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Si i jjp 4 ms IH 5J xJ i ST p5rv IropSSgp i 4 4r3 ftts JE8F iS THE ARMY BILL Measuceftpyides for Reorganization of Staftv MILES IS CREATED A LIEUTENANT GENERAL a CORsnr also secures ah advance OF OXB GRAOB IX RAItK AefftmentalSyatem Abaadoptd tho ArtUIery ForttficatloBi Appropriations Also Go Through I i 4 i 8peelalDlspatea to th CKttleW WASHINQTON May 4 jTo day8 session oi me Benaie wa renaerea es specially notable by the passage after 4 debate lasting only three hours of the Array reorganization bill In military clrclwr the measure Is regarded as one of the most Important of the present session It practically revolutionizes the present staff arrangements1 of the Army It proposes to change the pres ent system of permanent appointments In certain staff corps to one of detail by a gradual process as the officers in those corps go out of active service As yacancles occur Jn the department of the Adjutant General the Inspector General Quartermasteraeneral and Commissary General they are to be filled by details from the line the de tails to be temporary and not to exceed four years The new system Is not applied to the Corps oft Engineers medical Department pay department or Judge AdvocateAdvocate Generals department The bill discontinues the regimental organlxa tlon or the artillery and establishes an artillery corps of two branches viz 128 batteries of coast artillery and eight een oanenes or neia artillery wjtn a total of 17418 men It provides for an increase of 100 In the corps of cadets at West Point two at large from eactv state and adds ten to the present number of twenty from the United States at large The rank of the commanding General ofthe Army Is raised to that of Ueutenant Qeneral and that of the Adjutant General to MaJorTGeneral the Jatter being during the incUmbepcy of he present AdjutantAdjutant General Corbln The President Is empowered to place on the retired list any officer who has been suspended romduty by sentence of court martial or by legislative order In mitigation of such sentence lor a period extending to or within one year of his compulsory retirement for age This is well tinder stood to apply to Commissary General icagan An amendment creating a veterinary corps for the Army consisting pfa Colonel and thlrty flve otherjcommls sloned officers was attached to the bill after A spirited aeoate the amendment lelng adopted by a vote of 25 to ZiJ The fortifications appropriation bill 4rrylngabout 7500000 was passed jC7 Wolcotti chairman of the Postofflce and Fostroads Committee reported the Postofflce appropriation bill He gaVe notice hewould call it up forconsldera tlon on the 16th Inst VJ The resolution offered by Tellerof Colorado expressing sympathy for the Boers at the request of the author was laid overuntil to morrow Teller gave notice that he would call It up Jmme The bill to increase UieefAcfehcy of the military establishment of the United Btatea rpetterJcnown as tne Army re organization blU was called tip by Proctor In fchargefof themeasuret The bill proposes to change themethod ot staff appointments by detailing om cers of Uhe line for the departments of Adjutant General sinspectorfruenerai Quartermaster General and Commls saryqenttral It also increases the rank of General MllestoXleutenant General and General Corbla to Major general Regimental formations of the artillery are discontinued and 1M batteries of coast artillery and eighteen batteries of field artillery are provided Tor Af ter one or two amendments tothe nhraseblomr of the bill had been made Tillman of South Carolina jnovedtliat the fifteenth section of the measure be amended so as to read as follows 5 That the senior Major Genera commanding the Army shall have the rank pay and allowances of a Iileutenant General and his personal staff have tharank pay iand allowances auJLhoflzed oj thfjtarc of aiWeutenant uenerav Thtf amendment proposed by Tinman iad the eff eet of jtrlklng put the provls tnn rnnVInc thevection aDDly Only to OenerBMUe37 tHe pVeseuVCommander of the Army It wsjijagreedto nrt ir of Arkansas moved to strike out the section aa amended He did not tblnU any good couldbe subserved by inrrainp the rank of the commander of tbeArmy BateofTennesseealso objected loathe Increase of rank and to what he said yras a tendency to