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THE HEW IT ATY. that our new nary Is, In jwint of ships, scarcely more than a dosen yean of -age, It baa become quit as formidable as tee could hope. (The magnificent showing of the fleet during: the war with Spain made It a common raying in "Washington that "the navy could have anything: It wanted. Not even the unfortunate bickerings into which some naval officers have been be trayed about the crowning naval victory of the war have availed to chill this temper of Congress. The bill reported on Monday from the Naval Committee of the House undoubtedly represents.

without real diminution, the demands of the department and of the service. We are by no means under such tremendous bonds as Great Britain to maintain a fleet which shall be able to keep the salt-water highways to our shores open. In war as well as in peace. But we are quietly building or buying up a merchant fleet which will presently give us a greater commercial stake In the waterways than we have had before In forty years. And the ambition of our naval officers to keep on even terms with Ger- maay in naval development seems to be both rational and in a fair way of execu tlorj.

The chief novelty in the present naval budget Js the Increase in the size and ortnidableness of our sea monsters. When the Oregon class of battleships was built, they were the equals in theoretical fighting power of anything afloat. although Inferior in tonnage, to the "Pow erful class In the British Navy, which measured 14.700 tons, against the 12,500 of our biggest battleships. Now, how ever. Great Britain has under consideration three battleships, 'of the "King Edward class, which reach 16,500 tons, and this figure is attained, or closely approached.

In the. two first-class bat tleships contemplated by the new bill. We say the bill must correspond pretty closely with the notions of the service, in spite of the fact that the estimates of the department have been cut down some $27,000,000. Estimates that carried an expenditure of over $100,000,000 in one year were probably not taken too seriously, even by the estimators. 0 In; fact, however, the burning question In our navy is rather that of personnel than that of material.

We can order and pay; for ships without limit, but the question where the man behind the gun is to come from will become more urgent with every new ship. This is a consideration which makes especially odious and ridiculous Insistence of those demagogues of the Slope who have been demanding the exclusion of Chlnaboys front those places aboard ship which they till better than anybody else. It is a pity that the bill which came so near succeeding last year, to, put veterans of the civil war who had been re tired the passage of the act enabling them to.be retired with the rank and pay of the next higher grade, should have failed. It is so plain a piece of Justice to the men whom the act of 1S99 was especially Intended to benefit that no time should be lost In repairing the unintentional and unforeseen injustice that was done them. The clauses of the act for their relief providing for their back pay have been withdrawn.

It is now a question of something less than $200,000 for the next year, and of an annually diminishing sum thereafter. Certainly such a sum should sot be allowed to stand In the way of an act of Justice when we are making appropriations of $77,000,000 for the navy. v- C02IMESCIAL WTKELESS TELEG- -J: iupht. V. Prof.

Fessenden and Mr. Makconx save full faith the commercial future of their respective systems of wireless telegraphy. The Marconi system is already In practical observation under commercial conditions. whDe the professor exuberantly foretells the sale of existing ocean cables for Junk, 'The teaching of experience Is not on the side of caution in forecasting the future of inventions manifestly big with possibilities. The telephone with which Philip Rxis transmitted human' speech In 1809, the telephone of Eusha Gbat.

and the Instrument exhibited by Alex Andes Graham Bell at the Centennial Exhibition, over which our distinguished visitor Lord Kelvin, then known to Ihe world of science as Sir Wuaiam heard quotations from Shakespeare and the New Tork newspapers read. were all In the plaything stage. It required imagination and no little courage to foretell for them a. future of utility end profit, while no 'mind could then picture forth that within a quarter of a century the like the railroad md the telegraph, would become one of Indispensable instruments of the the possibilities of i VV development open to any invention cf the present day. especially any electrical Invention, are almost Immeasurably greater than they were twenty-five years ago, by reason of the Inventor's much greater command over the medium he has put to his service and his far more extended knowledge of its behavior and properties.

Boldness, rather than timidity, is the characteristic -of the age. Moreover, there is a much greater readiness to spend money, even large sums of money. in explorative work and experiment intended to test the worth of an Invention and it to attainable perfection. The world realises the advantage of giving encouragement and opportunity to men of genius who have come forward with devices, early and It may be crude. but having the visible germ of high utility.

The fact that the world is very much In need of wireless telegraphs sharpens Its Interest In the Inventions of Marconi and FsssximsN and puts it In the temper to give them every, encour agement. The day has passed when the great discoverer starves unheeded and unappreciated. COERCION IN.ntELAirD. The cable has told us curiously little of a matter which has lately been occupying the House of Commons to an extent only second to the chronic ques tion of the South African war Itself. That Is the latest acute outbreak of the still more chronic Irish question.

