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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-05-31
SUPPORTED BY MORGAN
Alabama Senator Favors Pending Phil
ippine Bill.

Alabama Senator Favors Pending Phil
ippine Bill.
Washington, May 30.-At the con
clusion of routine business in the sen
ate consideration was resumed of the
| Philippine government bill.
Mr.. Lodge (Mass.), in charge of the
| measure, offered two or three amend,
ments Of minor character, which were
agreed to. He then offered an amend
ment extending to the inhabitants the
"bill of rights" of the Constitution OF
the United States except the right to
bear arms and the right Of a trial by
jury. In answer to an inquiry by Mr.
Pettus (Ala.) Mr.. Lodge explained
that, in the opinion of the majority OF
the committee on Philippines, it would
be unwise in the present circum-
stances to extend those rights to the
Filipinos. The amendment was agreed
to-
Mr.. Morgan (Ala.) then addressed
the senate upon the bill. He cordially
approved the general purposes Of tn,
measure which, he said, were a decided
Improvement upon the law now il
force in the Philippines. Certain
changes, which he did not indicate
ought to be made in the bill, but in /;
general way it looked toward peace
He read an editorial from an Alabam:
newspaper which he adopted as hi
own sentiments. That editorial he'll,
that as the United States had put it,
hand to the plow in the Philippines.
could not turn back. H.
: The insurrection in the islands, Nj
Morgan said, was broken and the dut.
was left to this government to prOvid,
just and equitable government 70 !
the people. Division in the council
in this country, he believed, kept tn,
bolomen and Iadrones in the felG
When that division was settled, peacs
in the islands in a practical way wouIc
he aa%ured. ..+. #~
F. At the close of Mr.. Morgan's speech
Mr.. Spooner took the floor, r. He saiG
it was remarkable that weeks had beat
spent upon a bill, designed to give
greater civil government to the isl
ands, in denunciation of the army He
said the speeches of the minority were
characterized by passions.
Mr.. Spooner said Mr.. Carmack in
dulged in some observations regard
ing President Roosevelt which he (Car- |
mack) would regret. Mr.. Spooner then
paid tribute of praise to the presi-
dents service in Cuba.
''He has won the right to be known
as the friend of liberty exclaimed Mr..
Spooner.
Mr.. Spooner said he was still oppos-
ed to permanent domination of the |
Philippine islands. He had, he said,
voted against the admission of Hawaii
He did not want to take that first long |
step out into the Pacific.
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CONGRESSIONAL DoINGs.

The senate committee on public
buildings and grounds has reported
the omnibus public building bill. AS
reported by Senator Fairbanks the bill
carries net increase over the house
measure of $2,535, 700, making the ag-
gregate appropriation of the bill S20,-
941, 150.
Representative Stevens of Texas has
introduced a resolution prohibiting the
acceptance from any foreign nation of
any statue of any king, emperor, prince
or potentate. The resolution is aimed
at the tender of a monument of Fred
erick the Great by the emperor OF
Germany.
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FINANCE AND TRADE.


Gs&-2aSssfit .E5ssz.=ss ''s"--
A combine of furniture manufacture
ers has been formed at meeting in
Chicago and prices promptly advanced
10 to 20 per cent.
Agents of the packing houses en-
joined by Judge Grosscup from con-
spiracy in restraint of trade have been
ordered to strictly observe every
clause of the Injunction in all their fu-
ture transactions. -..
Negotiations which, if completed,
will combine all the soft coal mines of
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana
and Illinois under the management of
a single corporation, with capital ap-
proximating $30O,000,000, are under
WAY in Chicago. -
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"
Congressman Broussard's Opinion Of
Concession to Cuba.

Washington, May 30.-Hon. r. F.
Broussard, a member of congress from
Louisiana, was before the senate com
mittee on relations with Cuba during
the day He said he recently made a
trip over the entire island of Cuba.
His investigation showed that the
American Sugar Refining company
owned no very large proportion of the
raw sugar that has been manufactured.
With few exceptions all of the sugar
manufactured this year has been n.y.
pothecated to men who loaned money
to the planters and it was his opinion
that these men would eventually con
troll the output 'tThe American Sugar
Refining company" the witness said,
twill get at least 80 per cent Of all the
concessions granted by congress to the
Cuban p!anCer. .
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RAILROAD NEWS.