increase rtbe strength of the Army Sewell pointed out that the Confedr pracy bad nineteen TJeutenant Gen erals and eighteen fullGeneralsi He paid a handsome tribute to General MUea iHasaldJtbat In any European army of 1WO0O menrr the present strengthlapproximately of the United RtMtpfiArmv there would be two Lien tenajat Gnerals and one full General History he saldiouldlooknipon the Increase of our Army from M000 to yzs iK0 in thirty days as Me the Kreatest of nxltftary achievements Tet little credltwas given the organisatlonrwhich mabled thts result toibe accomplished liodgeljad read a letter ifrom Major General yrB HancockwarnUy jraU lngiuepera iue TellerthouKht the nrooosed rank Loughtt97bfglvehtOthecommahderbf the Army in ine course oisvxnDu to General Miles hesald that If the Genrl had been called lBtOStheeounclls aa heahouldhavepeen durlagthe rer centsar some dlfflcul ties that were en counteredrmiKnt nave Deen Ayotaea HThemojtloK defeateef to sol lOWSt AyesBate BerryBuUerClayi Cul nrson3CennyJ Moneys Vest i Noes AmsonV BacpnJBlMf JBaHL BurrowsfChandler iCotftreU Darts a Debok Elklns Balrbanks Foraker Pbster Prye iGalllngeri Gear Hale Hansbrough Harris Hawley Hoar Jones of Nevada Kean Kyle Undsay Iiodge McComas Mason Nelson Per trina TAtiorrow Pettus Piatt of Con necticut Proctor Ouarles Rawlins Ross llw loap bmb Stewart Teller WeUington oleott Bate delivered a speech la opposition iiureae in the Army proposed by the bill He thought the people would i regard It as a Sank roovtsneni 10 aa vaoce the spirit ofmUtatom cockretl of Mtooaurl atttaonl4 tlg arouely the position of Bate He said the inerMMd number of saB was abfto lutely requir tocarefor and ab tho jrtvarHiiorysm eea BwwwmuwiW The inM ss sminiiitf mr rr i I il i otUiannanj wv A SJwsafci Mil i IM IMM Wli WP i ViisvVvVvV r6 iiiJ iV Ht ap 6 HONOLULU April ames Campbell an ojd resident of the Hawaiian Islands and almost equally Well known Jn California died Saturday April Jltt of uraematintejriaenc6vMithiscity He was burled Monday April X3d CajnpbeH was born In Lbndonrterry Ireland seyenty two year ago and came to Hawaii ascarpenter ona whaling vessel ln1852 He landed atXAhalnaand at once began working at his tride jjle married very soon afterward Hannah Barla who died In 15S without Issue About lSSO Campbell began sugar planting on a small scale With IlarryTttrton he started thai Pioneer inlll plantation and In 1S75 sold out his Interest to his pajrtnerforjhalf a million dollars The property did not prosper under Turtona management andCampbell afterward bought It back About twentyyeAraaia Campbell withdrew almost entirely from direct Interest In sugar growing and began Investing his capital rln land and buildings both here and in California He owns the land occupied by Kwa plantation a large part of that occupied by OaAu and Kahuku plantations besides much business property to Honolulu Within theilast yean or two he had become the owner of a fine hotel in San Jose CaL His property at his death lr estimated to be worth from 0000000 tovrr00e000 He was the largest stockholder In the First American Bankof Hawaii lp 1K79 CampbelU married Miss1 Abigail Bright by whom he has had eight children fpur of whom wWh their mpther survive him Two of these are at the Notre Dame Seminary San Jose Campbell was taken 111 while In California and arrived here two weeks ago on i the Australia He was scarcely able to stand when he arrived and sank very rapidly In August 1S93 Campbell figured in pne of the most sensational crimes of the century On the afternoon of Monday August 3d he was decoyed from the Occidental Hotel whereMhehd jbja yrti had apartments io cottageatlOJailr 5fornatreet which had been hired for the purpose by Oliver Wlntbrop He wasniiere beaten robbedgagged ana bound With cords and chains starved and tortured for three days in an eff ortto make him sign an brdet tqx 2ioJiransom pollce whoUbellevd thestdry Finally however Wlnthrop was arrested In the act of leaving Oakland for the East and after many delays was convicted and tenteaced tbithenttelitiaryforilfey fl vt A ml I vm A J---B bB msm Mim WiMMfflSS f0tiW att Eran AMERICAN CdNSUt Jt SHONGrSWirffEIE i Vi A ii fixT to assassinate rnoMiJinrrT liEFonMEns ix sipiaAPOHiis Elaborate Preparations aiadef or the Meiof9eTeraiKneiiilee of China of da Mars worth of tkem had been