The Wichita Daily Eagle (Wichita, Kan.)
May 20, 1899

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J- i VOImiE XXXI WICHITA, KAyS&g; SATUBD AX MOI&qyGr, 3LAY 20, 1S99 XUMBER2 aak All Those Tonguey Filipinos Wanted, After AIL OTIS SHUTS THEM UP He Did Before, and Will Hear But One Word AND THAT IS SURRENDER Xd Doubt of Their Desperation, Xor Thut If They Want Tilore Fight They IC'au Get It. Manila, May 20. (10:45 a. m.)-Two mili tary and two ciil Filipino commission ers, appointed to co-operate -with three xtizens of 'Manila in negotiating terms of peace, arrived here at S:15 a, m. today. They have submitted no new proposition hut "want an armistice, pending the ses sion of the FiKpino congress. Major Gen eral Otis has refused to entertain the proposal. New York, May 19. A dispatch to the Herald from Manila says: "Definite peace propositions from the Filipino govern ment are imminent. The Americans posi i.vely have entire control of the situa tion If the rainy season does not set in within ten days and make further mili tary operations impossible, should the in surgents still prove intractable. The pur pose of the Filipino leaders to give up tne struggle against Ameican authority was made known by two delegates of the Filipino peace commission, who remained in San Isidro when it was captured and burrendered to the advance guard. In consultation -with American oflicers they 6tate thwt the Filipino forces have been iir the last four das -willing to secure peace on any terms that General OCs m ght toe lit to offer. They declare that General Lawton by his" rapid and ener ttic advance from Balnag has not al lowed their forces a moment's cessation from fighting. The delegates add as their most important information that Aguin- aido himself will sue" for peace tlirougii the peace commission within two days. If he does not so act, the Filipino gov ernment -will promptly repudiate him, as four-fifths of the natives are weary of the ar and desire the early ending of hostil it est The Filipino congress voted on ZvIuyS to name a peace commission, which a.- finally made up consists of Buenca Jmne, Del Pilar, Arguelles, Torres, Pam 3 enes anl Herrera. These delegates here irtend to proceed to General LewtAn's .adquarters to begin negotiations for a YwcMic- settlement, but the American at-tui-k on San Isfdro caused the into take iiight to the northward. The two who re m.rned here and surrendered assure the Americans that the others wiK eturn to m Isidro to carry out the original de igns. It is stated that Aguinaldo fled t ti town day before yesterday. He is i. w reporter to be tut Cabanatanuan, eighteen miles north of San Isidro." Manila, May IS. (6:30 p. m.) General 1. ma is reported to be making desperate t fforts to restrain the educated Filipinos within the limits of his selt-appointed ju- j -Jiccm from communicating with the RIOT OCCURS AT ENID Colored People 32obbed at Cke "Walk and Severti Wounded Enid, O. T., May 19. (Special.) The col ored people of this cityi gave a cake walk at Xewton's opera house last night. There was a large attendance of colored people from this part of the territory and a goodly number of white people went to the opera "house. There has been some feeling on the part of the residents of the city against the colored population for some time and early m the evening it became evident that their would be trouble. It was not supposed, however, that anything serious would develop. While the cake walk was in progress a. crowd gathered about the opera house and some eggs were thrown. A little later a stick of dynamite was exploded near the bu.ldlng, resulting in quite a panic among the audience. After the cake walk the white people left the opera house and the colored folks were arranging for a grand ball. About this time the crowd became a mob and was soon beyond the control of the offi cers. In a very few minutes a general fight was on. At this time it cannot bo said with" any certainty who fired the first shot, but the shooting soon became gen eral ana ome seven or eight people were injured. Three whites were slightly wounded and at least four colored peo ple, two of them women, both said to be serious. It, is reported here this afternoon that a colored man by the name of Jake Point- dexter was killed at North Enid this after noon by a deputy sheriff, who had a war ram for his arrest. The best people of the city condemn the action of a certain element in bringing on the trouble and are determined that the matter shall be sifted to the botton. Of Americrn Double Dealing in Cuba Fails, KICK IS REALLY ON GOMEZ For Failure tc Disband the Army as to Per Contract Americans, even to arresting Enoumino iid Herrera. two of the most influential officials, while on their way to Malolos to n. those who are coming via San Ist lu today. This and the removal of the s-t at of government to Tariac, thirty m.'s north of San Fernando, may lead t complications and detey in the pacin v rmn. But it is generally conceded that fa-ther opposition to American sover-t.