The Duluth Transfer Railroad COM
pany has been sold to the Northern Pa
cif1c for $550000.
James J. Hill has given his approval
to extensive betterments for the Bur-
lington property, which were partially
planned before the change in the own
ership of the system.
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BOTH LIKELY TO DIE.
Mysterious Tragedy Occurs in a New
York Apartment House.

New York, May 30.-Policemen at
tracted by the shouts of alarmed resi-
dents in an apartment building at so
Second avenue, broke the door of one
of the fats and found J. S. Keldain, a
dealer in cigarettes, lying on the floor
with his skull crushed.
In an adjoining room, lying on a bed,
was N. Caraman, a tobacco merchant.
Caraman was shot through the head.
In one hand he held a pistol and near
him was a hammer, The police be-
Iieve he attempted to kill Keldain with
the hammer and then shot himself.
The cause of the quarrel is not known.
Both were taken to Bellevue hospital
and will die, the doctors say.
I:l r,:ls7l : az S1iaH later AT the hoeni+aI
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NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

The body of Lord Pauncefote, the
late British ambassador to the United
States, will be taken to England on
board an American Warship.
The portrait of Martha Washington
has been decided upon as the first of
American women to adorn a United
States postage stamp. The portrait
will be placed On the Scent stamp of
the new issue. III" & p
Bishop Thoburn Of the Methodist
Episcopal church of India and Malasia
was before the senate committee on
Philippines Thursday. In the course
of his testimony be said the American
Occupation. was an act Of God.
Surrounded by the members of his
cabinet and by officials high in all the
branches Of the government, Presi-
dent Roosevelt on Thursday received
as the. GUESTS of the nation the dis
tifguisned Frenchnen sent by Presi-
dent Loubet to take part in the Ro-
chambeau exercises.
The president has revoked the old
executive order of Aug. 20, 1901, by
which the lieutenant general COM
manding the army General Miles,
ind the adjutant general General Cor
bin) in turn, are to assume the duties
Of secretary Of war in the absence of
the secretary and the assistant Sec
retary.
Attorney General Knox announces
that the administration has never for
a moment thought of compromising or
settling in any way out of court the
railway merger suits. His attention
was called to the publication in Chica-
go of the story that compromise
agreement was being reached with the
railways and that pending suits would
not be pressed. "....-s
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PHILIPPINE NEWS.

The official finding of the courtmar-
tial which tried Major l.. W. T. Waller
and Lieutenant John A. Day of the ma
rine corps for executing natives of the
Island of Samar without trial have
been made public. The reviewing au-
thority of the court, Major General
Adna R. Chaffee, commander-in-chief
of the American forces in the Philip
pines, has expressed it's disapproval of
the courts findings in both cases.
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Expresses Rppreciarion.

Y Washington, May 80. Mr.. Raikes
charge of the British embassy, called
upon Secretary Hay at the state de.
partment during the day and formally
expressed the high sense of apprecia.
ton Of the British government at the
unusual honors done the memory OF
the late Lord Pauncefote in Wednes.
days funeral services.
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Cut in Lumber Rates.

ST. Faui, May 3o.Tne Burlington,
Northwestern, Milwaukee and Great
Western roads have announced for
immediate application an Scent rate
on Pacific coast lumber from Minneso-
ia Transfer to Chicago. This is a re-
duction from the 10-cent rate SO long
in effect and which some of the Min
neapois- Chicago lines repeatedly re-
fused to cut down. q
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MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Grain Prices at Minneapolis.

Minneapolis, May 26.-Wheat-May,.
74Mc; July, 745sc; Sept, 71M@71Ac-
On Track-No. i hard, 1890; No. 1
Northern, 75Bc; No. 2 Northern, "A 5sc-
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Cummings Left Little Property.

New York, May Congressman
Amos J. Cummings will, which has
just been filed for probate, makes Mrs.
Cummings sole beneficiary. The pc
tition values the late congressman's s
personal property at only $500, and
states that he owned no real estate.
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MAY RETAIN THEIR ARMS.
Beers Gain One of Their Principal
@sSFss1;sst2 s:scIsst2a Contentious.

Pretoria, May 90.-Lord Miner, the
British high commissioner. has left
Pretoria for Johannesburg. Esaaasasa1.
The Boer delegates haYe also left
this city and haYe Returned to Vereen-
ingen, TTansVaal, the scene Of the
peace conference between the Boer
delegates. The question of retaining
arms has been settled in manner ia
vorable to the Beers, whose conten-
ton that the occupants of outlying
farms would be exposed to danger
from attacks on the part of natives or
wild beasts was held to be we'll
grounded. g.
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Sioux CITY Live Stock.

