The Lamar register., 1902-05-14

abroad the latter part of this month.
| The entertainment given this week by
| the Walshes in honor of the French
ambassador and Nine. Cambon was
pronounced the most notable of the sea-
son. The guests ut dinner were the
| German, Russian and Italian ambassa-
dors, Nine. Desplaches. the secretary
of agriculture and Miss Wilson. Sena-
| tor and Mrs. Lodge, Senator and Mrs.
! Depew, Senator and Mrs. Hanna and
Commander and Mrs. Cowles. A large
number of additional guests Joined the
dinner company ut 10 o'clock. when n
musicale by Signor Campari and
Charles GrcgOrovitch. the Russian
violinist, completed the entertainment.
In the Senate Mr.. Fairbanks offered
bill for which he requested immed-
late consideration. 1t was for the bene-
fit of the people of the French West
Indies and authorized the President of
the United States to cause to be pur-
chased such provisions, clothing. medi-
cines and other necessaries as he shall
deem advisable and tender the same in
the name of the government of the
United States to the government of
France for the relief of citizens who
have suffered by the late earthquake
in the islands of the French West In.
dies. The bill approprintcs 100000
for the purpose and authorizes the sec
retary of war to use the necessary
steamships belonging to the United
States to carry its purpose into effect.
The Indian depredations committee
of the Senate made Il report upon Sen.
ntors Warren's bill to remove from
depredations law the conditions requir
ing that the claimant to secure relief.
must have been mt the time the dcpre-
al aI a ..if nf bn
United States, and that the Indians
committing the depredations We're not
hostile to the United States. but in the
language of the law ''in amity." The
committee in its report sustained the
provision of the bill removing the re
quirement of citizenship but on the
question of amity was unable to agree
and the discussion on this feature of
the bill will be taken to the floor of the
Senate. A number of western sena-
tors will urge the removal of this con
dition of the law, which is regarded as
Il harsh and unjustifiablc discrimina-
tion which bars many meritorious
claims from consideration.
At meeting of the Philippine com
mittee Senator Lodge presented II cable
from General Chaffee giving the
charges and specifications of Major
Gardner relative to Tayabas province.
The charges consisted of allegations
that troops had burned buildings, ma
tives had been badly treated by Lieut..
George De G. Catiin. and assaults on
five women had been made by soldiers.
Senator Lodge stated to the committee
that Catlin had been under treatment
for deranged mind. Catlin was charg-
ed with striking natives for not taking
of their hats to him. Senator Lodge
also laid before the committee Gst of
over 300 officers and enlisted men in
the United States army who have been
tried by court-martial for offenses
against natives; also IL list of natives
tried by military commissions, for
cruelty to United States soldiers and
violation of the laws of war.
Senator Hoar has introduced n new
isthmian canal bill, leaving to the
President the selection of n route. The
bill is brief, merely providing that lit
shall be the duty OF the President of
the United States, as soon as the same
can economically and conveniently be
DONE to cause to be eXcavated and con
structcd IL canal of such depth and ca
pacity as will be sufficient for the
movement of ships of the greatest ton
mage and draft now in use and such
as may be reasonably anticipated, from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, by such
route as may be selected by him, hav-
ing satisfied himself of the right of
the United States to construct and pro-
tcct such canal" The President also
is directed to have harbors constructed
ut both ends of the canal, and he Is
given authority ito employ such
agencies and obtain such advice as lac
shall find necessary" Authority is
given to the President to determine
the terms on which foreign countries
may use the canal The aggregate cost
of the canal is fixed ut S1S0,OOO,OOO,
and S1O.00O.0OO is appropriated for the
beginning of work.
L. Il. Hallock of Boston testified be-
fore the Senate committee on the Phil
ippines. He was formerly of the Twen-
ty-sixth infantry. Asked what became
of the philippine prisoners to whom
the cure was administered. he replied
that they We're placed in Il guard house
20N2J feet in size, in which theie was
one window, and in which there We're
at times eighteen men confined. The
twelve prisoners We're kept for four or
five months and then they tried to es-
cape That effort had been successful
on the part of some of them. but five
or six fleeing prisoners Were shot and
killed One of them was killed while
trying to get away when the squad
were taken to the river for Il bath,
and the others when out mt work in
n general rush for liberty. All but one
of the prisoners who did not escape
were killed. Mr.. Hallock also stated
that he had been present when IL vii
lagc of 5000 to 1000 had been burned,
and that the occupants of the houses
had not had time to carry out the far
niture. He had known of three or
fnur other tlSpS of Surh destruction
of property. but had not been an eye
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