Star Tribune from Minneapolis, Minnesota • Page 1

TWELVE PAGES VOL. XXXIII. NO. 342. Ay.El,(SjyVFHIAY APRIL 27, 1900.

i'RICE ONE CENT Circulation Statement Dally Tribune TOTAL PAPERS daily -vt iuiiuiij umixii on, iivw. orUlLtlU UN rKUN 1 11NU 141,553 AVbKAuE PW Willie li ULIiL -v nt jr jr 7 A SUBSTANTIAL AND HANDSOME IMPROVEMENT. THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND THEIR INHABITANTS HULL IS VICTIM OF FLAM EES mm-imimr if MA fm fPS idtV Hi- Kt' i iM im mt ht- fei i sail -i Judge Thomas Canty Makes an Exhaustive Address Based on Observatica and Personal Experience. He Thinks It Will Require 300,000 Men Ten Years, and Thereafter a Permanent Standing Army of 100,030 Men to Restore and Maintain Order in the Islands. LJ 1 Chapter of Inside and Current History Regarding the Insurrection and the Methods Adopted to Quell It Which Throw Additional and Interesting Light on the Situation.

Judfce Canty spoke at the Lyceum theater last evening on his observations anl experiences resultant from his recent trip to the Philippines. He talked two hours, and was listened to by a large audienca. every deiail the new iuildings will be made convenient and up to ilaic. Each of the two sew structures will be six storks in height, with basement. In size they will have a frontage of 88 feet In Third street and will have a depth of 125 feet each in Seventh avenue.

The new track will run to the rear of the new warehouse, and excellent facilities will thus be ahVrcTid for the transfer of freight. Implements can be brought to the storage houses by the car l.ad and unloaded at once, while equal advantages will be offered for outgoing ordrs. The undertaking of these extensive improvements depends on the action of the city at Hh meeting tonight. The ordinance granting the building of this extra side track comes up for final passage before the aldermen tonight. If the desired permission Is granted ground will be broken ut once for the new structures, but If the aldermen refuse to make the ordinance a law the jjlaug will be The firms which intend to erect these substantial blocks are now located in Third avenue north.

The AdvanceJThresher company is at 322-4-0 Third avenue and the J. I. Case Implement company has quarters at 3OS-10-12-H Third avenue. The new location and the new tracks will afford them much better transfer facilities than those they have now, and it is stated that If tho new track goes In other large firms will seek locations in the territory now known as "Fish Alley." Judge Canty made the Journey to the Philippines for the expresa purmse of in vestigating the various phases of the situation, and he certainly applied himself well to the task, else he would have been unable to have talked as intelligently upon, the subject as he did. It had been heralded that Judge Canty would speak about matters which Gen, Otis and his censor bureau had never permitted to leave the islands through regular channels, hence there was considerable curiosity as to what Judge Canty would say.

He was frank and fearless in his utterances, and elaborated on certain ti pics, which, made the address of greater interest for that reason. A number of well known citizens surrounded Judge Cauty on the stage, among whota were Mayor James Gray, C. J. Ituell, Capt. John Vander-Horck, Judge Larson, Paul Fontaine, Theodore Basting, lleujamln F.

Nelson, M. Walsh, John C. Oswald, A. Quist, Capt. T.

Connelly, Elijah Burton. The address was received with thoughtful attention, and was closely followed. There were few demonstrations of enthusiasm, the audience seeming rather to desire to listen to the words of a business man touching on a subject which he had thoroughly studied than to Interrupt the current of his thoughts. Mayor Grey made a short opening speech, concluding by presenting the speaker of the evening. Judge Canty, of whom he said an introduction was unnecessary, owing to his large acquaintance.

Judge Cauty spoke as follows: that on the opposite side Is the warehouse the J. I. Case Implement vtnDany proposes to construct. Kees Colburn, architects, 6i3 Kasota block, have prepared the plans for these Important Improvements. Ii buildings are to be the same In size and construction, although their exterior appearance will bp slightly different." They aretcr be exceedingly handsome structures, with a much more imiwsing appearance than the ordinary warehouse.