Sioux City, Ia, May 26.-Cattle-
Beeves, $6O0@6.S0; COWS, bulls and
mixed, $2.00@5.50; stockers and feed
ers, $2.75@4.50; yearlings and Calves
$3.0O@4.5O. Hogs-$6.75@70
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CLOSE TO PBLEE:i'. E
NEWSPAPER MAN REACHES A
POINT ONE MILE FROM THE
VOLCANIC CRATER.
TOP sHROUDED IN SMOKE

ASnSS on MOUNTAIN 0lOPS SOaNSNs ~
Heavy Rains and Baked by Great
Heat to the Hardness of Cement.
Professor Hill, the GeoIogist, De.
scrbes His Expedition to the Vtcin-
ity Of Mont Pelee.
Fort de France, Martinique, May 80.
The crater of Mont Pelee has been
approached within one mile. This feat
was accomplished Tuesday afternoon
by George J. Kavanagh, an unattached
newspaper man, who had accompanied
Professor Robert T. Hill, the United
States government geologist, on his
expedition.
When Professor Hill turned south
toward ST. Pierre Mr.. KaVanagh con-
tinued on past Morne Rouge. His
route seems to have been along OF
near the Gale Basse divide. He says
he descended from Morne Rouge into
the valley between Morne Rouge and
Mont Pelee. This valley was deeply
strewn with ashes. Mr.. Kayanagh
was guided by an aged negress to
where an old footpath once led to Lake
Palmiste, near the summit of the era
ter. There an iron cross, 20 feet high,
was buried in ashes to within a foot
Of it's top. Before him stretched up
ward the mountain slope, covered with
ashes, which, soaked by the heavy
rains and baked by the sun and vol
canO heat, looked like a cement side
walk. The whole mountain top was
shrouded in smoke. .
Forgetful of the explosion of the pre-
vious night and the awful suddenness
Of the outbursts, and tempted by the
seemingly easy ascent, he continued
upward and made photographs and
rough sketches. Mr.. Kavanagh found
the valley filed with ashes and two
great riffs, which he was afraid to ap
proach. At 6 in the evening he turn
ed back, reaching Morne Rouge att
about O'Clock.
On Wednesday Mr.. Kavanagh fried
to descend to st. Pierre, but failed.
He found a little hamlet, in a valley
near the mountain, and saw about $50
dead bodies. They were not carbon.
lied, nor had their clothing been burn.
ed off. Probably this valley lay neal
the inner edge of the zone of blasting
flame.
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Live Stock Prices at St. Paul.

St. Paul, May -Cattle-Choice
butcher steers, $6.4O@6.75; choice
butcher cows and heifers, $5.25@5.75;
good to choice veals, $4.25@5.25.
Hogs-$66O@6.9O. Sheep-Good to
choice, $5.z5@550; lambs, $5.50@600.
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Live Stock Prices at Chicago.

Chicago, May 26.-Cattle-Good to
prime steers, $7.00@7.50; poor to me-
dunn, $5.00@6.70; stockers and feed"
ers, $2.75@5.20; cows and heifers,
$1.50@620; Texas steers, $5.50@6.75-
Hogs-Mixe.1 and butchers, 5000
7.10; good to choice heavy, $7.05@7.15;
rough heavy, $6.80@700; light, $1,000
6.85; bulk OF sales, s5.90@7.10. Sheep
Good to choice, s5.50@6.15; lambs,
S5.0O@6.90.
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LABOR NEWS.

Building operations are suspended
at Denver by a strike of 5000 men.
A general strike of miners in Vir-
ginia and West Virginia has been or
dered.
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lion in Cape Colony.