-nty is useless and ridiculous. Neither C neral Luna nor General Pio del Pilar Z t- sufficient force to resist or compel mission. iltneral Wheaton has been relieved of t mmand of the Second division, for a t oial assignment, and General Funston u oeen assigned to fas orsgaoe. board consisting of Colonel French, Tf the Twenty-aeond infantry, and Ma r Cabell and Captain Randolph, of the 'i.Mrd artillery, has been appointed! to pro c i to BatavVa for the purpose of inves itine; the European methods of prbvld for the health of the troops there t i l to report on the subject for the bene- of the Americans here. I ne transport Warren has arrived here m San Francisco. ashmgton, Slay 19. General Otis has warded an acknowledgment of the .-;dent's message of yesterday in a dte- n saying: "General Lawton and com- A send grateful acknowledgment for -rat illations" ;r s ON SATURDAY, THE 20TH Iewey I. lrohhiy at Lat Strtcd on KIs Vty Heme. Nw York, May 1?. A dispatch to the J '.a! and Advertiser from Honp Kong f "Admiral Dewey will leave Manila i Mturday mrtrning. the 3Wh" instant. goes well he will arrive here next -jV morning. Arrannnruxiti hit- made here to pat the Oiymnta, the n -al"s flagship. In dry dock ae soon -i arrives. Her long sojourn In tropl- waters has xou'ed her bottom so badly she will need a thorough o verba ul- nd scraping"in order to fit her for trip across the Indian ocean. There other matters, too, that will need to ked after. Her machinery will be i ,letely overhauled. Nw trim' will ided and the 'gingerbread" work i 'i was dispensed w-th at the time was put in war rig will be replaced, will be coaled and provisioned here when she steams ont of the harbor .t two weeks hence, she will be ra e tu make anoabar nn 1 iwini i i-ar. .tAEr" ner rvqoro-iifeExtag ad- Enid, O. T., May 15. (Special.) A peace ful meeting of colored people was inter rupted and attacked by a mob of hood lums last night at the opera house, which resulted in the serious injury of several people. A cake walk was being given by the colored people of Enidat which a number of couples from Kingfisher and other towns were competing for the prize. The en tertainment was attended by the best white people of the city; the large hall was crowded to overflowing with an audi ence composed chiefly of ladies and chil dren. Threats had been floating about all day that the Kingfisher negroes would be mobbed on account of some abuse which It was claimed had been given the Enid baseball team at Kingfisher a few days ago, but nothing was thought of it, and even when eggs were thrown into the crowds o, people passing up the stairway to the hail, no one dreamed of the intense feeling that existed. Even when, just as the first act was on, a stick of dynamite was exploded in the rear of the building, a panic was easily averted; though if people with clear heads had not acted quickly there might havo been considerable loss of life. At the close of the cako walk the negroes were to have a dance but the crowd in the streets had gathered to a mob. The audi ence pouring out of the opera house be came frightened at the most unusual scene and at the shots, cries and threats, and hurriedly scattered for their homes. At half past 10 o'clock there were 500 men and boys gathered about the opera house, which the marsha was powerless to disperse. The negroes were huddled together, in a frightened mass in ono cor nea of the hall, the boldest of them mak ing a feeble effort to enoourage-the others to go on with the ball. Every few min utes a negro made a rush down the stair way to get away, and was chased and fired upon, while the main body of the mob re mained on guard, grimly waiting for cer tain parties whom they seemed to be after. Eggs and garbage were thrown through the windows; shots were fired, and pande monium reigned. Police Judge Blanding, Percy Glaze, Mayor Mybergen and others addressed the mob in the interest of law and order, but the crowd hustled them away without ceremony. Marshal Thrash er appointed special deputies but thoy, together