stotea IncluoaciBt weMirjSBiaeerowEwaa tf nearly an TYROIiME PROMPTLY GO TO WORK sis iJ tji yw i ItIl 4iJ -Tho Coatraet Vnderl Watch Tney Wer Imported Knly Qbserves HONOLTJIAT April The fourteen Tyrolese who arrived by the steamer Doric are now at workontheplantatloaof MauL They are the part of the colony of contract laborers about Which so much ado was mads In San FrahdscO Just before the steamer sailed They were brought hero under contract no wrjf on a Piaa taUonaat 15 month fqrjtheiflrst year tlS a month for the second and ISO a month for the third yev aaaiuon ioinai xney MtfrM houM rent wrfodand water medi cal attendance and other allowances Un der the law they can only be required to work six days in the week rand other pte vlslon is made for their protectioat frl colony is the result or tne eoortor tne plantations to comply with the Hawaiian law that requires them to employ aWeast 10 per cent of white labor on fhelr plantar tiona before they are3gven permits to Im port Asiatics rillLIPPIKE COS1MI9SIOTIERS Wilson of Harrlsoncounty Va for the services of her father Colonel Ben JamlnWllson In the RevolutlonaryjWar was passed The beneficiary fof the bill la one of twenty nine children of Colonel Wilson i The ortlflcatldnaappropriatlbn was paasedas reported to the Senate It carries TTTJJ 628 anjncreaseof 154040 overthe House measure Before pas snge an amendmentAuthorixIng proportional payments forpneumatic dynamite guns carriages and ammunition was agreed to After a short executive session tfie Senate at 610 Mj adjourned until Monday 4 AT ONiJTHE SUNDRY CIVIt BILL Attempt by Kaval Committee In th Uoase to Cripple Coast Borvey Service mZJitumurh of Retaliation WASHINQTON liiji i Th8v House made fair progress to day with the sundry civil bill completing 13 ofthe 1J2 pageeof the bllli Much of the time to day was con surned In an ff ort of the members of th Naval Committee to cripple the Coast and Oeodetle survey In retaliation for the refusal of the Hotise to agree to their recommendation When the naval bill was be fore the House to place the survey of tne waters or our msuiar possessions in the hands of theiNavy They tried to strike out the Item in the bill Authorizing the Coast Survey to survey the coasts in the Jurlsdletlon of the United 8tates but were defeated They made a point of order tol hold against a new vessel for the survey and against an appropriation of 1S2745 for enlisted men on survey vessels but the latter appropriation wnt back in the bill in an otberTorm OPPOSED RADICAL iANGg he im Attorneya Enter Objections toMeaa riireitorReno raIotPeraonato 3 Proper Dlstriets for 3 Tiriitf ft JWA8HINOTON4yfc TheHous Juis dietary Committee to day gave ahearing Upon the Senate bill Intrbduced at the suggestion of Attprney Oentral Griggs Jto provjde if or the removal fo the proper district opLtrial of persons Indicted for of tenses against the Cnlted States A as dui was preparea to cover tne case of Benjamin Dv Green John Pvllllam and Edmund HiGaynor and Michael LIVELY SESSION OF THE CQEUR DALENE INQOIRY Testimony of on Army Captain Prom Idaho Lesdi i to Clashes Re 1 tween Memberi pt tbe COminittee WASHlNaTON May Captain i Iyon of the Army testified before the Coeur dAlene Investigation to day rela tlveito the protection given by the troops to the ImlningiJproReTty In the disturbed district iiHe said his orders contemplated the proteetlonVof life and1 property an partlculariytoTprevent the destruction of the mines bh Canon creek Oneof theie mines the Tlger Pcwrmaniwasl threat ened with flooding If the pumps quit and as the Burke Miners Unloh ordered the men to quit work he stated at a meeting ofthe union that he would give five minutes for the revocation of the order subsequently giving ten rHe contradicted previousprevious witnesses that the five minutes was allowed the pumpmen with the threat that if they did not workithey would be put back at the point of the bayonet The hearing to day was at times quite exciting owing to personal exchanges between members of the committee Representative Ha of Virginia asserted at one point that efforts were being made by the maJorltyto suppress testimony Representative Mondell of Wyoming said that this assertion impugned the motives of members and was due to a failure by the minority to get answers they desired Hay hotly retorted throwing