Since England's difficulty has always been Ireland's opportunity. It has seemed strange' to foreign observers that the Irish agitators have not seized the con- Junction in which a British Government, entirely committed against any enlargement of Irish home rule, had its hands very full In a distant continent to break out in outrages." According to Mr. Wtndham, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, that is. In fact, what they have been doing. In consequence of that, the Lord Lieutenant, with the full assent of the Chief Secretary, has proclaimed nine, counties and the two cities of.Waterford and cork, in au a population of a million and a That Is to say.

he has withdrawn from those communities the benefit of trial by Jury and put them under the species of mar tial law provided by the Coercion act. Redmond, in a speech studiously bitter, and at the 'same time studiously moderate, pointed out that Mr. Wtxd-bam himself had. at the beginning of this year, reported that Ireland was freer from agrarian crime than It had been for a century. He entirely denied that there was any 'justification for the proclamation in the condition of the In his rejoinder, Mr.

Wtndham maintained that boycotting was distinctly on: the Increase. He admitted that there were not more than seven or eifht totally boycotted people In Ireland, who could not get the necessaries of life except from, the police," but there were 61 involving 301 persons. where persons live In an atmosphere of dread," and he estimated the number of persons whose welfare and happiness were Indirectly affected at 1.800 or 1,900. Sure enough, 'even this vague estimate does not seem to be a sufficient Justification for depriving a million and a half of people of the safeguards of the ordinary law, and Mr. Wtndham laid himself open to Mr.

Redmond's retort that It wasv precisely in such cases that those safeguards were most needed which had been withdrawn. It seems at least safe. Judging by the past, to say that agrarian crime, and especially will steadily Increase under the operation of the coercive measures. It it difficult for any body of constabulary or troops which the British Government can command in Ireland to Intimidate a million and a half of people out of intimidating, to put it at Mr. Wtnd-ham's maximum, less than 2,000.

THE BRIDGE AND THE B. S. T. Commissioner Lindenthax, does not seem to be making very satisfactory progress with the reform of conditions at the bridge terminal. He and Mr.

Gkeatsinoer-are engaged in a game of In which it does not yet appear where the advantage lies. The management of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, recognizing its obligations under the contract which permits the running of its cars over the bridge, and which specifies that It shall make any alterations in the tracks which are found to be has repeatedly protested that It was subject, to such orders as the Bridge Commissioner Issue. The Commissioner prescribed, four additional loops, and accompanied his request that the work be undertaken at once with the Intimation that If It was not he would order the trolley cars off the bridge. But Mr. Grxatsixqek seems to have reconsidered.

He does not care to Incur the expense of the additional loops, and blandly assures the Commissioner that he may issue his order as soon as he pleases, since nothing would suit his company better than to have its cars ordered off the bridge, as it would thereby save a great deal of money in operating He would catch, on the Brooklyn side, all the travel he now carries and would lose nothing In fares. His willingness to take this position is undoubtedly the result of a conviction that the Commissioner would not dare to make good his threat, owing to the number of people who would be Inconvenienced. Perhaps he Is right; as Mr. Grbatsinoxb has "seen" Mr. Lin-dentbaXj's final raise and called him, the Commissioner's position will be one of no little embarrassment if he allows the discussion to end In the refusal of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company to dq what he has ordered and la afraid to enforce the penalty which he an- nounced would be the usaL esu.lt of such re If, as may safely be assumed.

the Bridge Commissioner Had a right, in the exercise of his official tuthority and dls-rder to Increase eretlon, to Issue the the number of loops kt the New Tork terminal of the bridge, the position of the Brooklyn Bapld Transit Company Is clearly wrong and in defiance of the power under which lt enjoys the right to which It Is by no means as Indifferent as Mr. Griatsinoer (would have it ap- pear. An Immediate reconsideration of its position would be graceful recognl- tlon of the fact that at owes something to the public and cannot set at defiance the city authorities In the discharge of their duties. As to the position of Com missloner XndbntbaL in the matter, it Is reasonably clear, to be bluffed out," tlve to an Increase of He cannot afford If his order rela- track facilities was proper and necessary, he should insist' if this Is refused. upon obedience to It he should seek and apply the means of compelling the railroad company to act.

even though he has to declare its lease void by reason of failure to comply with Its terms and cond! Should the Brooklyn. Rapid Transit Company vacate the bridge, the privilege of a Brooklyn connection might with entire pro priety and large ad? antage be given to the Metropolitan St; eet Railway Com-no doubt be very pany, which would glad to avail itself of it. This would the Brooklyn street shift the terminal of lines from the New Tork end of the bridge, where there Is no room tor it, to the Plata on the Brooklyn side, which affords plenty of roo for an Ideal street railway centre. Mea awhile. Mr.

LnrocN- thai, would do wen to keep his temper. be sparing In threats, and recognise the advantage of doing he best he can with the facilities at. command. The solu tion of tbs bridge problem does not depend either upon tl ie acceptance of his original plan or ui on the construction of a moving platfoi m. If the Brooklyn Rapid Transit can not or will not do what la lmmedlai ly necessary, it is quite possible the Metropolitan Company' both, could and wfculd.

To give it chance would be discreet. ZSSIGATI0H AND CLIMATE. Mr. William H. Chad wick.

Chairman of the Transportation Committee of the Chicago Board of Trade, advances an interesting argumei it In favor of Irrigation for the arid lands of the West. Which, perhaps, hai i less weight than Its Ingenious author attaches to It. He says: The districts whit compose the arid lands," by reason ojr the -intense dry beat there produced, and which through the Eastward movemen ef all atmoapheiio conditions across tl is Continent, are, and always have besn, a menace to all that great agricultural country lying to the East and Northeast of the section in question, notablr Tsxai. Oklahoma. Kansas.

