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New-York tribune., 1903-01-30
ARMY BILL REPORTED TO SENATE
General staff and Retirement Plans At
tached to 1t.

washington. JAN 2a-The Army Appropriation
bill was reported to the Senate to-day, amehded III
various particulars The most important additions
rroyiSe for the retirement with advanced rank or
cf,rers who served in the Civil War and for the
creation of a general staff. The retirement amend
ment Is in the exact language of the bill recently
reported by the Senate Military Committee and the
staff amendment in :he language of the Staft Dill
recommended by the Secretary of War, with the
Military Committees amendments added
Tho committee recommends increases in appro-
priations aggregatng $4,000. the total carried by
the bill as reported being s77.24l,2T. Among the
more important amendments other than those al
ready mentioned are the following The addition OF
tu entv-fve master electricians 10 the artillery
corps at So each a month: authorizing the detail Of
twenty additional retired army officers military
attaches at foreign courts and as instructors IN
the organization Of the National Guard; granting
officers the privilege eujoyed by enlisted men
OF making deposits Of funds with the paymaster
general and receiving interest them; striking out
tho House provision for the muster out of the Porto
Rican provisional regiment and inserting a suhsti-
tute authorizing the enlistment of Porto Rcan ct1-
zens In the regular army. with authority TO serve
outside of Porto Rico: increasing the House appro-
priation for quartermaster supplies to the extent
of sno COO approprating 81 900 for the equipment OF
Officers schools at military posts authorizing the
department to purchase the horses
ON ned by officers when the officers transferred
from one station to another: ma king Immediately
available 100000 of the 81 $1,000 appropriated on
account Of barracks and quarters. and authorizing
The lse of s1O0oD0 the purchase of heavy furni
fllre for officers quarters approprating $4,000 for
pest m t t,hnnirn Islands f6 IRE EXTENT Of
SO 600: increasing the appropriation for the trans
portation of the army from Sl3eN,9D to sl6o0W0;
priated for medicines and hospitals for tbs payment
of bills Incurred by officers while absent from the
army granting double time TO enlisted men serving
I'm Cuba Po to Rico and the Philippines the same
as in the case OF the men who served In China;
reducing the increase in the Signal Corps provided
bE the House bill
New-York tribune., 1903-01-30
WANTS TO SELL ORDNANCE TO CUBA.
The Spanish Minister Submits Proposition
to Secretary Root.

Washington, Jan. 29.-Secretary Root to-day re-
ceived visit from Senior Ojeda, the Spanish Min
ister during the of which the minister sub
mitted in behalf of his government proposition
to sell 10 the government of Cuba considerable
amount of ordnance In position in the Cuban
fortresses BY the treaty of peace movable artil-
lery to remain in the possession of SPAIN 10 be
removed at the pleasure of that government. A
large quantity of field artillery was removed
The Spanish position IS that the guns mounted in
fortresses belong in the same category of NOV
ables the ground that. having been transported
in one piece from Spain shipboard. they cannot
be regarded .mmovahles. When the United
States turned over the government of Cuba to it's
people it allowed all this artillery to remain in
place. Now the Spanish Government wants to be
tary Hay respecting this matter
New-York tribune., 1903-01-30
PEABODY FUND TRUSTEES MEET.
To Work in Harmony with the General
Education Board

Washington Jan 2e-The board of trustees of
the Peabody Education Fund held special meeting
in this city to-day for the purpose OF formulating
plan by which the work of the board and that of
the general education board which Is working
along the same lines. shall not be duplicated The
following members were present: Samuel F. Green,
OF Massachusetts,; James T. Porter, of Tennessee;
]. Pierpont Morgan, of New-York; Chief Justice
Fuller of the Supreme Court; William A. Courtenay,
of South Carolina; Fl. NJ Somerville of Alabama:
Charles E. Ferner. of louisiana; ex-President d. C.
Gilman of Johns Hopkins University; George Pea
body Wetmore. of Rhode Island: Senator Hoar, of
Massachusetts,: ex-Secretary Richard Olney, eI-
Secretary Hoke Smith. of Georgia. and Bishop
William c. Doane. of New-York. The general sub
ject of education in the South was discussed.
The most important action taken was the adop-
ton of the following resolution:
That in the opinion of the board of trustees the
fund in its hands or portion of the income there
ticabie to the establishment and maintenance Of
a teachers college to be called the Peabody
College for Teachers, at such point in the South
con1nittee of five, to be appointed by the chair.
is hereby directed to confer with any other boards
TO report at the next meeting of the board a plan
above stated, and that the committee be author
tzed to call TO their aid such specialists as may
by them be deemed necessary.
The following persons appointed the
committee: DR.. Gilman. Secretary Olney, Senator
Hoar J. Pierpont Morgan and ex-secretary Hoke
Smith
The board also adopted q resolution discont1nu-
ing the payments for scholarships that have been
given for some years to A certain number Of stu
dents at the Peabody Normal School at Nash
vile The continuance Of the payments was vas de- de
take effect until October. f9oi not to inter
fere with existing scholarships
The Peabody Fund capital is now s. 10000 To-
days proceedings show that final distribution
of the fund is in contemplation. although
such final winding up of the affairs will require
some years for consun1mation; No definite plan
of action formulated. and it will be IN the
neighborhood of a year before final and salts
factory basis be agreed upon The committee
appointed under the resolution regarding co-opera-
tiOp late this afternoon conferred with COM
mittee from the General Education Board, con-
sisting of Robert C Ogden, George Foster Pea
body and William H. Baldwin. jr.. of New-fork
At this conference the subject of education in the
South was discussed. and methods for avoidance
of duplication of work by the two bodies were
talked over, but definite line Of action was
formulated. The next meeting of the board will
October.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-30
DEMOCRATS ON LITTLEFIELD BILL
They Propose Several Changes, Including a
Free Trade Amendment.