Pressed brick with terra cotta trimmings is to be used, and they are to be heavily and substantially constructed. Considerable money Is to be expended exterior decoration. Ample elevator service will be provided, and in CONCESSION IS CANCELLED McarnKuit a DecUion AfcalaHt Maritime t'unal ''omiiany. Dy Wire From Washington, April 27. The Nlcaraguan government has finally cancelled the concession to the Maritime Canal Co.

to construct a ship canal acro.ss Nicaragua. This decision is the result of proceedings covering a period of nearly five months. The original concession would have expired Oct. 5 last, but the company applied for an extension of the period. This was refused by the Nicaraguan government, and then the company, contending that it had been prevented by circumstances beyond Its control from carrying out its contract, had resort to an article in that contract providing for a settlement of differences between the company and the Nicaraguan government by means of arbitration.

1 The Nicaragusn government admitted the obligation to arbitrate the matter, and appointed its arbitrators. The company was invited to do likewise, but being notified that in accordance with the-common law of nations It must name Nlearaguana as arbitrators, it failed to do so. On the 31st of January the Nicaragunn fiscal solicitor appeared before the superior court and asked for a judgment against the company by default, on the ground that it not only had failed to appoint its arbitrators but that It also had fulled to take an appeal to the court within the legal Irlod of four months allowed for that purpose. Since that date the matter has been held under considerate and the I'nited States minister to Nicaragua, Mr. Merry, ha-heeii at Managua, seeking to effect a Just settlement of the issue.

Information has Just reached here that the courts, having decided against the company's claims, the Nicaraguan government has refused to extend the period of time allowed for the construction of the Nlcaraguan canal by tho Canal and has vacated Its concessions. WHEELER GOING TO MARRY Report That the Gallant Cieuernl and Mm, hildH Will De ulled. By Wire From Washington, April 27. Persistent rumor again couples the names of Gen. Joseph Wheeler end Mrs.

George W. Childs. and this time there seems good reason to beliee an announcement of to marry will be made. When Mrs. Childs was asked for a confirmation or denial of the rumor sho smiled and referred the questioner to Gen.

Wheeler. The gallant veteran also smiled when asked ubuut it. No SnlooiiK, Debfp. PIERRE, S. April 27.

Sully county boasts of the fact that It has no saloon withing its borders, no debt, no pauper. That county generally holds a term of court once in two years, and cleans up the calendar in a two or three day term. Quebec Cily of Twelve ThousaaiLPecple Wiped Out By Fierce Fire. Residences, Stores, Public Buildings and Newspaper Offices Are All Gone, Nearly Fifteen Thousand Men and Women Rendered Homeless. Sparks Cross the River and Ottawa Suffers to a Great Extent Loss Estimated to Be in the Neighborhood of Twenty Millions.

Ily Wire From Ottawa, April 27. Five square miles of territory burned over; more than 2,000 dwellings, factories, tnllls, stores and Qlher buildings destroyed, entailing a luss estimated to reach -000, and between 12,000 and men, women and children homeless 1b a summing up of the havoc wrought by the fire which has been raging ut Hull and in Ottawa since 11 o'clock yesterday morning, and ut midnight was not completely under control. Most of the lumber plica In Ottawa and Hull have disappeared and are now mere heaps of charred wood and ashes. Half a dozen churches and schools, a number of mills, the Hull water works, the Hull court house and Jail, the postofme, the convent almost every business place and about lii'O dwellings and shops In Hull have been destroyed. Indeed, practically uth-ine of Hull la left but a church and a few houses beyond it.