Missouri. Illinois, lawa. South Dakota, Indiana, knd Ohio. (The tremendous losses experienced within the past twelve months by th farmer, the live-stock Interests, the roercnant, ana common earners are zresn in our minds. A vteritsble calamity.

This is all true. It does not follow, however, that artl ricial Irrigation would be possible on a cale great enough to' correct the oondi ions described. The aridity of most cf the Great Basin Is due to causes whi would seem to be a long way beyond 1 uman control, and are found in the cur ents of the Pacific Ocean, and the fi ct that the mountain range which exte ids nearly the whole length of the Pa lfic Coast Is a great natural condense drying the winds which, pass over by precipitation, and leaving them as tger for moisture as 'a squeezed sponge. All the water there is In the Great Basin, or which la brought there by the heavy rains. and melting snows of the mountains.

Is now taken up by aporatlon. Irrigation would not lncreaie It a quart, and the evaporation woulc be accelerated but not made greater In ilume by Its better distribution. Lake lonnevllle was once the greatest of lnlan seas, but it was dried up by the causes which are still operative, and unless me way could be found of filling Its ba In from the unfailing fountain of the Pi clflo Ocean, it is doubtful If anything i hich could be don in the way of lrrig tlon would change the climate of the aid district or result In other than local benefits. These, how ever, are great Newuojds's bill. enough to entitle Mr.

now before Congress, to favorable consideration. THE FRUITS IMPERIALISM. The rowdyism certain officers of the United States Nafy and Marine Corps In a nubile Dlace in she City, of Venice ha nitea btatei jbllc place aa uanne corps in a City, of Venice has drawn upon themselves the attention of the poUe and upon th United Stat. a tha.t of other Is it possible thst this outbreak is one of 1 1 sign of our newly acquired dignity and standing at a -world Power? From Tl Evening Post. Sure.

Never 1 1 doubt of it. From the day when the rtrst Phoenician dugout put forth betwe the Pillars of Hercules op to the me when Wixxiax Ifc-KtrojeT plunge' us Into sv vrtcked and causeless war rith Spain nobody ever heard of an of leer, a sailor, or a marine taking tnoi 9 than was good for him and tipping ov tables' In a cafe. And this appllea to he sallormen of all flags and nationality si That is why the eyes of th nation i now fixed upon us" In astonishment. Up to the when th deadly virus of Imperialism was emptied Into our veins an American bluejacket on shore leave was the lodel and example of correct behavior, pointed at by leading divines' the world over In their Sunday exhortations, it was never have another glass, ite," nor let's see what sort of bloom! i stuff they sell In this 'place," but a tug at the forelock and "could you tU me. Sir, If there is a Presbyterian lapel -handy by 1 xor is there a sailor reading, room in this town strickly temperance.

Sir" That Is what th Jackles were like, and fine, devout 1 ids they were, too. The story of th ow between the Chilean mob and the American marine waa grossly distorted. The men of the Baltt-mor wer distributing free Bible In VaIpars.Ua ar.l were set tecau's they were not proviJal with the Doual version. While all Europe is In a turmoil over this. Venice affair and pallid Chancellors are cabling to gsk the meaning of the dread event, the officers and men of the Chicago who have been tried and sentenced for disorderly conduct must take their punishment if they have deserved It Aboard their ship or in Its boats they would have been outside the local Jurisdiction.

On shore they were, ilk other persons, subject to arrest if they committed crimes or created disturbance. Our Government will inform itself, of course, whether the sentences imposed upon them are such as would have been Imposed upon other persons guilty of like offenses and' whether they had a fair Sentences of three and four months seem to be severe, but It appears that the original offense was aggravated by resistance to arrest. There Is no reason to suppose that anything has been added to their sentences by way of retaliation for outrages committed upon two or three occasions in this country upon the persons and property of Italian subjects here resident. In whateverligbt we may view It, the affair Is lamentable and startling. If these be the fruits of our world-power aspirations, if our retention of the Philippines has emboldened our officers and marines to indulge in such revolting practices as the tipping over of tables and the smashing of decanters in the cafes of the Mediterranean, it is time we pulled down our flag and brought it home.

As a symptom of Incipient National decay this unprecedented Incident is grave enough to make it Incumbent upon us all to sit up nights, and think about It. TOPICS 0 THE TTMXSv An attentive reading of the letter from A Friend of M. le Roux which we published Monday does not reveal any particular reason for withdrawing, or even modifying, our recent comments upon M. lm Roux's claim to have written La Belle Nlvernalse." We did not deny the accur acy et his statement, ner did charge him with lack of affection tor ALrnoNta Daudkt. We only expressed a somewhat vehement disagreement with him as to the ethical quality of such a transaction as he was reported It seems correctly to have detailed.