with the sheriff and posse, seemed utterly uneble o control the riot, which increased in anger and bitterness, ust at this time the negroes themselves, apparently frenzied, began to shoot from the windows into the people .massed in the street. Al. Thrasher, doputy marshal, was shot in the hand. Carl Johnson re ceived a ball in the leg. Others claimed to be injured more or less. Then every thing teemed to let go; volley after vol ley was fired at tho opera house: a rush was made up the stairway; the door wu kicked in anJ shots were fired into the crowd of shrieking women, while the men fled through the windows, leaping twenty feet to the ground and scattering in the darkness, pursued by detachments of the yelling mob. which reemed to have lot all human instincts and became possessed of an uncontrolable desire to kill. Ono colored woman was shot in the shoulder and is wounded seriously. An other was shot in the head a scalp wound. A third was pounded into insensibility wKh the butt of a revolver. Although most of the work of the mob was done under the glare of an electric light, oxily three arrests have been made up to date, and, strange to say, these are negroes. The opera house and buildings in its vicinity look as though the war in Manila had struck us. their sides being covered with egjrs and perforated with bullets. The city was wild with excitement to day .the better clement demanding, for the protection of the fair name of the city, the prompt identttcatlon and arrest of the leaders of the mob, and their sum mary punishment. X'nless this Is done a special grand jury may be called. Havana, May 151 Havana is in a fer ment again over the idea that the Wash ington administration has determined to take the arms of the Cuban troops and to retain them in military possession. This view of the latest news from Washington has been telegraphed to the various cities. Governor General Brooke is thus far un aware, save through the press telegrams, of any dissatisfaction on the part of Gen eral Alger, secretary of war, with his (General Brooke's) plan to have the arms deposited in the care of the mayors of the municipalities, nor has ho received any inkling of the secretary's purpose to lay the matter before President McKinley. Consequently, unless instructions to the contrary are received from the Washing ton administration, the governor's order respecting the distribution of the $3,000,000, as modified, will be Issued tomorrow. The secretary of war has been informed as :o the substance of this order, in the usual course of business. Havana's midday papers publish the Washington news, some of them commenting editorially upon it. As the point about where the arms are to be kept appears to be thought of vital importance In Washington, the conviction announced there rnat- tho mayors cannot be trusted with them is a cause of fresh discontent, just at the moment when the various complications appeared to be un raveled. Tho mayors are the appointees of the governor general, and when the military assembly dissolved they were made its representatives to receive the arms. Article i of the agreement between General Gomez and obert P. Porter, Pres runs as follows: "The Cubans shall sur render their arms to -the Cuban assembly or to its representatives." General Gomez, who at the time of com ing to the agreement with Mr. Porter had not quarreled with the assembly, insisted upon this point. Since the quarrel he has again raised the pojnt, saying also that Mr. Porter brought full written authority from President McKinley and, in the pres ident's name, agreed that the arms should go into the custody of the assembly or its representatives At Monday night's meet ing of the society of Veterans of nlde pendenee, organized by former fnambers of the assembly, the speakers' dilated upon article 4, asserting bad faith, tho presi dent's .plenipotentiary having agreed to deposit .the arms with, the representatives of the assembly, while, through the con nivance of Gpmez, they were to be sur rendered to the American army La Xhscu9iion says: "Secretary Alger appears to wish to provoke a conflict here. Ho is more dtetlngufehed in the United States as a business man than as a poli tician and his relations with certain syn dicates ara well known. He opposes every thing that Cuba wants and favors every thing that would cause feeling and pro voke excitement. His attitude prompts the questSon, -what does he want Does j he desire a war here similar to that in the Philippines We are forced to believe that ho