back the insinuation and declaring it was an absolute falsehood The frequency of these encounters made the progress of the testimony slow Cap taln Lyon is the last witness except those In rebuttal to clear up minor details The taking of testimony in the Coeur dAlene investigation closed to night after having continued uninterruptedly since February 19thva Deriod of nearlv three months Captain Lyons closed the tcsumonyior tne oerenseang after hear lngisome rebuttal evidence both sides rested and the committee excused all wlt nesses On Monday the arguments of coun sel wlll begin probably concluding tha ay JJ A ipeel thjei CHINESE EXCLUSION BrecUil ortpondencfl ot th Chronicle1 HONOLlILtr April iWord wairre 1 celyed here to daybyi the unChung Kwock Bo the Chinese ref ormpaper that the wives and families of Tjo Pa jTpng and Tong King Chong San Francisco merr chants whowere arrested near Cantpri have been releasedThe arrests were made because the two San Francisco merchants weremembers of the Bow Wong Protective Association and were made at the instance of the7Po wager Empress The release was secured through the intervention of the American Consul at Hong kong Word was also received that theEm press Dowagers scheme to arrest and assassinate Kwang yuvWeland otherCht nese reformers at Singapore has failed The plan was to gend a band of assassins to Singapore forty in number it is aafo together with Admiral Teh and the fast cruisers Haitlen and Halshoujthe reformers were to be kidnaped It possible or assassinated If necessary In Singapore and they and the assassins were then to be hurried away on board the cruisers The plan was completely foiled by the arrest through the cnorts or the Chinese reform ers of one of the assassins who thereupon confessed the whole scheme ana save the names of his associates The Portuguese Governor of Macao and the British Governor of Hongkong have announced that they will not relaese to the Chlnc so authorities any Chinese arrested within their Jurisdiction for belonging to there form party or on any other political charge Chang Kal Kwan second secretary of the Chinese Legation at Washington arrived here April 23d on his way to Manila where he is intrusted with a special mission on behalf of his Government the nature of which he will not disclose It is believed to be in furtherance of ah effort to secure for the Chinese th right to freely enter thePhlllpplnes and that he Is going to the Islands at this time to be present when tb Philippine Commission first geta there He will remain here for about ten davs looklnr into the matter of the in demnity to Chinese who were burned out 4 In Chinatown in the efforta to suppress the plague and Investigate the mission and operations here of the Chinese reformer Leung Cbl tso Of theindemnlty for the plague sufferers he says that his Govern ment expects full reparation to be made Of the Bow Wong Protective Association which has been organised here among the Chinese who are favorable to the reform of China along the lines proposed by Kwang Vu Wei and Leung Chi tso he says It Is a treasonable society for which the members If found In China may suffer death and that falling to arrest the members themselves the Chinese Government will arrest any relatives they may have in China and hold them as hostages to compel the surrender of the mem bers themselves The Bow Wong Protective Association has Just been refused a charter by the Hawaiian Government but is fully prganized as an unchartered Organization In corroboration of what Chang Kal Kwan says of the arrest of relatives In China the last steamer from the Orient brought the news that the Nam Noi magistracy In Canton at the head of S0O soldiers arrested at night the wife of Lo Kak Wal a Chinese merchant residing In America who had Joined this society or a similar one After her arrest she was thrown into the same prison with common malefactors Her husband was reported byNg Tit Yung one of the Chinese representatives In America as one who had Joined this reform association OyUARANTIJIE WILL DE RAISED AFFAIIS IN WAM i STILL WAtTHKI PM THEaICE machine yfpif gbMEFBRsBOoiK 9RrBfl6vHRKpR i VIHiAT clnssuf Otvea bePppiaattoBIii 5waad at EihtrTaoMasid t0Bia lfv i i Operation ACTtvairhe 5HyWhoO r01ntw VeeiBarIttVHonoIitlafrf fv bNOXULprUJTheW Commission arrived herev Oh thetrats