The reminder that eertain famous painters have been guilty of analogous practices does not change our opinion et them In the slightest degree. Daudkt. according to 1L Rous, sold as his own a story which he did not write, and took for it a price which he certainly would not have received If the publisher had known that the story was the work of an author then entirely without literary reputation in America. That was not nice-i-it was not even honest. However common It may have been then, or may be now, to do such things in France, their impropriety Is evident, and much as M.

us Rome may revere the memory of his model and master, he has cot added to Its lustre by his revelation. It is not that DacdsTs reputation as aa author rests to any appreciable extent upon La Belle, but that one's mental attitude toward the ether and greater works Is somehow affected by the charge against this small production. Our correspondent thinks that M. ui Roux still loves Daupbt. Does he think that it Da st were alive be would still love M.

La Rooxt That question is the key to the It grieves us to see that some recent remarks In this column about French cooks have Inspired a man who writes pieces for the editorial page ef The Cohoes Republican to give the readers of that paper some information which does not Inform. It Is a well-khown fact," be says and If really a wonder that he didn't say "history tells us that a Frenchwoman in ordinary drsumstanoes of life will make a delicious meal out of what those of the English-speaking people would throw away as useless." Nonsense! and again, nonsense I and for a third time, nonsense I Has this Co-hoeslan any personal knowledge of his well-known fact lias he eaten any ef those "delicious meals" himself, or Is he simply repeating something he has read, after the manner of traveling lecturers and authors who parrot the other well-known fact that Americans think only of money 1 Frenchwomen in ordinary circumstances of life do make out of meats and vegetable that would not pass muster here meals that are not so bad as those which American women In the same station would make out of the same miserable material. It's no wonder they do, necessity being a good teacher and experience a fine school. But to an American these messy and mysterious meals are at their best only endurable which Is very different from delicious and If he praises them It Is to other people who are. In his opinion, spending for food more money than they can afford.

The French do the best they can with what they have most admirable proceeding, and as much cannot be said ef ourselves but It Is their extraordinary, not their cooks that please us. NUGGETS. No Way to Wealth. ShortIf I hnd aa much money as yon hav I wouldn't be so blamed stingy with It. Long My dear boy, that is th very reason you will never hav lc Chicago News.

Beth' Surprl. Beth was delighted with her aunt's Hew 1 changeable Spring gown. mammal she exclaimed, excitedly, th colors of Aunt Mary's new silk dress ars all xtmporao- Ana Not Reduced That. Gotlteb Schneider I hear you haf a new blcvcle rot: do you ret much on itT Louie Ptltsheimer I haf naffer had It to a pawnshop alreatty. Columbus (Ohio) 8tate Journal.

Although I -feel that your parents and I will never agree he began. Really. Mr. Parley, eh interrupted. But he continued: "While I know I am most unworthy of you Well, papa and mamm agre with you there, Mr.

GayleyV' Philadelphia Record. ON ONE From Th Waahiagtea Star. Ilk to hear them score the men who make th prices high: yearn for better terms whene'er It comes my turn to buy. And I am generous enough to went my ieiirw-man To a chance to purchase en an advantageous plan. For railroad iron, clothes, and meat the cost Is far too great; I hop that Justice vary soon will get the matter atraixht.

I want th prices lowered Quickly as It can cone In every line of trafflo that's to say, ax- eeptlng on. For I have a snug Investment that is pay- lng dividends. And in that single Instance my severity unbends; There are so very many ef Importance la the list. That thla enterprise ef mine can be o'er- inoaea anq never miss. 1.

want reform both far and near, reform both last and first: But I inxi.t that we reform the other fellow first. ULil.l.i.WUllUUU ALJiilAlJ Hs Disclaims flsspsnsitiiity fcr Gen. Smith's Samar Order. Deception Practiced to Captur Aguln- aldo I Am Responsible, Not Gen. Fgnston," Declares Gsrw MaeArthur to Senators, WASHINGTON.

April MaeArthur to-day continued his testimony before the Senate Committee on the Philippines, which resumed the examination of witnesses In connection with the investigation of affairs In the Philippines. In the course of his remarks Gen. MaeArthur disclaimed any responsibility for the orders of 0n-Jacob TL Smith to make Samar a howling wilderness. Gen. Arthur MaeArthur explained the statement in his annual report of June 80, 100 that the United States had acquired sovereignty by treaty, and in a way owned the Philippine Islands, but did not own the Philippine people," by saying that these conclusions were reached after conversation with a large number of people and observation, and that they represented the bulk of the views of the nationalist party.

He then. In response to questions by Senator Patterson, described the different towns embraced within the American lines on the night of Feb. 0, 1899, when the outbreak occurred, and identified what purported to be a copy of the order of Gen. Luna for the massacre of the foreign residents of Manila. Senator Patterson sought to show that It was not difficult to deceive Agulnaldo by forgery, and referred to his capture by Gen.

Funston, through a forged letter signed Gen. MaeArthur, with considerable emphasis, declared that Gen. Funston was not responsible in any way for any of the methods whloh obtained in the captur of Agulnaldo. I am responsible la that matter in every way and particular," said Gen. MaeArthur.