Washington Jan GA minority report was sub
m:tted to the House to-day by the Democratic
members of the judiciary Committee the anti
trust bill; recently reported by the committee
The views of the minority submitted at consd-
cradle length. They propose an amendment Whlch
viii make the bill applicable in its operations to
in the future. and will deny 20 all corporations
violating the Sherman Antitrust law the of
the mails, telegraph and telephone systems. as well
the other facilities of interstate commerce specl-
fed in the bill reported. Another amendment pro-
poses TO make watered stock grounds for declaring
a corporation bankrupt. Still another amendment
provides that every corporation engaged in inter-
state commerce, wherever organized. shall be sub
iect the jurisdiction of the State in which it
Provision is made by the minority for the
in position of tax all corporations with CAPT
tai in excess of 500 011 In addition to imposing
fine where common carriers knowingly transport
the goods of corporation violating the Antitrust
law. provision is made by the minority for
marv seizure and condemnation of such goods
Finally the minority propose amendment putting
the free list certain articles manufactured of
steel. agricultural implements. paper and pulp for
the manufactur of paper. window and plate glass;
salt and other articles.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-30
IDLE HOUR NOT SETTLING.
Foundations Not Built on Sand-weather
Alone Caused Cracks.

1t was learned yesterday that the report from
Sayviiie. Long Island that Idle Hour. the coun-
try home of w X. Vanderbilt at Oakdale, was
settling. was utterly without foundation. The
VTorkmen who have been employed for several
weeks on the house have been engaged in max
ing ordinary house repairs and alterations
planned for this winter. and the work is said 10
be going ali right.
The story that Idle Hour. with it's great
weight of stone. steel and brick is slowly drfv-
ing the sand from beneath it's foundations. is
untrue The fact is that the ground on which
the building stands is thoroughly firm Not only
is this spot free from sand but the surrounding
land shows it's fertility by the large trees which
are so numerous about the place.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-30
NOMINATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT
George E. Roberts Reappointed Director of
the Mint

Washington Jan. 29.-The President sent the fol-
lowing nominations to the Senate to-day:
<.,,..orz os c~ustoms-wIL.IIAM J. GRANT. Of New
Torl for the District OF Vincent, v Y. WILL
IAN II. DANIELS, or NeW-1ork, lot the Dlstrlct OF
Oswegatchie, n. Y
Surveyor OF Ctlstoms-JOHN a BASSfilsaH' Fort OF
Greenport. n. y.
r,,-oc,or Of the Mint--GEoRGE F. ROBERTS, OF Iowa.
ARMY.
,o,on. CHARLES I. DAVIS Infantry. to be briga
der general.
lieutenant Colonel RICHARD H PRATT. 18th Cavalry.
to be colonel.
Major FREDERICK X. NAt0D ISL Ca'aiiS' I" 'o HVN
tenant colonel.
f.,ntain EBEN SWIFT. 5th Cavalry. to be major.
EIrs lieutenant HENRY &. WHITEHEAD. 10th Cavalry.
to " captain
First Lieutenant HENRY NJ MORROW, 9th Cavalry to
fe +ndee advocate. with rank OF major.
ALBERT B. HATFIELD large 10 be first lieutenant OF
NAVY.
tpE,pERIC[1 w : DEAN. o South Carolina and
tsIS,T5 AFsD I. SUTTON. Missouri be assistant
New-York tribune., 1903-01-30
SCHOONER WRECKED IN FOG.
Crew Reaches Shore at Last with Help of
Life Savers.