portl Hancock on April 24thiThy iwlH teraamhers untlitovmrroirfihehthe Hancock tails fpriManlULjThe members of the Commissioners party are spending thehr tlmeslghtseelng favpumberot nrilnn tnlllTrrntnartSof this Island LbavSng beenarranged torjthemNonerof tne commissioners wiu speaa iurmci i their plans or their Instruction than they bavealreadyis tw i fjLJ POLITICAL KyKKT5iIW nojIOLCLPl ATltSpiiiMesmjPsrBensf Qrjgrin iseidAppfopHafloVsT TiONduiLU Aptii A jcatKhaipeen Issued fora conventlefito ofgahlxe the Republican party of the Territory of Hawaii SThe convention Li to meet In Honolulu May ISth All persons who be leyin the principles of the Republican party iasflaW down by jhe last National Convention of the party are InvlttA to meet la their respective localities andelect delegates to the convention Representation is accorded on the basis Of the repre sentation of the several districts In the last House of Representatives of the islands In addition to organlstngthe party the convention will select delegates to rep tesentthe terrltoryJn tbe Republican NationalConvention at Philadelphia As yet the Democrats have made no move toward organlsatlotrln atay part of the 111 nimvj The council of State adjourned April Z3d after maklne annroDriations for the en eral expenses of the Hawaiian aovern ment for the two years ending December tir MOt The total amount of tnese appro priatlons for the two years is 3o603 84 The appropriations of the last Legislature or the same purposes though including very many more public Improvements was 5988445 Tl But In addlUon to the regular appropriations for the biennial period the council since December Uth has appropriated 1104553 24 for purposes Incidental to and created by the ptague epi demic including X3452I 24 for the exten sion Of the sewerage system of Honolulu and zouwior tne erection oi a garnage crematorr About U00CO of these soeciaJ appropriations were used In the construc tion or quarantine aetenuon camps The Council of Stat refused to make an appropiiatlen for the court of claims to pass on these fire losses on the ground that the Executive had not kept faith with them in the appointments made for members of this court and in the scope of Jurisdiction conferred on the court Abram Humphreys the candidate for a position on the Supremebench of Hawaii aralnst whose aDoolntment a nrotest has been filed by Cooper District 1 Attorney oi Mmn nunir a maxing charges against his personal and professionalprofessional character has answered those charges through thr newspapers here by denying in loto all aspersions against his integrity Crown rrineeToshlbitVs Wedding JlOOhXHAJ April tlnoffldal naif Jfo Bfeiv at the Cases of Plasrne Islands HONOLULU April 27 There have been no cases of plague In the Islands since March 31sU If none appear between now and Monday the quarantine will be raised and the port of Honolulu will be a clean port for the firstHlme forever four months ana a naix Th total number of cases of olaaue has been 71 In Honolulu I In Hllo and In Kahulul The total number of deaths from iilaeniA has been 61 In Honolulu 1 In Hllo and In Kahulul TotaJ number of canes In the islands si total numoer oi aeatns from plague In the Islands Tl total number ofrecoveriea 10 Vt Herman Levy son of Rabbi Levy of San Francisco left the plague hospital Saturday April 22d having been there since the early morning of March Id He haa entirely recovered and now weighs but elsrht nounds less than he did before tie was taken sick it Is still undetermined what wasthe matter with him Mr iLcvyrs mother is here with her son They will probablyrgo to the Coast wjthln a few weeks and Levy wilt remain therenntll thoroughly recuperated SHIPS IN A RACK WITH TBLiW cation haa been received here that Crown Prince Yoshlhlto of Japan win marry on May 6th the Princess SadvKuJo Athree days holiday has been proclaimed lu Japan It Is Intended to hold a celebration here on May 7th All tbe Japanese stores In the Islands will be closed that day and an effort Is being made to so cure a holiday for all Japanese plantation laborers i Paciflo Coast Pensions WASHINGTON Mayji Pensions have been granted as follows California Increase Francis Louis Chandler Los Angeles J8 John Gumbln ger Los Angeles tt George Ward Boulder Creek IS Lorenso Allen San Francisco J8 Ambrose Hughes Stockton