It was ene of the deceptions frequently practiced in war, and whatever deception attached thereto, I take." With regard to the order for the Manila massacre, Geo. MaeArthur, answering further questions by Senator Patterson, said the order he saw was signed by Bandico and not by Luna. Gen. MaeArthur detailed the efforts made by him to ferret out Luna's connection with 11 The witness could not recall a letter of Gen. Reeves, who was the Chief of Police of Manila, in which he ststed that he did not believe a massacre was intended because It was entirely contrary to the manner In which the Filipinos had waged war la the past.

Reverting te the Bandico order. Senator Patterson quoted from a report of Dr. F. Bourns, a Surgeon In the United States Army, aa to bow he came in possession of it through a Filipino who made a copy of iha Aria-tnsJ. The Senator referred to a later statement by Dr.

Bourns to the effect that the Filipino might hare "stretched things a utue." Gen. MaeArthur claimed there might have been two orders. Would you hang a yellow dog on th testimony that is paraded her as to the genuineness of these orders 7 asked Sen- TnPwtmesald it would depend on what kind of a yellow dog it was. Oen. MaeArthur disclaimed any responsibility for th orders of Gen.

Jacob H. Smith te make Samar a howling wilderness. Replying to a question by Senator Bev-eti Gin. MaeArthur said that absolute chaos would result should th FiUpn given complete independene end the United State entirely withdraw the islands, but be said would like to explain this statement at another session of th xi m. m-a a th.reunon excused un- coronuviw.

til i a til to-mororw. in wmmiif executive session to further consider the advisability of summoning witnesses asked AaA ssalMArliw After sora discussion It was decided to postpone th taking of a vote on th proposition until to-morrow momlnr. at which also will nass upon th question of th advisability of sending a Sub-committee to th Philippines to con tinue the Investigation. GEN. SMITH CRITICISED.

Senator Teller Declares Should Dismissed from th 8rvlcMr. Lodge' Comment, -WAPtntNOTON. April 20. A spirited dis cussion ef th Philippine situation occurred In the Senate to-day. It revolved around the order alleged to have been Issued by Gen.

Jacob A. Smith to make the Island of Samar a howling wilderness," and to kill all male inhabitants over ta as or ten years." When the Philippine blU was laid befor the Senate no on was prepared to deliver a set speech on it Mr. Lodge. In charge of the measure, said he felt compelled to press it for consideration. His remarks drew the fire of Mr Teller.

who. criticised the Republicans for not participating in the discussion. This precipitated th debate, and for more than two-hours It continued. Mr. Toller said he understood that oen.

Smith had tried to justify his order by what Is known as the Tom Ewlng order." During th civil war, by this order, th population of two counties in Missouri was deported and the property destroyed. He was proceeding to characterise th ac tion of the American Army in tne rniup-plnes as most cruel and barbarous. he was Interrupted by. Mr. Spooner (Wis.) with the inquiry "-Does the.

Senator not remember Fort What does the Senator mean by his reference to Fort Pillow?" inquired Mr. Carmack, (Tnn.) i hart in mind. replied Mr. Spooner. "what ha been considered a massacre of colored troop there." Mr.

cannac insisiea wn some there was no massacre of troops or killing of prisoners at Fort Pillow. Mr. Teller offered an amendment to the bill providing for a commission to appointed by the President, and to consist of not leas than seven nor more than fifteen rsons, to proceed to in rnuippines nu BSC WkWRU U. iplnos. th United State to nay th Commissioner aaari of 10,000 a year and all expenses, Mr.

Teller said that if it be. true that Gen. Smith Issued th alleged order, ought to be dismissed from th servloe. In the records of all the great wars sine the Middle Ages." he declared. you cannot find uch a disgraceful and wicked order as that issued by Gen.

Smith In calling attention to the report of th Secretary of Batanga Province that there had been so sreat a mortality from disease In th province as to reduce th population from 8U0.000 to 200,000, Mr. Tillman Inquired whether the Philippines committee had inveettrated that matter. When In formed that Jt had not, he exclaimed W'elL how long are we going to hold on to this ba of catsT What benefit Is It to the American people to pursue this infamous policy? Mr. Culberson asked Mr. Lodge whether be Indorsed th order Issued by Gen.

Belt No," replied Mr. Lodge. I do not Indorse cruel methods of warfare. Geo. Smith order is one which every American bould regret.

On th surface those orders seem te me to be revolting." GEN. SMITH'S COURT-MARTIAL Boy that a Lad of Fifteen Dealt Capt. Connell HI Death blow at Balanglga. MANILA. April 50.

When the trial by court-martial of Gen. Jacob It. Smith was resumed to-day Pedro Bella, a boy "mascot of Company of the Ninth Infantry, commanded by Capt Thomas W. Connell, who was massacred by the Bamar natives at Balanglga, testified that he saw Capt. Connell' death wound given by a boy of fifteen.

Th witness saw several ether boys of the sams aa anions the native who took part in the massacre, and thousht himself could us a boto axalnst a sol- dW. Capt Waldo E. Ayer. Gen. Smith' Adjutant General, ssld he Bad been closely in toucn with all the movements, and knew Gen.