Nantucket. Mass. Jan. 29-The Boston fishing
schooner Maggie and Hattie. Captain Eldridge
Nickersou. was wrecked to-day on the Rose and
Crown the outermost Of the Nantucket Shoals The
crew of ten in their boats reached Great Point
Light in safety
The schooner had been out a week on a fishing
trip and last night she into fog bank on the
shoals. To-day Captain Nickerson thought he
could pick up the Pollock Rip lightships. The wa
ter began TO shoa and before the crew knew IL the
vessel was aground Captain Nickerson had six
dories provsioned and put overheard, and when the
schooner began to settle the boats all started to
the westward. In seven hours the little fleet had
gone through the Rips and over the shoals to
Great Point Light From there the Costaka life
savers brought the fishermen here.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-30
TREATIES IN THE SENATE.
Mr.. Cullom Says the Canal Treaty Will Be
Favorably Reported.

Washington, Jan 29.-In the executive session
of the Senate to-day the treaty for the settle
ment of the dispute over the Alaskan boundary
and the protocol extending the time for the rati
fication of the Cuban reciprocity treaty until
March 81 referred TO the Committee on
Foreign Relations. Senator Cullom Informed
the Senate that the committee would meet to-
morrow, and that he desired to have the two
matters mentioned available for consideration at
that time. The committee will also take UP the
Panama Canal treaty with Colombia, and Sen
ator Cullen expresses the opinion that there
Will be a favorable report on it,
New-York tribune., 1903-01-30
QUIET DAY IN THE SENATE.
Statehood and Alleged Philippine Cruelties
Discussed

Washington, Jan. 2s.-The Senate proceedings to-
day not marked by any lively debates such as
occurred yesterday. Mr.. McLaurin. of Mississippi
urged adoption Of the Rawlins resolution calling
the Secretary OF War for the evidence in GER
tain court martial cases in the Philippines, on the
ground that officers of the army in number OF
instances had brutally treated Filipino men and
women, and he wanted them weeded of the
army. Mr. Lodge closed his remarks in opposition
the Omnibus Statehood bill and Mr.. Bard of
California also spoke in opposition to 1t.
Just before the Senate adjourned Mr.. Foraker
took occasion TO say that the proposition of Sena-
tor Quay to attach the Statehood bill to appro-
priation bill not extraordinary Legislation
he said had been placed appropriation bills be-
fore by the viii of the Senate. Mr.. Clay of Geor-
gia, expressed the view
New-York tribune., 1903-01-30
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS.

Washington, jan 2e.-The following army and
navy orders have been issued:
ARMY.
7 LANES H BRADFORD. Jr-- 10Th IN
will Colonel Charles y Coolidge, 9Th
Irfsntr,, OF the examining board at the
prezlII5 5ofSa Francisco, for examination for promo
t,irs Lieutenant MAURY CRAIE. 10Th Infantry. VIII
report TO Major Frank u. Robinson I'd Cavalry presi-
dent of the examining board at Fort sheridan Tor eS
for promotion
Major GEORGE Il. SMITH paymaster Will report TO the
commanding general Division Of the philippines for
duty as paymaster % tha. division. 10 relieve
Lieutenant Colonel Charles III. Whipple deputy pay
master general who viii proceed to San Francisco
FIrst Lieutenant HENRY r. CLARK artillery corps -
relieved from duty the Artillery School Fort Mon
roe and will proceed to Grand Rapids
Captain GtsrAvt1 : STEVENS. artillery corps Is "a
IIeyed from Grand Rapids. Mich. ana VIII
oin his company n Fort Washington
First Lieutenant LEROY T. HIIIMAN. artillery corps
transferred the Tith Company coast artillery
TO the unassigned list
Major JOHN H. DUNAI. is detailed as professor OF rni
tary science ana tactics Grove Civ college.
NAVY.
Surgeon y ", kAINES, the Giouces
New-York tribune., 1903-01-30
DIR. HILL LEAVES STATE DEPARTMENT.
Takes the Oath of Office as Minister to Switz-
erland.