lv Original widows special War with Spain original Jacob Bins The Dallet J6 Washington Additional Andrew Perkins Colvllle 18 Increase Thomas ORoke Spokane 3 Jlobert Dougherty SpokaneJlO 5 i vv i 8lKeIsirispStektIChriiUlcM YASHiOTONiMay 4V Governor Jaryhaa eut to rjhjtNavy jpepartment another of his characteristic official re ports about aft airs Jn Quani ineludins tneVult uhdejyiils fjdlrectlbrii and a financial statement oftlinrstiilonthspjhla administration whlch shows argTatlfy Ingvalbd growlnir surplus of Mexican Jbllairsln Jhe Island reasury6 American money has not yetentered Into circulation in Guarn ahdthe flgureslnthe balaneejBheet represent the silver iur rtiicytefttherbytheSpsl8d rThelamouijjn the local treasury on July 1899 was 1H The receipts from July lstnuary lisf last were 9415 anditheiexpendltures ifpr the same perlodwere57 leaving in thefre as jury on Ojanuaryl ifl00 4819 Theorem eelpts will nbt JJ so Jarge for there malnder of jthe fiscal yearv as thetax on marriage licenses will not be so pro dutlvet hut the yxpehsf i will bevjpro portlonatelyreduced as many of the improvemehta have benf completed The GovernotrsreRorts that theevapt oratlng plant la inl excellent condition buhe isvstiltwUhbtttanJcemachin witnthethbtiiweatheralmbst at hand The steam sawmill has been erectedand wasready forwork A telephone sys tenv had been insialled andwas in sue ceasfnl oneratlon between Agana the capital and Pltl the port The Officers Of the Tosemlte were still engaged on thetonorrarjhlcalfsurveii of the island whlch would les finished Id a few months r4j In fact all wasreU at Guam andlif thara would she perfect with refrigerating plant and as good library Gov ernor Leary explains to the department thati Jils request for a library dldnot contemplate a circulating affair for fictions He neededan encyclopedia a set at Revised Statutesi8om law books and other reference works lnaispensaDieio his office Borne booksubf thlssortwerti In the library of the Yosemite but that ship was seven miles from the capital dyer a shadeleea road and It waa exasperating to make the trip whenever a nuMtlon of local administration arose The tabulated enumeration of the population of Guam jias been forward ed by the Seeretaryof Jhe Navy to the Director of theCensus to be included In the1 total Of the TJnlted States It hows that Guarnhad si population of 8661 peraonson January 11900 Qf these 8 J49 lived lnthe capital clty of Agana In the dlstrlct bf Agana are fivetylU lagea which with their populations1 are tto was la hsMftor of the Japanssf friaoa Aa5te tapAsMlefafocsf vweros shown Jtlnsiii1ftafhre psHiMsr aai tomatlc on a naval cone raountlBorr dered for teiUoitedBHateev This smsv which haa aiawasfeJvelocUy of 8m tera flred anujaher of deliberate round of common Shea loaded and fused It aJso fired rapidly a series of twenty rounds CoHMoander Clover ooasidered the test satlefactory although the gB i filled to extract one cartridge jj sj to rvnn pacific CABLB BILW Corliss IntrodneeH RsolaUon fo Consideration of the Meaanre PAnHINQTONlayri live Corliss of Michigan has Introduced a soiutlonsetttagi MayisthforthaobnW rlderatlon jby thel House of the Padfla cable bUU the vote to be taken May 16th Cortlssifwho la an influential member of tne uomnutiee on interstate ana iroreign Commerce ha beenan earnest advocate of Oovernment ownership of the Padflo cable and dissented from the majority report lot the committee which was ls favor of granting a subsidy ot 1900090 to tbe private corporation building and operating submarine telegraph line to HomwK lulu and the Orient It is thoughe tho Committee on Rules will report a rule for the consideration of the bid butwlth tho1 understanding that the Pacific cable bUl already passed by the Senate will be taken tip This bill provides or the Urlnof a cable only to Honolulu at a cost not to exceed 9JO0O0QO est A JAJPAN AND fiUSSlAi beai fro CLASH 200 A 1ttA tiari Wt Ta ri ft ft era AUMIH 1 ss vw r4WAaMCAfAWa4a Sanahana 144 and Caroilnas 9Q The five towns fan the island outside of the district of Agana with their totals aret Agat44iSumay WSTImatta lit Morlzor49l Inarahah 618 Of the total pbpolatlomof Ihe island 3128 are males over 7 years old 8068 are females over yeaxsandlSSS are children under Tyears i Governor Leary says nothing about the state of health on