Smith's plans, purposes, and feeling at every phase. 60 far aa th peopl of Samar wrri. concerned he met only on man worthy of respect, who was sincere. ct Twr-'v-f Ir.fantrr, who Ki charge vt itary Information liureau. o.cnbl Trom the records ih traachery of th native oi Samar.

AMERICAN ARMY INDORSED. I Resolution Passed by th Chamber cf Commerce In Manila. MANILA, April 29. The American Cham ber of Commerce has passed a resolution Indorsing the action of the United States Army In the Philippines In an endeavor to counteract what the members of the Chamber believe to be the opinion prevailing in the United Bute that officers and soldiers have acted In violation of the rule of war. Th preamble say the Chamber Is composed exclusively of American business men who have been thrown Into Immediate contact with th prevailing conditions everywhere in the archipelaxo.

It ceclares that without th constant watchfulness and protection of the army In the Philippine no property or business interests would be safe, and that upon its influence depends the atshllltv at the civil Government. Th resolution eulogises Gen. Chaffee, saying his earnest effort ha sustained and assisted th civU authorities in the difficult task of the establishment of civil Government," and praises his good Judgment and humanity, which hav won for him the admiration and affection of all loyal Americans la th Islands." GOV. TAFT TALKSAT YALE. Addresses College Students on Affair In Jth Philippines American Array a a Whol Human.

NEW HAVEN, Conn April 29. Gov. Gen. William H. Taf ef the Philippine Isl ands was well received this evening, when he addressed about two thousand persons In College Street Hall, at Tale.

He was introduced by President A. T. Hadley, who facetiously referred to their college days. Judge Taf la turn complimented President Hadley upon being the man chosen to suo-ceed Dr. Timothy Dwlght In the Presi dency.

After briefly reviewing th historical and geographical features of the Philippines, Judge Taft described its governmental and economic status at the time the American Army took possession. He then devoloped the history of the past four years, more especially the work of the Philippine Commission. With respect to the water cure and other cruelties. Gov. Tsf said that it must be remembered that th army of 40,000 to 00.000 man, by reason of th guerrilla war-far carried on by th insurgents, had to be divided into duO posts many ef whlco were commanded by First and Second Lieutenants or Captains, and sometimes by Sergeants, and that th detachment In the field far exceeded th number of posts; that this xplained bow it possible exceptional Instance of such abuses might occur.

Th conduct of th army on th whol was human and conalderat toward th natives. The provocation of th treachery, aavagery, and danger of th Filipino guerrilla warfare as It was practiced Is Hardly to be understood. With respect to th order of Gen, Smith in Bamar, th speaker said mat as the mat- ter was sub Jodie and had happened sine he left th Islands, he did not ieel Justified in making a public statement. In aDeakina? of th relations Church and th Government In th Phlllp- bines, the speaker said that it was a work of th most difficult character to separat Justly th Interest of th on from th other, and vet those Interests must be sep arated In order that th Church and Stat in th Philippines should be brought to th condition required cy our traditions ana system of government. This necessitate some conference between th Church au thorities and th representative of this Government with a view to an amicable adjustment.

This conference could not. of course, Involv th establishment of dlp- lomauo relations wtta me aucan. CAPT. DEMING'S APPEAL 8uprm Court Hears Argument In th Cas of Volunteer Officer Con- vlcted of Fraud. SHiial at TU Ntw Fsr Timt.

WASHINGTON. April 2D. Argument was heard to-day la th 8uprem Court for and against th validity of th findings of th court-martial which declared CapC Peter Darning to be guilty of misappropriation of Government funds, and, in addition to dismissal from th army, imposed a sen tence of three years at bard labor In th military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. This was in June, 1000, and last February Demlng was released on a writ of habeas corpus granted by Judge Sanborn of th United State Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting then In the City of St. Louis, after a writ had been refused by the Circuit Court.

Doming furnished bail in th sum of and returned to bis horn in Buffalo. K. Y. It Is alleged that Dmings arrest, conviction, and Imprisonment wer th result of th dlsliks which officers of the regular army are apt to feel toward those In the volunteer service. Demlng was commissioned Assistant CommSMary of Subsistence In the United States Volunteers In May, 1888, with the staff rank of Captain, and In March.

1000, while stationed at Baa Francisco, was court-martialed. The court-martial, called by Gen. Shafter. was composed entirely of officers of th regu lar army. Judge Sanborn e.

In releasing Demlng, said th court-martial waa constituted Illegally. He held that Oen. Shatter disobeyed a positive prohibition of law wben be constituted th court of errors of th regular army. From this decision th War Department appealed to tne tsuprem court. The department waa represented to-day before that tribunal by Col.

Enoch Crow-der. James H. Jlayden of Washington appeared for Capt. Demlng. Mr.

Hayden sum- inansea (lis sxsTumcnt ia bis ooactuaias; words when he said: Congress, appreciating th dlsliks and Jealousy existing against volisjtr by regulars, and fearing that these emotion would warn th Judrment of array officer and lead them to acts of Injustice, prohib ited them rem trying volunteer. svib- mlt that the trial was a flagrant violation of the law. The sentence Imposed upon Demlna never had any valldltr or lesal effect, and the same la necessarily true of all acts of the reviewing and executive authorities which ensued. CoL Crowder answered Mr. Hayden briefly, quoting from a number of authorities to sustain Gen.