only approves what is unsatisfactory to Cuba." Cubans of prominence object to talk ing for publication on the subject, Out wherever they have been Interviewed they say, without exception, that such an order as Is referred to in the press dispatches from Washington would cause much troublo and would still further separate Cuba from the United States: The manifesto of General Gomez Issued last evening Is unsatisfactory to the mili tary administration, because its author failed to disband the army. He had been asked to include a paragraph directing the various commands to dissolve, and had said ho was In doubt as to whether he was authorised to disband the army. The man who was reported to be suffer ing from yellow fever is now out of dan ger ami no new cases of the disease have developed. Orders have been issued that only immunos are to he allowed to work under the ground near the harbor, as It is believed this work caused the former case of fever. Owing to orders from Wash ington, a majority of tho employes have ben discharged from the navy yard here, which has not left enough men at the yard to pay proper sanitary attention to the place. Naval oflicers expect that in tho near future the city sanitary inspectors wfD be called upon to take steps, in order to propwly safeguard the city, for clean ing certain portions of the yard. tary Alger the facts ii the case and asked for a decision. The secretary in turn has communicated with the president and asked for instructions, for he feels that he is not authorized to amend or revoke an order originally emanating directly from the president. That Is the state of the case at present. The president has not yet notified the war department of his in tention. It Vs said at the war department that should the Cuban leaders refuse to accept General Brooke's proffer, whether it is conditioned upon the surrender of arms to United States ormy officers, o rto Cuban mayors, that will terminate the efforts of the governor general to come to a satis factory arrangement with these leaders. For, thereupon, General Brooke will pro ceed to address himself directly to the Cuban private soldiers. He will have his agents United States army officers pay off every bona fide Cuban soldier who is willing to comply with the conditions laid down by him, and this wI be done with out further reference to any of the mal content leaders, who have so long retard ed settlement. Hot Springs, Va., May 13. The special train bearing the president and Mrs. Mc Kinley and their party left here at 10:30 o'clock tonight en route for" Washington. Washington will be reached early Satur day evening. The, visit here has lasted eleven days and the president has been greatly benefited in health. Adjutant General Corbin arrived here to day, bringing some documents upon which he desired the president's action. It was understood that they refer to the situa tion in Cuba, regarding the pan for pay ment and disarmament of the Cuban troops. A question has been submitted by General Brooke as to -whether or not the arms "should be turned over to the mayors of towns or to United States officers. General Corbin was with the president for only a few minutes. GHOULS Piy a Thriving Traffic by the Grace of Tammany. Bulletin Of STIjc JBidjita Daihr (gaglc WicHta, Saturday, tfaj 19. 1899 Weather For AVIcliita Today: Unsettled; cooler: variable triads "STIFFS" FROM HOSPITALS Source of Gain to Such Have the Needful Pull. as WISH HIM JOY OF HIS JOB Spaniards in Jlexico Turn Iioosc iu JtiUicule or Uncle Sam, Mexico City, May 19. The organs of the Spanish colony predict that the United States Is on the eve of a long and costiy ar In Cuba as well as In the Philippines, basing their predictions on supposed in formation from Cuba. El Correo de Es pana says: "The United States will be obliged to sustain in Cuba a long, costly and barren war such as they are waging In the Philippines. We may be told that now the Cubans will have no one to fur nish them with arms and ammunition, but they will find someone. The Yankees, without being good soldiers, may be able to be.it them easily. Who doubts it? But will the Insurgents allow themselves to be beaten? WH they not follow the sys tem of tiring their pursuers out and shoot them from places of-'safety, and will not the Yankees feel the effects of the climate and suffer more oven than did the Span-lards?" New York, May 13. The feature' of to day's session of the Mazet investigation committee was the unearthing of an al leged system of corruption .n the dispo sition'of the dead bodies from a city hos pital; a ghoulish tals that was we'd cor roborated and replete with detail. 