The spot where ths flra originated is about a quarter of a mile from the mala street of Hull, and as a gale was blowing from the northwest, right in the direction of the lumber piles and mill on both the Hull and Ottawa shores of the Ottawa river and Chaudlere Falls, It was soon seen that the fire was almost certalj to be a large one. By 11:30 the fire had got a good hold of Main street, and the entire street with dozens of cross streets was burned. There is not a house left on the street. The fire originated through a tire In a dirty chimney, and the high wind caused the flames to spread rapidly. Coming to the Ottawa side of the river and that portion of the city east of Division street, th old boundary line of the city before Roches-terville was annexed, everything was almost entirely burned.

ENTIRE CITY DESTROYED. The city of Hull burned from noon yesterday until far Into the night, and all that remains is a small corner in the east end of the city. There are a few houses standing in the suburbs of the burned city. Hull has a population of about 12,000 people and more than half of them are homeless. The entire business part of the city, including the court house, postofflce, public buildings and newspaper offices is one mans of rultw.

The population is almost entirely composed of people who work in the mills or who derive their business from those works. CROSSES THE U1YER. The Ore crossed the Ottawa river In the ifternoon, took hold among the lumber piles the brink of the river, and extended to tho lumber yards and mills. The result la that the whole of that part if Ottawa known as the Chaudlere Flats, nirroundlng the Canadian Pacific railway itation, where the lumber mills are all looted, is fire swept. The only building standing In the whole irea is that of the Ottawa Carbile factory, Is newly erected and fire proof.

From the flats the fire extended across he Richmond road onto Rochestervlllo and is far as the experimental farm. Westerly the fire took in Hunterburg and dechanlcsvllle, so that on the Ottawa side the river there is a larger area covered fire than on the Hull side. ITIOISAXD8 ARE HOMELESS, It is estimated that at the present time he number of people homeless In tho two Itles and suburbs is not less than 12,000, It may reach 15,000. The government hag given the drill hall ind the city the large exhibition buildings accommodate the sufferers. All the in-titutlons In the city which have any ac-ommodatlon at all have lent a hand to aid he distressed.

The only industry left standing In Hull 3 the Goulmer Houston lumber mill, at he extreme end beyond the city limits, tear Gatlneau Point, and It Is still in dan-or. The large Roman Catholic cathedral Is till standing but the flames surround It. Nothing can be done to stop the fire. It burn Itself out to the water'B edge. The Hull Lumber company's mills, the I TALK ABOUT TlJCK! Providing the city council paKfes the pending ordinance granting permission to the Chicago, Milwaukee St.

Paul Railroad company to construct a spur track from its yards across Seventh avenue south, work on the erection of the two handsome busi ness blocks, thown In the abave cut, will be begun at once. These new structures will represent an Investment of between 1150,000 and The cut shows a view looking down Seventh avenue from Third street, and the liur mills are shown towards the river. The building on the right hand side of the picture is that to be built by the Advance Thresher company and extensive works of E. Ii. Eddy, match and paper factories, as well as his residence, are all In ruins, as well as the Inter-pro-vlncial bridge, whi a connects the city of Ottawa with Hull.

LOSS STILL UltEATEIi. On the Ottawa side of the river the lofs is still greater. There are in ashes the Uronson and Weston Lumber company's mills, the J. R. llooth lumber mills, the McKay Milling plant, the Ottawa electric railway power house, the Martin and Warneck mills, the Victoria foundry, the Ottawa saw works, the Ottawa Specialty company, the Pain planing mills, and several other industries.

There are also feveral fine residences included in this area. Among them Is that of J. R. Ikoth, which was valued at flou.000; also tho residence of his son-in-law, A. W.

F'c-ck, that of George Foster, Lewis Bunnell, manager for Mr. Uronson, and Mr. Pain, of the Pain mills, the latter two beautiful houses, out of which their owners were not able to take anything, so quickly did the flames extend to them. As soon as the members of the govern-meutsaw the fire was to be a disastrous one the acting minister of public works telegraphed to Montreal, Peterboro and Drockville for fire appliances and all assistance that could be sent. Ol I.D SOT HE TOIM'ED.