Shaffer's position and th validity of the court-martial. Suppose. CoL Crowder," aaked Jostle Brown. tb competency of aa officer it-tin' on th court-martial is challena-ed. what redress has th accused!" Col.

Crowder said there was practically no remedy except through th reviewing authorities. The decision or tne supreme court In the rvemlnr wiu ariect oetween 2iu and Sou officers and men now serving tlm in Fort Leavenwortn. IN GEN. CLINTON'S MEMORY. Son of th American Revolution Plac a Marker en Hla Grava.

-WASHINGTON, April 20. -A score of men representing the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution assembled this afternoon in th Congressional Cemetery and placed the official marker of tb order at th monument of Oen. Oeorr Clinton. New York's famous Revolutionary War Governor. President Roosevelt, a member of the special committee of th Empire State So ciety appointed for th occasion, was lautea a.1 mi.

nous, DUl Sent a wreath of roses and panaiea. Among those who participated In th ceremonies wer pen. Thomaa W. Vincent, who presided: Walter 6eth Lorsn of Ssw Tork City president General of th Sons of the American Revolution: CoL Ralph E. prime.

liuara M. Siarol. and Messrs. Squire and Cornish and Charles Dwlght oT Ntw jorx city. President General Logan placed th bronj marker of th order In th plac dug tor it st th foot of th pedestal.

The earn oesign as th In. Simla of th order, sad 1 modeled after the badge of the Lea-Ion of Honor of th B. A. B. CoL Prim, th Chairman ef th New Tork Society, eulogised Oen.

Clinton as a hero whoa laurels had been won by many events, aa a General in the Revolutionary Army-as Governor of New York, an 1 as -rciueai unacr jenersoa ana Aiecu-, son. i Comrr.liise Niei to Full clotures F.e;.rc;!r3 Military Meth-: cds In the Philippines, i A conference of citlaen opposed to th policy at present followed la the' Philippines, cotrponed of some sixty or seventy person coming from different parts pf th country, was held yesterday at the Plata Hotel. Chsrlea Francis Adams of Boston moved th following: Thst MmmlltM of srea pweons be en" by tbe pr-Millnc offlcwr, wha.e datr It be to tmk. all lwx.ary stp to effect the fall disclo.ar of the facts enneel with the urocce.r. s4 eserutwn.

I the course ec military oparsuons la th. I hlllpt'ln Ii3. ea4 te sppeer Is paraon snd by coonaal befors the pre-ent fcmete lnratianns CotamlitM. sad take such mvtp tfcere or es msy be eeice-UtM to acnr complete publicity s4 further Initiate swb othr actio ee easy Sea vud-cate the National caarsctcr. Carl Schurx.

who was In the chair, appointed as member of this committee: Charles Krsjjcle Adams. Ioton: Andrew Carneg-le, New Tork; Wayne MscVearh, Philadelphia: Herbert Welsh. Philadelphia; Kdwln Purritt IS mil n. cntcasro, ana rni. dent J.

G. Schurman of Cornell X'nlverslty, to which commute th nam of Mr. Bchurs was added by resolution as a member x- officio. A inance committee was aiso appmnwa consisting of George Foster Peabodv, Henry L. Hlrglneon of Boston, and Wliflarn It.

Baldwin. of New Tork. Moorfieid Storey of Boston will be on of th counsel of th committee. It I ei pec tea inac tne commute will hold its rust meeting her this week. TO SUMMON MR.

HAVD.SEYER. Other American Sugar Company clala Will Be Called by th Senate Investigating Committee. WASHINGTON. April 3l President Havemeyer and other officials of th American Sugar Company will be asked to giv testimony before th sub-committee ef the Senate Committee on Relations with Cuba, appointed to inquire Into the cuestlou of Cuban sugar holdings. They will be th first witnesses called.

Th sub-committee held It first meeting to-day, with sal the members th committee Senators Ptatt of Connecticut, Burnham and Teller pre- ent. Ko definite result beyond tnat ue-. elding to call th trust officials was reached. No time waa fixed for th next meeting, but It was srreed thst it should take pla- a soon as witnesses could be secured. I names of other witnesses wer mentioned, but Senator Teller said he would from Urn to- time xnak augrestlons.

Th opinion was generally expressed that th Investigation would not be long drawn out un) men should be summoned from Cuba. Th commute reeched no conclusion a to wbetber any Cubans should be asked to attend, but Mr. Teller indicated hi purpose to press for their appearance. After the adjournment of th conference Senator Piatt expressed th opinion thst th consideration of th Keel prod ty LiU would not be delayed oa account of th proposed Inquiry. MR.

WU HESITATES TO SPEAK. When Asked to Deliver an Oration at a Georgia Colleg Recall Sen- ator Teller's Sfeial to Ntw Fsr Timt. WASHINGTON. April 23. -The Georgia BenaXors conveyed last week to Minister Wn aa Invitation to deliver a commencement oration befor a Georgia collet.