tlie island but from his requisitions fOrmedlclnes and Surgical supplies the natives are revtf dehtlypatronlzlng the naval medical officers wlthfan LastbnishlngSTariety ot cotnplsJntSj JttSW MAXIM fltlJfS TKStiEr Special Trials at Which a Weapon Ordered tot America Was Fired NEW YORK May iA cabietoftjie Sun rom London says Coinmander RlchardionJoyertheArheriraval attache todaylattended the special trials of the Tickers Maxim guns at the firms range at iEynsford The exhlbl ii i TliiaCsislgTeriMsilitsiirpeis CoivasuidOetttntbeBe fi 5otheiipiomatio i 4 strii i 4i rbkOHAMA April ith theentuw subsidence of jihe Immediate wat scaro the Japanese press and people Arebusy speculating iupontheiposslbleeasons for the freueneydprsUUncyof Russias demands on CoreaThese demandsaro constantljLcheckmated fby Japan and yet ijvlsnoted that somehow Russia always cbmesoutbtHhevdlpiomatIo Strife a bit aheadwlth some slight iconcesslon mad to i per for her compliance i receding from herlnttUl eialmsiln theroost rs cent Instance starting with her usual impossible demand her final compromise ia the obtaining from Corean a guarantee that no part of the IsUnd of Socbe shall be aUenated at any time in the future It 1s noted that the terms otthlsguaran tee aretldentlcal with those by whicbrtho Yang tse valley became Englands ao knowledged sphere of Influence so that Russia now has gained herjrolnt and haa an acknowledged sphere of Influence In the straits of Coraa JfC What this means to Russia and to Japan plainly Indicated by the sUtus of Man churls now recognised byevery one hers In the East as lust as much a part pf the Russian Empire as Siberia itself Noth lag1 lafactv Is more svldentithan that the CsarBOovernment pursuing its favorite and always successful tactics has gained its coveted foothold for ta naval station where Tt can plant itself aa a direct menace to Japan ven if Russia had been unsuccessful in this partlcularj move tbeeonstant nagging to which tha Japanese Oovernment has been and ria still being subjected bytheiCMuscovlte demands upon CoreaTcanbave butonaj outcome and now that Russia haajus tually gained her endv the result upon which Europe has been recently insisting would seemito be actually not farioff Manyof the most tlntelllgentnobseryer here are therefore predicting a clash of arms In tbe pear future DEFECTil IX HAWAII AX iAWi OS wl tl 41 Jfo Provision Made to Extend Postal Regniations to the Iajlands ViQT6NlllaayirVCaoHet meeting to day considerable traiewaa consumed In discussing the newllawailan and Porto Rlcan acts Although the treaty under which Hawaii wm annexed tQthe TJnlted States iprbyidedi that ths Unlted States should assume the debts of the III ands amounting to about H0O0000 there wasLdoubt as to the right of Secretary Gage under the Hawaiian act to pay oft the debt and it Is probable that a bUl will be Introduced lnT Congress with a vlew to setting the matter right 4lJoubtralso waSexDressed a to the rlrht of the Post I master General to extend the postal laws to the tsianas unaer tne termi or tne act and remedial legislation may be asked in this case Hew fXVisnl Generat at Tokbhama tWABHIJIGTpN May 4 Thepreiu4ent to day sent the following nominations to the Senate EC Bellows of Washington to be Consul General at Yokohama Jspan Lieutenant Commander 8amuel Lemly United States Mavy of North Carolina to be Judge Advocate General of theNavy with rank of Captain for the term ot four years from the 4th of June 1900 ivr I I i ti Oaklasd branch offlwt of th fCbronlclet foe ri cltUc IrllmnU sad satwerlptlons S50 Bresdwarw MeMiire inlrodnced In tbe iloase by Baltef of IaxyIandJ It Ex 3 tends General Statates 4 JtSoiqeieWtfaia WASHiNGTbr May4iwBbprsehtaJ tlve Baker of Marylarfd Introduced a bill tcdaytoyepeal the Chinese exclusion acts of May iaa amended November 3i 1S33 and of September 13 18S3 as amended October 1888 if May 1882 as amended Connelly who were Indicted by theJuly 1884 Bakers bill provides that the irI5c ELril dellau he lonthe subJectTtforelgntmmigrationare yjyi 1 Jlheontracts for tbeifl an4 8haU be applicable to Chinese ner pX5til5nT2At5uumDemn2 on ano persona of Chinese descenr who f251v lKfA1tinTrerre8Jtd shall prove themselves ablet to read Ohe SiiiTLfnfii01 wnttenr printed in theMEngllah or Cni W9W9PJKintlajaptAgt The Secretary of the Sitw W1 riiiiiiii fi