lion IN Cape colony -..t.
London, May 3O.-The government
leader, A. J. Balfour, announced in the
house of commons that he hoped to be
able on Monday next to announce the
result of the peace negotiations in
South Africa, Mr. Balfour added:
II cannot, however, be absolutely
certain of being in position to do SO
and the statement can be made do
not think it expedient to take up the
budget -.r
The government leader also said:
"a recent phase, hung in the bal
ance,' has been, absurdly misinterpret-
ed as referring to divisions in the cab
met on the subject of the budget. That
whether the house can properly be
know precisely where they stand in re-
gard to the negotiations.
In spite of Mr.. Balfour's pretended
uncertainty there is no doubt what
ever in the house Of commons or else
where that full peace settlement will
be announced Monday next o.
Inc bI1'l ISL CdD1uSL Was Specially
summoned during the morning and sat
for a little while over an hour. It is
generally accepted, however, that the
session, though brief, suficed to put
the final touches on the agreement
which will terminate the war. The
colonial secretary, Joseph Chamber
lain, was sufficiently recovered from
his indisposition to attend what is al
ready designated as the "peace" cab
met.
Boer Strength in Cape Colony.
The capture of Conmandant Malan
announced from M1ddIeburg, Capt Col
ony, renews attention to the activity
of the rebellion in Cape Colony. Com
mandant Malan took the late Com
mandant Scheeper's command when
the latter was captured by the British
and became chief Boer commandant
in Cape Colony after Commandant
Kritzinger's capture. Malan, who was
mortally wounded when captured by
Major Collett's mounted troops, was
among the irreconcilables who re-
fused to send delegates to the peace
conference at Vereeningen, Transvaal.
According to the latest uncensored
Beers are still in constant occupation
of at least % different localities in
Cape Colon, having more than a score
of bands of raiders, mounted and arm
ed, and of sufficient mobility to defy
successful pursuit, although the Brit
ish have often swept and cleared"
every mile of the colony's territory
A correspondent reports that the Gin
vasion is more actively aggressive
than ever, and rebellion is more ram
pant"
The campaign against the rowing
Boer commanders in Cape Colony,
which has been in active progress for
L6 months, has achieved nothing be- |
vond keeping them moving. can oc-
;assional success" the correspondent |
adds, obtained by the II British col
INNS operating in Cape Colony, is
more the result of luck than of their !
;actics, and these unpalatable facts
will continue as long as so few col
INNS cooperate in the hustling. The |
nadequacy of the supply of troops is
1t the root of the unsatisfactory oper-
Ltions."
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Non-Union Men Put to Work,

Hazleton, Pa, May 30.-Eleven non
union men, brought here from Phila-
delphia, were put to work at the Gran
berry colliery of A. Pardee & Co., to
fll6the places of striking firemen and
pump runners. This is the first i'm
portation Of non-union men into the
district,
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He PRAISES TAFT
FORMER FILIPINO SECRETARY
OF STATE CALLS ON THE
PRESIDENT.
IS HEAD OF FEDERAL PARTY

Says His Mission to Washington Is to
Correct Some Of the False Reports
in Circulation Against the Civil Gov
. ernment and the Army-says judge
Taft Has the Confidence Of All Right
: Thinking FiIipinos.
Washington, May 3O.-General Filipe
Buencamino of Manila, formerly Ag-
uinaldo's secretary of war, called on
the president during the day in com
pany with Secretary Root. General
Buencamino was taken prisoner by the
United States troops at the time Ag-
uinaldo's mother was captured, and
since that time has been at the head of
the Federal Filipino party. He told the
president that his mission to Washing
ton was to correct some of the false
reports that have been put in circula-
tion with a view to discrediting the
work of both the civil government I'M
der Judge Taft and the army. The civil
government, he told the president, was
doing a really wonderful work for good
in the islands and it had been ably sec
onded by the army. The stories of
cruelties perpetrated by our soldiers,
he said, were either wholly untrue or
greatly exaggerated. The army had
conducted itself in way to elicit
praise from all right thinking Fi1ipi-
nos, and this, too, in the face of the
greatest temptations and provocations.
Judge Taft's commission had the en-
tire confidence OF all rightly disposed
natives, he said, and it was General
Buencamino's hope that Judge Taf'
might be induced to remain an indefi-
mite time at the head Of the civil gov
ernment. The Filipinos, he said, love
Judge Taft, for he has never once de-
ceived them, and they know him to be
their friend. The general will appear
before the Philippine committee of the
senate within the next few days.
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Price of Wheat at Duluth.

Duluth, May >26.-Wheat-No, 1
hard, 777sc; No. 1 Northern, 74Bc;
No. 2 Northern, 72Bc; No. 8 spring,
s7lMc. To Arrive-No. 1 hard, 775sc;
No. Northern, 74Bc; May, 74Ac;
July, 74a4c, Sept, 72$4c. -F'lax-Cash,
S1.761h.
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BNDOF BOER " Ar
BRITISH GOVERNMENT HOPES TO
MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT
~. .'..&s >.Er3 Gst8 atEa4.-a 81. .sE
NEXT MONDAY.
NEGOTIATIONS ABOUT ENDED.