But although they arrived speedily they were of no avail. Nothing could stop the ravages of the fire, which leaped over whole blocks and broke out in all directions. The Canadian Pacific railway station, which Is on Chaudler Flats, was among one of the first buildings to go, as It was a wooden structure. The large cliff which extends from the Ottawa river back hy Christ church and St. John the Ilaptlst church on to Roohester-ville, was the only thing which saved the whole city of Ottawa becoming a prey to the fire.

Shortly after noon the wind, which was blowing previously in a northwesterly direction, changed to a southeasterly direction, and in this way what remained of Ottawa was saved. It is almost idle to talk of losses while the fire yet burns and with a change of winds will certainly sweep the city, but a moderate calculation is somewhere between $15,000,000 and The government hud the militia called out and adjourned the house of commons until Tuesday on account of the fire. BOYCOTT NOW TALKED OF OrKHiiireil Labor 'Will Shun Dewey Festivities lu CIiIchko. By Wire From Chicago, April 27. The long talked of boycott of the Dewev celebration bv orranW.d lnhnr iimV fnrm yesterday, when the executive committee of district No.

8, of the International Association of Machinists issued an edict declaring the nromoters of thm celebration nnwi M- nistic to union labor, and ordering meru- ners or me union to taKe no part in it. The Evening Post savs it is renorted this aftern(Mn that the mntuHul mpn huva forced a split In the Contractors' associa tion, Between wnicn organization and the building trades unions a war has existed for two months, costing millions of dollars In wages and paralyzing building operations. The renort comes frnm nf tit commmittee aunolnted bv tho ritv council Thfl Contractor for hrirlt wnrlr i Id eol.l have been forced by the brick manufacturers to agree to armtratlon, thus retiring from the position assumed by the Contractors' association that the Trades' coun cil must go." Some of tha conlrAclora nnrlar nmoanM today agreed to treat with the municipal committee and thiB. It Is said, msaim tho ha. ginning of the end of one of the worst uuiioiug iraues siriaes ijnicago nas ever experienced.

Ilurttlar Secure Money. COULTKRVII.1,11, 111. Atirll seared JS.uW) from the vaults of the Har.k of Coulterville during the nrly hours this morn- lnK ana uieae their escape. Tne robbers are to be members at a Karur which has operated throtiKhout this state, Indiana and wisconBin during th last six months, THE ADDRESS During my absence some one asked ms whether or not I am an imperialist. 1 am not an imperialist, but have long been a most ardent expansionist.

But I have always believed that our destiny was on this continent. Five or six years ago I commenced to study Spanish a little In my spare moments, because I believed that we ought to commence to expand into some of the vacant and practically unoccupied territory to the south of us. I visited Central America four years ago and found that there are high, healthy table lands in very thinly populated portions of Honduras and Nicaragua where colonies of Americana could build homes, cultivate plantations, build railroads and Americanize the country. The same is true as to the high interior of Venezuela and Colombo, where vast tracts of healthy country are lying waste. I found there were three parties In each of these countries, one of these parties was the bandit gang that was running the government, another the bandit gang that wanted to run the government, the third was the great bulk of the peace loving people, who desired to be permitted to earn their own living, accumulate property and enjoy good government.

EARLY DESIRED ANNEXATION. I found that this party was exceedingly anxious for annexation to the United States. Mr. Cleveland's refusal to accept the Ha waiian islands and his position on the Venezuelan question had a wonderful effect on these people; they really believed that we meant what we Bald; that we were really champions of human libery, were very particular about who we took Into our family and wanted uoue who were not fitted to come In on equal terms with ourselves. They were exceedingly anxious that Americans should colonize their country and Join them in knocking at the door for admission to the I'nited States.

They regarded It as a great honor under those circumstances to marry into our family. But now they want nothing to do with us, as they believe we are bent on conquest and would hunt them, down and make them slaves. All of these people are now united against us to a man. and would die in the last ditch, before they would conns under our gov- eminent. Sl'CCESSFUL IN PIONEERING.