3y several witnesses it was sta:ed that an undertaker named Marren illegally secured the funerals of all bodies taken :o Har lem hospital, and that he was enabie.i to do this by bribing clerks in the employ of the city to break the rules. It was also shown that, apparently, an acqua.ntance- shlp existed between Marre.1 and Messrs. Croker and Carroll. A large number of witnesses were cajled and multip-city cf subjects were touched upon during the examination. The old question of sewar pipe and the connection between Contractor's Supply company and the city departments was gono into, but tne only apparent import ant point elicited was that ichard Croker had objected to his son's going into this concern when he learned that it intended to supply city,departments IMPORTANT NEWS OF TODAY- Pages. 1, Kcbels HaveH't Surrendered Yet Cabas Kick That Failed Taaaasr and. the Gkeals Peace Conference Matters S. Important Fee Declslea 3. Wichita Livestock Market Wheat r KIchth-CcB t Do ws f Xo Outsiders la Wall Street 5, Lively Day for Real Estate G. Gov, Barnes1 Letter to .Delegates Concert is the I'ark Another Charge AsralHst 2Irs. Now 8. LcadiBff Staples Strong Xcw York's Black Art Devotees VIRCHOW Who Leads German Liberal is Turns Upon America TO SEARCH FOR ANDREE Expedition on tho I'oint of Dcp-trture rom Stockholm. London. May 20, The JDaily Mail pub lishes the foEowing; dispatch from Stock holm: "An expedition under Professor Xathorst will -leave tomorrow for the northeast coast of Greenand in search of Professor Andree. -.fter carefully examin ing the region-between the 73d and 73th degrees north latitude, the expedition will proceed toward Cape Bismarck, on the east coast of Greenland in the hope of meeting Captain Otto Sverdrup's expedi tion, which left Christiania last June on the Fram. Every effort will bo made to find the explorers." Copenhagen, May 19. Nothing is known here as to the reported discovery of a let ter written by Professor Andree. the miss ing Arctic explorer, said to have been found in a bottle early last month on the northeast coast of Iceland by a man named Johann Magnusen. A letter in a bottle was found recently containing re ports of last year's work of Professor Xathorst's expedition, engaged in testing Arctic currents. This bore the address of Ernest Andree, brother of the aeraneout, and manager of the expedition. ATTHEUNIVERSITY Commencement Kxercises Jane 9 Captain Hoy Hoflnvm Orator. Guthrie, O. T., May 19. (Special.) The territorial university exercises will tako place June 9. Captain Roy V. Hoffman will make thcannual address to the grad uating class. The class will consist of three graduates with the degree of bach elor of arts and five graduates from the pharmacy department. The baccalaureate sermon will be preached by Bishop Brooko Sunday, June i. DOUBLES GAPifAL STOCK Oklahoma City Ituuk of Commerce K.eep Up With the Tinier. Guthne, O. T., May 19. (Special.) Col nel James H. Wheeler, president of the Bank of Commerce of Oklahoma City, has notsied the territorial banking board that h's bank will double its capital stock. Colonel Wheeler states that business en terprises of all kinds are In prosperous condition in his city and in doubling its capital stock his bank is simply keeping up with the head of the procession. DESPERADOES BREAK AWAY Front a Posse ATear Shawnee After Killing Dr. Kiniond. Guthrie, O. T., May 19. (Special.) A special to the Oklahoman from Shawnee gives the following particulars of the killing of Dr. Esmond near that place: "Dr. Esmond was killed northwest of this place this afternoon by Bill Watson, a member of a notorious gang of horse- thieves. The Watson gang, numbering five well known horse thieves, have ately commltted depredations in this section, and the sheriff and posse, of which Dr. Esmond was a member, were In pursuit. The gang were arrested and the party started for this place. It seems that Wat son had not been searched and at a time iwhen the officers were suspecting noth ing Watson shot Esmond in the head, killing him instantly. In the confusion tho thieves made their escape and at last accounts were headed In the dlrectino of Purcell. A large posso was organized and Is now In pursuit and a hot fight may be expected before morning. LEASE OF SCHOOL LANDS Twenty-Five SctIon at SS3 Kach fjr (Jrazinjr Iirpon. Guthrie, O. T May 19 (Special.)