talons were almost razor-lil,e in their
shlrDness