We have in this country a large num her of people who never succeeded in anything but pioneering. They have beca turned back from the arid plains of the West, and have been restless and looking for new worlds to conquer, especially siaca the panic of If they should go to the Philippines, settle iu the low, fertile valleys and attempt to cultivate the soil, three-fourths of them would be dead In a year. There are no high table lands la the islands. Hut our pioneers could go to the high, unsettled table, lands of South) and Central America, cover them with, American homes and farms, Americanize tho natives, establish good government and, bring those countries In as stales in tho union. But now the people of those countries do not want anything to do with us, and it would take more soldiers nnd cost moi blood and treasure to force ourselves upon them than It will cost to subjugate the Filipinos.

It Is highly probable that by our course in the Philippines we have arrested any further expansion on our part, and thwarted our destiny for generations to come. THE SITVATION IN THE PHILIPPINES. In the Philippines we have stirred up a hornet's nest of the most gigantic proportions. It is my humble opinion that under our management it will take 300.000 men for 10 years, and thereafter a permanent standing army of 100,000 men to restore anl maintain order In the Islands. to arriving in Manila 1 was lea to believe that the war was ubout over.

I called on Gen. Otis and was assured! that such was the fact. But I soon learned that the Insurgents were prowling arount within three miles of Manila. They had been driven off a hundred tlme3, but returned Immediately and were hovering around every army outpost In the outskirts of the city. We have possession of a strip of land about one-balf mile wide along Continued on Saeoad Column.

THE DEMO- 4 A HIV. CONDITION Or' It ITIC In conclniliiin IiIm speech at the Lyre ii in theater last evening, (ant) said! "I have lieeu nLcd to state niiat iionKIimi we should taUe In the l'liiliilue question la the Deiuoerlltie platform this lull. I have ulreatly stated that in my opinion If put HI to 1 In the platform it nlll he immaterial what other planks we put In It. The Hepnhlielinn huvc ull the money, all the newspapers, even hire all the hest huuds, with plenty of speakers, nud Hi to 1 Is all we will hear duriiiM the 4 eampaia. 4 "It is time some one stood up and objected to the way thiiiuN 4 are koIusv in the Deiuoeratie party.

We lime trearhery In the Eust, and iiiiMunnsHrsieiH In 4 the West. The eiutera Demo- ernts intend to let llryaa's mini- inittlou and McKinley's election liy default. Their Idea Is to 4 give the western Democrats and Hrynn men rope enouKB to 11 11 it 4 themselves this time. Then Eastern Deinoernts believe that Melilnley's seeoud term will be one of the most eon-apt that the eouutry has ever seea, and that there will then be a renetiou 4 both nuainst McKlMteylsin nud llryaiiism. The eastera Demo- erats can then net control, nominate and elect their man for president, and will hate another i'leelaad admlalstra- tion with J.

1'ierpoat Moritan Instead of Mark IIhiiuu. The western Demoernls will only net the crumbs whlek fall from the eastern table. 'Minnesota went lie- puhlleun at the last on" year election. How much will It 1111 on presidential eleetioaf These 4 are matters for you tu serious- 4 ly consider. It is your duty to 4.

look these fuels squarely in the 4 faee. I do not believe that un- 4 iler the circumstance we ought 4 to nominate Hrynn. I voted for 4 him before, anil If he Is iininl- 4 anted will vote for htsa nKiiln. 4 "I have no axe tu (trlnd and 110 4 partlenlar rlmiee for eaadldate. 4 Let eiery state brlna; out Its 4 favorite sons and we will piek 4 out the proper men.

4 "I cannot tell you Buy more 4 touiitht, as It Is tluic to stop, but 4 If you will roiue tu hear me in 4 this theater tomorrow (Friday! 4 nluht, I will tell yon a hundred 4 thlitKS that will Rive you some- 4 thloif to think, nuont." 4 I The Powers: "Say, if that fellow was to fall into a bed of mortar he'd come out with diamond ear- rings hanging to hia clothes." vsr WIWIB'IS WWIhl WfllW.