Special Session of the Cabinet Held at
Which, According to Public Belief,
the Finishing Touches Were Made
on the Observation-Disclosures Re-
called to the Strength of the Rebel.
lion in Cape Colony. --.-
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the important task of electing a moder+
ator was taken up. Six names were
presented and Rev. Dr. Wilson of Erie,
Pa, was elected on the first ballot.
After the reading Of the minutes the
clerk presented his report. 1t showed
that the congregations of America con-
tributed for all purposes during the
year $1,843,235, an increase Of $116,s
355, the largest in any one year. /
The membership of the church in
creased 2,029 In three synods, New
York, Ohio and Iowa, there has been a
decrease in the membership. In this,
the report says, there is an indication
of the great changes taking place in
our population.
The reports of the various boards
were then presented and the rest of
the rest of the session was taken up
with the reading of these reports.
FOREIGN NEWS.
II rs officially announced that the
French premier, NJ. Waldeck-Rousseau,
will resign before June l, leaving Pres
ident LGubet to forL6 a new cabinet
simultaneously the meeting of the
new chamber. We.
The United States cruiser Topeka
has arrived at Port au Prince, Hayti,
from Port Royal, S. c., to protect
American interests. The presence of
the warship in these waters has had
an excellent effect. The situation Of
affairs is improving.
The army of the North, numbering
about 1000 men, commanded by Gen.
eral Firmin, the most powerful candi-
date for the presidency of Hayti, has
arrived at Arcahaie, two days march
from Port au Prince. The provisional
government has summoned all citizens
to defend the capital and as result
the entire population of Port au Prince
is under arms,
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ECHOES OF TnE. EARTHQUAKE.

Earthquake shocks were felt at st
Augustine, Fla, May 21. The dis
turbance was almost cNntinuous for
three hours.
Thousands of refugees from Fort de
France, Martinique, have arrived at
Point-a-Pitre, Island of Guadeloupe.
The majority of them are in pitlable
condition. ~
Another great eruption of Soufriere
Volcano on the Island of st. Vincent oc-
Cured on May 19. Great fiery clouds
were visible at KingstoWn, the capital,
and the people were panic stricken.
1t is reported that new crater is
forming on Ajoupa Bouillon, which lies
on the mountain opposite to ST. Pierre,
with it's northern face toward the At
lantic A huge fssure is said to have
opened there, which is vomiting gases
and volcanic matter similar to those
lrown out from the crater at the sum-
nit.
A severe inundatiOn at ,Basse POinte,
on the northeast coast of the Island OF
Martinique, on May 20, swept away 20
houses, and so other buildings were
damaged by the flowing mud, which
has swept over the Vallee de la Ri
Were. There was no further loss Of
life, Basse Pointe having been aban-
doned several days ago.
The recent rains of ashes and vol
canic rocks which have fallen at Fort
de France, caused so much cOnsterna-
ton among the inhabitants of Fort de
France that those who have not left
that city are anxious to do so, and
large numbers are emigrating to the
Island of Guadeloupe, where, it is now
estimated, 1000 people from Marti-
nique have already sought shelter.
At $50 a. NJ, May 20, a thick, heavy
cloud, lit up by flashes of lightning and
the rising sun, rose from Mont Pelee.
The people of Fort de France at once
became panic stricken and in scant at
tire rushed excitedly through the
streets of the town. Stones from the
volcano as big as hazel nuts fell in the
streets. Many of the inhabitants hur-
riedly embarked on the vessels in the
harbor, and it was with difficulty that
they were eventually reassured. The
phenomenon was similar to the erup-
tion of Thursday, May 8, but not so
severe.
The second eruption of Mont Pelee
on May 10 was very severe. Colossal
columns of volcanic matter were
elected from the volcano, which rain
ed huge red hot boulders, many feet in
diameter, on the ruins of St. Pierre
and the country near it from an enor-
nous elevation and with fearful ve-
locity The volcanic clouds advanced
until they reached Fort de France.
The spectacle was appalling and be-
yond description. The whole popula-
ton of Fort de France was thrown into
a frenzy of panic. The United States
special steamer Potomac went to in
vestigate matters and found that St.
Pierre had been bombarded with enor:
nous stones from the volcano and that
the ruins left standing after the first
great disaster had been nearly razed.
Millions of tons of ashes then covered
the ruined city.
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UNITED PREsgYTERIANs.

Forty-fourth General Assembly Meets
at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg. May 80. When Rev DR..
J. M. Ross called the 44th general as
sembly of the United Presbyterian
Church of North America to order foT
the first business session 253 commits
sioners were in their seats. Devotional
exercises we're sflIst held, alter which