In his written reply th diplomat says he feels th honor accorded him. but recalls the fart thst he has been denounced by Mr. Teller in the Bon a to for making speeches and cites The Congressional Record of Arit has been my yoUcy In tb past," ars, to defer to the wlahe of Senators and Representatives in matters of rations befor their people, but it seems to it would be Improper to ubject myself to further denunciation- Perhaps I have gon far ant it mev ba time to call a halt. I feel a delicacy in accepting your invitation until I am assured by th Honorable SMiatnr fllr. Teller 1 of some encoursse- 8enator (Mr.

Teller of some eneourss roent. Th Georgia Senators will assure Mr. Wu. It Is understood, that Senator Teller wl.l not denounce him for a comToncTOi-iJi oration la Georgia. Th remark of Mr.

UI.U Tables. Wis wamM a7rl made while the Chines Exclusion bill befor tb Senate. Mr. Teller thought Mr. Wu had been guilty of Impertinence In some of his observations about th pending measure.

PESTERED BY PLACE-HUNTERS. Ex-Clerks of th Censu Bureau Seek Other Covemment Job. 5foal at Tie Ktw Fsr Tssw. WASHINGTON, April The thousand or more dlschargd clerks from th Census Bureau are making life miserable for the heads of the other Government depart ments. They call at all boors th business day with their members of Congress at their backs Sad demand.

Plead. nd threaten the place-sivlng powers until the latter heartily wish, they bad ntver beea Th tales of distress we hear day would melt heartsof stone." saiUAaaistsiii Secretary of th Treasury Afies this morn-Ins. Weeping women com In here. Orar-irtng their VlltT children with them, sr.4 nour tales of starvation Into my ears. -en call every day who tell me that they have roemed the streets all nlsht for lack of a bed.

Juat this morning I save a temporary job to an old man who a few years ao was a millionaire. He attended 4h Minneapolis Convention In his special car. I earning about i a day." Pneumatic Tub Mall Servlc. JTyerial TU Ntw Far Timeu WASUINGTON, April 20. Postmastrt General Payn has appointed John Mas- a nw a AulltaBt Pekat I.U vtUVl master General; J.

H. Crew, Superintendent of Railway Adjustment, and IL Pradl.y, superintendent or in eecona iin. Railway Mall Service, a commute expert postal offlcUls to mak an lnveetla-. Uoo of th needs and practlcahUty of pneumatic tub service In Boston. Brooklyn, New Tork.

Chicago. St. Louie, and Var lug-ton, and to submit a report in wrtunx. with full data, which will enable the department to Usu th necessary advertisement for pneumatio tube service in any or all of the cities abov named. Uniform Hour of Labor Law Opposed.

WASHINGTON. April delegation of prominent men from the South, mainly from South Carolina and Georgia, were before the IIous Committee on Judiciary to-day in opposition to th proposed Con 1 u. tutional amendment of Representativ Lov-erina- et Massachusetts, giving Congress power to establish uniform hours of labor throughout the United Slates. The conditions In the South were so different Iron tfaoe la th i-ast. It was stateo, tnat nours suitable for th on locality would not be sultabi in th other.

Resignation of Arizona' Governor. WASHINGTON. April resign-tlon of Gov. Murphy eg Arizona, to take effect Jun WL has been received her. 11 Is probabi that A.

La uroci wiu ap polated to succeed hiss. -NOMINATED BY THE PRCSI0ENT. WASHINGTON. April SS The foUewts aoea. aaUea by the rrestdeat were sent te the ate te-Aey; WUllam It Voody, Mssssrh efts, te be Beee.

tary ef the Nsy. Jaaes K. Uarses. ratted BUtes Attorn. Waatara Iatrlct ef Arkanaaa.

starabale astMiry a. rMr, Eastern XMatrtcS Arhaaaaai J. F. Emsnltt. iH-trv-t ef N'va-Ja.

Raceivera ef Public atooeys J.m-e T. TNr eoo. at areks. JI.J oeorse a. yilacktoot.

tOshe: W-B H. AnJr-v Keatt.a, -Waahinstoa; Miles Caasaa. North WaahinsUMK AiessnSer A Ceo. Vaaouurar, Waaninatoa. of LaB'1 OffiCTS tyire-iee R.

Thomav Blackf'-ot, llaae; FTed-rick W. Stoeims. pla. Waahtnstoo; klaUi.w Malloy, NatCTvi.H, Vahlnoa; J. ttmlth.

Seattle WaatunjUjiij Wilitaoi ChapHa. Cheyeoav-. y. Mississippi Valley Trust Pitas. ST.

LOCI 8. AprU Mlaslaslppl Valley Trust Company to-day filed. In th Circuit Court, -a petition for aa lnjunctloa to prevent transfer. of the stotk of Wiggins Terry Company to th Mercar.t:: Trust Company, and to fore th latter la turn ever I th Mississippi Vs. lev Com pany shares of stock now In Its A temporary restraining- oro-r was a-l-- asked for stop the further porchaw-s of ferry stock by the ilerranti.e iru.l o-v.

psny, or the ottt-r of Mucmmu tr.a.S suva It ass granui.