Treasury lsiempoweredto make regular SlJKeXK1 rtfpeke Uons to carry the law into effects contended Jhatsuchablll applying to The Controllers the Currencyhaa api JlLwllA0frtminfleaeeiLWIgh proved the Flrst National Bankof Deni ayla rerveSgVnlsloftF nvTUn ikT EL uvu cr National uana or los Angeies CoSlnCffirh Sfd1ft5It Dr JJpbnAf Lewis has been appointed Chairman Rar said the real ouestlnn in ii inin rnn lIiyrrV wlhe51w50OdloHcrto McCarmlck has ben appointed AtZiiW rrTilS ubi one juna fourth class postmaster at moarxCiay dietion to another upon the simple pre countyrA vice a IC Seger resigned seatmeBt of an lndlctmentf Colonel Dud raySasterW Wilson of the United 1ST exraJl CPnIon that it tfould Btatestarr has been fSred to duty on ipSlcSyandid nott1Inlc the Pensacola and additional duty as thai business Interests prthe country storekeeper of the tralnl station should be subieoted to tha dsnrem that i ru At vtiiStmnr hjrked In tbU WIU cailUter of Salt lAkatCityihave as ROM fouowea Coloner Dudley been appointed special agent to collect was tfe attorney of the Oaynors uTe stock statistics for the Census Bureau IT also opposed tbe blH i rtaSlsr anil wtfmi ft SSss swsvy Sissarq xae nai aa amspsjan wmm rm WH ls il i 1 1L 1 if I taAtaasa Befflrll ma Im SJbif rsa jt i rt ffS9fiSMlaf ylnrof Ner AtlttoCableBeiun raw wt iniuii wuen woionei WW submit formal brief a RBRLINMay A dlspateh front Ber kum brtano in tne oria sea says tne lay iLHimi vtTia am man ibk oiaBe utnnsn Aswnssa ewit was tmm wmrmmmamm commenced there at llJWthla iftpS aiyt Jspt 1 wwaefll The Territorial BUI Presents Rare Gamble to Vessel OTrners HONOLULU April 27 Thepassage of ihoHawallanterrltorlar bill has brought about as pretty a gambling situation in shipping as ever reinsurance offered There are a lo of vessels now on the high seas route hererhtch rnay makeor lose mbneyrfor thelrownersior conslgnee by arriving a day earlier ora day later That part of the ijfewcastle coal tl eet afloat which geta here before the bill goes Into effect gets its coal In free of duty That Cart which arriveS here the day after the Ulgoea lntojeffect wlllshave to payfil cents acton duty UJiiZT There arei seven vessels on their Way herefrom Europe three of which are almost certain tp come in ahead of the time the aefgoes into eff eet As to the other four it Is a good gamble either way With the cargoes they carry Hi might easily make a difference of several thousand dollars apiece whether they came In a day early or a day iateThere are four vessels on thelrwayherefronv New York which are due about the time the act will probably gdlntQ tit ecti Thei condition of afr fairs for them is Just opposite If they make good trips they lose money Jf they make slow trips they make money The biggestcontractifor sailors ever made in this port has Just been completed between wE NighelUoWner of six or seven vessels of the round the Horn sugar fleet now In island ports and a firm of local snipping masters Uy hir contract the shipping masters are toman his fleet with sailors at a uniform nrira of J20 a man As about ISO sailors will be RELICS OF THE MOXARCHVOJI SALE The Government to Relieve Itself From a Sonree of Scandal Honolulu April eviocai goyv ernment hasdecldedto sell at auction a large quantity of curios and relics of the rflbnarchyThesaiewUltakVpUc few days Innumerably charges of looUng these treasures have been made from time to ttoae sometimes followed by prosecutions in the criminal courts and sometimes by military Investigations Judge Wilcox of the district Court in the course of one of these trials said that there had been scandals In connection with thoreHea from the very time of the overthrow of the monarchy and that in hto opinion theusands rg VJ 2 Miruitcs in Hvaria yi iii ra You cant judee a manby the clothes he wears but i Tij you can judge a dealer therciears he sells Hesa cr Ji gooddealier that sells SBSSSSY HPSB SB BW SBSBSB Ssff SSSSBv Bff SSBBBy Bff asj SBam Bw SjBBm MI gill i 1 ti oc ancl upward At high class dealers1 Yt a a tu liv Trade supplied byS BACHMAN CQt cor Pino Batterj Sbt feT rfg wr 4LTHZ HAVANA AMKR1CAN COm TfcA IWg Hixxas fc i mi t5 rit 5 i 1 I i tl 5 1 10ti 5 i it It costs nojmdrp to smolte She best i ti a vrm SSftj 1 i A rY a i Jfi jiS 17jia Fi fJ TUT Tt fyw KM3KS n1 Tsar JSfe 39 i i as eft sS iu5itJ Mt mw jrii rt.