-The school land office harf leased twenty-five sections of school land to A. J. Chapman for grazing purposes. He is a large cat tle owner and is a member of the firm of tSmith, Chapman Maxwell who have a ranch In Woodward county. Mr. Chap man has about 40,000 head of cattle to pt i en the land. He paid $33 per se:tlj.t for tho leases, which rate is regulated In Woods and Woodward counties and lies west of range li west. This company has cattle in Beaver county. The rate i of leasing eaver county lands is $30 per sec tion, and most of it, about two-thirds la now leased. ON SUNDAY OBSERVANCE with F un S :t. rrai Ott Latent Cas.attv SAst. Washing" Vtir3S.-Geoeral ,OUs last C iali. a- follows: v,.ieI a a 4 ;-!-ecaiid lnMSai "jl rw M Twenty-second iafan- IMr Cosgrove, arm, r Carlson, abdomen. P i Shueiler, abdomen. j Minnesota May 15, Tew. thigh, slight. Seo- Privat yxafc Bnus, v, th; Privi S Ort :h. sBgat. LARGE RAILROAD PLANS To Occupy the Territory Between tho stanta Ke and Kork Ttlnnrf Gthrle. O. T.. May 19.-,Special.)-M. W. B llings. school land appraiser, is here from lackwell on has way to appraise the school lands of Okhoma and Cleveland counties. He says the Frisco is graded through to ChUooco reservation and the right of war to BL-,ckwU fe bemg con demned. He thinks "that road will bild to Tonkawa by August 1 and proposes to move on -south about Add way between the Santa r"e and the Hoc Island, branching at Marshal to Guthrie aid K t-..-;, The H. O. G. te nearly grdM pnca." JCr. BBIiBgs saya the srowth of Blackwell s marvelous. The new buildings a.-y rtne and the iacreasd papulation -iv be-t. The Braaoan brancn of the5a.n:a F. f-m HoaneweQ !s txpe trd to reaca .kwl ra.iroads. J ALGER GIVES THE LIE To tho Cuban Pretention of an Amer ican li'jun 11 ay Washington. D. C, May IS. "It Is the sheerest nonsenee." said ecretary Alger today. In commenting upon the pt&uished story that the president or himself had countermanded any order made by Gen eral Brooke relative to the disarmament of the Cuban troops. The state of the case, in brief, ts as follows: The presi dent canvassed very thoroughly with Sec retary Alger and General Brooke the best method of seenrtar the dishandment of t hi Cuban troops and their re-entry Into industrial 'life. It was decided that a nec essary step toward tirfs end was the sur render of the arms h!d by the Cuban soldiers. It was apprehended that, re taining their arm:, some, if sot a large portion inclined by their past predatory existence, would lapse into brigandage. So the president himself ordered Genera! Brooke to cause the arms of tbe CuSan soldierc to be delivered up to representa tives of the 1'Eited States army. With those Instructions. General Brooke has been aatieatry striving t carry out the president's p&m. He ha arrived at that point where' the Cuban leadens, as a mat ter of sentiment, they say. make It a condition of disarmament thit the arms shall be placed in the custody of the mayors of the Cuban towns. RealiriD? that to assent to such conditions would b contrary to the prestdenOE lnsrurcion&. General Brooke is-s tclezrash&i ts Sre- Presbytcriau Assembly ruts in Most of If Second Minneapolis, Minn., May IS. Sunday observance was the question which took tne major part of the Presbyterian assem bly's tune today. Most of the long after noon session was devoted to an earnest dtecuvHi to the report of the special committee on Sabbath observance, in the end the committee's tight resolntions -were adopted with sl'ght amendments and two more were added. la the dis cussion the Sunday street car,, the Sun day train and railroad excursion, the Sunday newspaper, the Sunday workingn Presbyterian and every form of actviiiy wnich ts not in harmony with the literal .meaning of the fourth oomrsaadiBent was condemned. APPEAL TO PRESBYTERIANS Ghance to Jleport AM Church Funds Clear of lpbt. Minneapolis, Minn., May Tbe moder ator of the ?nerai aweabiy tsenes the Soilowins appeal to all Preabyteitas churches In the United States: Inasmuch as ail boards of.onr church hove closed the rear without any indebt- edne&s save the f reeosaea snore. L. P.ebert F. Sample, snoderator M the gen eral aswsnbly .la session at Mhaneapons, Minn., do hereby apneas to all Prestey- teaan churches tareosaom tne i auec Stares to make an atferins tfa cause oc th Sabbath, May S. and report taw Mint :o me by telegrams Monday stora inx This- appeal fav made ftat for tne first time in 1 yasrs-ottr asoWy may ctnsc uoe :i sssta free from the burden of debt, -wkch asaonats to VMMJt. tini "POP-RT T. SAMPL.E. BUISNESS AT MOUNTAIN VIEW "Will be