Washington Jan. 29.-Dr. David Jayne Hill. who
resigned the Office of Assistant Secretary of State
10 become United States Minister TO Switzerland.
took official leave of his associates at the State
Department to-day. and also made a round OF fare
weil calls i'm diplomatic and official circles. He sub
scribed to the oath of office Minister to Swtzer-
land at the State Department this afternoon, and
will sail for his post of duty Saturday morning
from New-York the steamer Patricia of the
Hamburg American Line landing at Cherbourg
MT I,oomis the new Assistant Secretary of State
uho Is now at Lakewood, n. J., with his family. is
next week.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-30
CANNOT PUNISH CAPTAIN BROWNELL.
So Attorney General Knox Reports to Sec
retary Root

Washington. Jan. 29The Attorney General has
rendered opinion, in answer to inquiry by
the Secretary of War, to the effect that Captain
Brownell. who member of Vermont yolun
regiment, and who has been accused of killing
Father Augustin by the water cure in the Philip
pines. and whose conduct has been subject of
discussion In Congress. is longer amenable to
either civil military law for his actions while
serving in a Vermont regiment in the Philippines.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-30
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Indian Bill Passed and Postofflce Bill Taken
Up.

Washington. Jan 29.-The House to-day passed
the Indian Appropriation bill and began consdera-
ton OF the Posoffice Appropriation bill. Mr.. Bur
ton of Ohio continued his criticism OF the extraVa
gance OF The items the Indian bill to the end. but
his three days attack the bill did not produce
many reductions. Mr.. Patterson. of Tennessee,
took advantage Of the latitude allowed in general
debate the Postoffice bill to make a set speech
OF ar hour and a half on the trust question. Mr..
Reid OF Arkansas, spoke good roads. The con-
ferrees the Department of Commerce bill were
named just the House adjourned.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-30
GREATER DISTINCTION FOR sEReEANTs.

BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.
Washington, Jan 29-The War Department has
received interesting suggestion from an army
officer who is on duty captain in the Porto
Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry. The off,
is Captain F. l.. Graham, of the sharp
craftsmanship. His experience has led him to sug-
gest that greater distinction should be made be-
tween the sergeants and other enlisted men of the
company than is now the case. He says in com
muncation to Adjutant General COrbin:
The sergeants should occupy rooms separate
from the other men; they should at a separate
table and this table should he provided with slight
delicacies from time to time that furnished
the other men when it be done without actual
injustice TO the others. All these things would
tend to increase the dignity of the office and help
the maintain that dignity and generally
assist his authority and standing 1t is frequently
observed that where sergeants in the habit Of
entering Familiarity into the joking and skylarking
OF company, may be seen once in "A while. they
have little influence with the under them the
latter have very little respect for their orders and
the former often have difficulty in enforcing their
commands. unless they are backed up by orders
from the first sergeant" Further. the sergeantS
supposedly the brightest and abest men in the
company. and when man has attained that posi-
tion he should receive all the advantages be de-
TO help them along in that direction and try TO
make the other enlisted men understand il so
TO CURE COLD In ONE DAY
Take laxative Bromo- -ouinine Tablets. This sigma
New-York tribune., 1903-01-30

law which was enacted by Congress '' WITH one ame
benevolent plIrpose of protecting the tfipino peo-
ME against the selfish exploitation of the Philip
pines has been the unfortunate cause OF DrlIEiis K
The Iaborers who have been employed lot years III
sugar fields TO the very verge of famine
New-York tribune., 1903-01-30
NO ACTION YET ON LEssLER CASE.

Washington. jan 29.-The subcommittee OF the
House Committee on Naval Affairs charged with
the preparation Of findings for the full committee
I'm the matter OF the investigation Of the Lessler
bribery charges unable to meet to-day owing
TO the absence Of one of its members It is ex-
pected that meeting Will be held tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-30
TO FAVOR AMERICAN VESSELS.

Washington. Jan. 29.-Representative Belmont. of
New-York, to-day introduced a bill promote
commerce and foster the merchant marine by
granting allowances to vessels of American register
on customs duties and tonnage dues.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-30
CALIFORNIA AGAINST TREATY.

Sacramento. Jan. 29.-The assembly to-day. by a
of 81 to passed resolutions instructing Sena
TORS Perkins and Bard to vote against the Cuban
reciprocity treaty.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-30
PROPOSING 100000 FOR PRESIDENT.

Washington Jan 29.-Representative Bristow. of
New-York. to-day introduced a bill increasing the
salary of the President Of the United States to
100000 a
New-York tribune., 1903-01-30

TO CURE A COLD In ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo- Quinne Tablets. This sigma
ture ~ A. every box. 25c.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-06-19
THE GOVERNOR AND his NOMINEES.