Conducted by the Mountain View Improvement Company. Guthrie. O. T., May 13. (Special.) Hon. George W. Bellamy and F. II. Wright, of EI Reno, were in the city and filed articles of incorporation with Secretary Jenkins, of the Mounraih View Improvement com pany. The principal place of business will be at Mountain View, Washita county. The directors of the company are W. H. V. Tates. Oakdale; John Kerfoot, George W. eliamy, F. H. Wright, E. E. Blake, Frank Rickey. A. Iu Nicholson and C. W. Ker foot. El Reno. The capital stock is MUST BE VOTED ON AGAIN iVo County Scat Otiidlrtate Appears With a CIcarpr-jorlty. Pond Creek, O. T., May 19. (Special.) The county commissioners have canvass ed die vote on the county eai election held In Grant county test Tuesday. The official canvass gives Pond Creek, the. present county s&jdL, 151; Jefferson, 137, and Medford 2t& Med ford thus lacks of having a majority over an. The commissioner! have ordered a. second election July 23. JOHN CHINAMAN ASA TRADER tracer and Kxapcratln Ways of the rlnt-Kyed Celestial. Washington, May 19 The reports roa our consular representative in Chfna, in cluded In the volume of 'Commercial Re htMBf, now going through the ores, eon tain many interesting Mntn to Aaettoaa inercbants and ntannfacMrers aiudowe to inereaaa their trade in the Bant. ComsuI- j General, V.'ildnwn at Hang Kong repeats the familiar facts about the neceastty for attractive trademarks and labels to catch the half-scp-irstitknss fancy of the Cntaoa importers, and adds a few potato abocc open accnonts and eredtta. Create from three 'to four months at eraaJly given tc Cafca be says, hue is coneeenesce of keen corapetfcloa the agreed tasm te often er regarded. the chinesosn taking detJrory and paying for ate goods in tnwtnlmcwio to suit his convenience. In sfrice C iatia, freab &atee are soce?Teiy and to aha on Hkaerme. so that tis etyK f tradJnc has now feecozae generally otabhi'fiMd in ChhM- Al ynnnanj account? between awtfret ara empvored to be settled, before tbe CbJ aeea Nw Year, and any factor hi tkos reseeec zSt tbe cre41t of be defaulter The nattrcis are also very oner-gnc ea&ac tosa of smms doe tient by 3nse mum; bat whan tbe balance !s tbe other way. oet st&ndta? coutracis and degverkw not tS ea ar afVwced to be over, wib mere jKientfce$ af early inenC Gumug CMrebamts bow to tbee e-u-enmdfcbm, aad others are therefore cotnnrflid to da so in arner to set any r of a buut sess ef the fwHwbi;r yseac. A Odnwn 'zrz&er zztZstaizs met as sroesAsca c I essftrczee indifference, as far as facial expression is concerned, that a foreigner hardly knows how to take him. He seldom admfc a profit from anything purchased, and where his prospective profit was to have been 40 pr cent, and he realizes only naif of It. he will lament, beclaring that ho actually sustained a. loss of 20 por cent. The Chinese merchant, however, if we accept him as he is and make allowances for his oddities, usually provs trustworthy In the long run, and very largo transec tions often take place on no stronger se curity than his word, or a memorandum of the facts- written and retained by him self. An annoying practise prevoils in the Chinese mercantile community of permit ting a purchaser to pick over a consign ment of goods and select that which strikes him as in best condition, rejecting the rest. This system is vexauious enough when applied to such goods a w&tchos, clocks, umbrellas, orshoes, but it becomes positively exasperating with canned foods. The merchant's coolies are allowed to open every case of tinned milk, for in stance, remove tho wrappers, carefully in spect each tin, set atde every one bearing the slightest blemish of the label, and re plenish, the reduced cases with other goods that are acceptable In outward ap- j pearance. The rejected goods tho mer chant will refuse to accept unless sk a great discount, and often will let them go to tho auction-room and buy them in there for a song, ho and other dealers having combined to control bidding and keep the price down. In other lines than pure merchandise, the Cfrneso havo some annoying habits whon dealir with Americans. Two grad uates of Cornell University, named Brill and Gilmore, went to Wu Chang last year, under a three-years contract with the Viceroy, to ieraio a farm for the Intro duction of American grains, fruits, otc. They took with them a large varaty of farming implements, trees and plants. They had expected a tract of one or two hundred acres of miKabla ground for Outr work; but, after several months of