Governor outside the circle of his personal acquaintance
judged his appontes office and by the character of the admins
which such appointees make Here in Hawaii where the
genesis Boyd ncumbences known Governor Dole
any dcredted by the for which W. H. Wright
and H. Boyd indicted But the mainland there
great deal OF unpleasant talk All the old of the anms
baaTy Of asst and scon Even the visiting Senators w
explaining keep them from eachng unjust conclusions But the
truth could not go everywhere and as result OF the acts Of men
under protest from Home Rule Legislature and Republican Ter
tora Committee that united to budoze him. his administration
held responsible for things which utterly foreign to its
purposes poses and character. 49, ,....-..,
better this pointed let the Legislature
might betray the Dole admins
traion But acuated by desire for party unity on the one hand
on the other Governor put aside and accepted
Rss If TA6 RTHHTfd IFS ONLY LAY IN
solely responsible for the character OF his administration should
make his choice members OF his party Of nominees
Senate confirm If that body knows nothing against the chaac
s and Of IN n G0 ara w ao o
will notify the Governor and him the chance send another
the the United respect of cabinet
appointment Its part to advise and not nominate
Dole feeling the kind OF he felt ago
al f ad on wo seemingly f @
patronage OF the Public Works office at coming primaries and
name in the lower House There absolutely nothing
such politics for the Republican party for Mr. Dole and his
friends for honest All three can gain more from
reach the best results the least the than from
who will darken the roads with oang OF political heee
them for such House ticket had last fall
and for similar nominees for county offices.
The thing for the Governor do would be
pick Republican who would attend to public
works and not to Primaries who would that the
and then STAND BY HIM LIKE
ROCK If the politicians object what harm? What they want
people and ought have often widely and
vitality different character If the Legislature down salaries
coercion then the Governor properly refuse to
bill whole and fall back the bien
NAL appropriations That would be the Roosevelt the Grover
the only by which Governor keep his
administration being TAKEN OUT OF HIS HANDS and
purposes which aront his principles and those
his
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-06-19
OCEANIC WHARF
IN BAD SHAPE

The tearing up of the planking on
the Oceanic wharf has revealed a state
of affairs which makes it seeming
miracle that there was never "A disaster,
when the wharf was crowded with
freight and people. In more than one
place there is seen to be such a con-
dtion of combination of dry rot and
the toreda as to destroy the usefulness
of the cap tmbers. On some the rot
ting, where the caps are placed on the
piles, has been so great as to show that
instead of twelve inches of timber on
the top of the uprights, the weight
has pushed down the soft stringers
until the piles are within eight inches
of the surface. Again, where the
wharf was submerged to the string
timbers at high tide, the toredo has
got into the top of the piles, and eaten
away so much of the wood that the
weight from above has split and torn
the copper casing of the piles. On
the front row there We're found piles
eaten completely in half, as the copper
had been torn off by being struck by
a propeller at some time. Good pro-
gress is being made by contractor De
Fries with the work.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-06-19
LOCAL BREvIrlES.
(From Wednesdays daiiy.)

The Lualualei land deal has been per-
fected.
/ Superintendent II. r. Cooper will
take a rest of several days at his
Peninsula residence.
Representative Henry Vida has or
dered two silver cups of II. F. Wich-
man for the Pearl Harbor rowing races
on July 4.
The commencement exercises of the
Honolulu High School will take place
next Saturday at s o'clock at Progress
Hall. A class of ten will graduate.
Funeral services over the body of
| Eugene Bal, which was sent to Maui
for burial in the Caludine yesterday
evening, were held at H. II. Williams
undertaking parlors in the morning.
| The closing exercises of Maunaolu
Seminary on Maui last week were ex-
ceedingly interesting. They consisted
of a concert on Tuesday evening and
a school exhibition the following morn
ing.
William Harbottle, George Akau and
Edward Jewett of the Hilo militia are
in the Queens Hospital with dengue
fever. They were unable to return
with the remainder of the company
to Hilo.
Under its new control, the Kona
plantation will have its remaining crop
taken off Immediately. +. T.. Conant
has been appointed manager. There is
no lack of Chinese and Japanese labor
in Kona. A. B. Wood and r, w. Shin
gle. representing the purchasers, re-
turned from the plantation yesterday.
Peter High had three sets of carpen-
tiers, working on different contracts,
strike yesterday for eight hours a day.
The movement started with the knock
ing off of a lonely union man at one
place, under pressure from the Union.
Several non-union men on the same
job followed suit and two other gangs,
when they heard of the walkout, did
the same.
There was good days sport at Ka-
paa, Kauai, on the 18th. In polo
match the Lihue team defeated the
Kealia team by six to four. The Kea-
liza team consisted Of r. Spaulding, X.
Lowell ]. Kawani and ]. Spaulding,
and the Lihue of P. Malina, ]. Malina,
Chas. Rice and A. Rice. Lihue also
won a baseball match against Kealia
by thirty-three to nine.