wait ing, they were alloted flv acros inafcle the city, a plot whloh had been used oj a dumping-ground for brick, lime, and rb bish, and which wns totally unfit for agri cultural purposes. Furthermore, they wero informed that even this would be taken away from them the following year, as the space would bo needed for a drii ground. Four cooles, wKh two bowea, wore put at their disposal for asekHanOt, but worked only whon they wore watched. The Chinese idea of such an undortaktng seems to be that If nrst-rftte men ace en gaged to superintend it, nothing ek is re quired. We havo no treaty with China, for the protection of our pat onto or copyright. We can protect these rights as agataat infringement by Amertcaa citizen in China, because an ofTendlag ctUsen can be brought before a consul and his case ad judicated acording to United States law; but natives may manufacture patented manufacture patented article, copy trademarks or roprtnt 4oks at wUL Once i na while, where a consul or the mtwb ter reprcMuiU to the Chinese aatborttteH UhsK something of this sort ba been dom redress is obtained a a matter of ogtefcU courtesy but a aver aa a matter of obli gation. .The way is paring, however, for tho ostaWshmeat of a patent sysceni in China. Last cummer a native genfiM, very poor, hut with an unusual isventrr faculty, devised a simple but very effi cient method for EBtnatn yam. He howd K to the Metbodb ntsfonarfes at Fuchau. who appealed to some gstlsmsn of means in Phafeetftfaa, and obtauv money to enable tbe inventor to perfect IN A VINDICTIVE SCREED In the Supposed interest of Universal Peace. NICHOLAS TO M'KINLEY Kepties ta a XIco Jfessco an Curt Jy as If Ho Lacked tho Price of C-blc Tails. bis machine and extend tu mnnufeecBT J r t to tho United State. Then eflpncatioa waa mode to the Chinese government at Peking for an imperial letter sretcctsns; htm ta hU riant to tbe vroftt of bis nv I venOon. After saany atrangSea, tnelodin- a vbnt la person to 14 Hosm; Chans; and an exhsbftihn of tba nisrbswa before tbe Tsung-lS Tamen. tbe matter wan brought to th favorable attention of the qojperor and a patent was tfwfeed. t Mm erer takea one in the empire. Thte inm sn led to tbe hwua f edfcta iatar In the suunster, antnortztns; eertnJn avtswares of pretectloB for, native authors and Hisan. tors, and it fa believed that bs da eottr forebra inventors ndtl be eJtb rtffeca kindred to rbose of natives. Berlin. May 19. Tho ndopendeneo Bcl gel publishes an interview with Profoasor Rudolph Vlrchow, the leader of German Hbortuism. on the subject of the pjaee conference, in the cmtu of whftfh he L represented as having said: "Otoarmamenl is in the air. Sooner er later it will be realized by asaatioas un der the law of developmoat. The pcogcam of Kraparor iXkhota is cempcohemrtve and complicated; but the fact that the powers accepted his call is significant enough. "One facter In the situation teHho weak ness of pubic opinion. Nations are sl astray by a deceptive Mea of giacy and honor. The United Stl have lately of fered a pitiable examntd of that. A civ ilized land has been plunged tato war by the criminal agitation of brainlefis denm goxuea and the Incapacity of nttars. Tho United States have sinned against hu manity and civilization. Let na bane that the Americans havcat last recovered from their bout of intoxication and wt8 redeem the errors of their country. AX Una to an illustration of the dlfiiotdUes confronting the conferonce. but it will net matter. If sureem ia Anally attained. Tab coat. ence. I boHeve, wHI deepen tbe sttfdy Of the ponce problems and the new century will bo an as of rai enlightenment, otv Cization and peace." London. May 3a, Tae correspondent of the Morning Pout at Tbe Hajrue Vela graph as follow: MAa ambient member of the peace conference wya h is simply an act of politeness to tbe cnar and will yield ao practical result, atmnly because It cannot. The powora, ha aant. ae to dbwntted and wabsh onfh other too nlMa ly to arrive at any wadiratandmg 1 Uaolr program. lite prediction to that theft will bo a Ions; aawtlan and then a ttm-aJaM oorlal of tne wwfr awsppsaJji." Hot Sorinan. Va.. iUy Ml- Aronty -was received today to President McKteler' raesaa to tbe caw of ItnaaU, eeawrtu attiag him noon tbe naentnx of tbe noo conference at The Hague. Ton aefcaowt. edgemeat front Nicholas waa: -Czarskoolako. May I -Prortdent of United State. Wahteten raeay thankful for your good wishes and eon gratu tattoo. slnd) "NICHOLAS." LAYING OUT PEACE BUSINESS How the !ii-suf: at Tlrt Hajcuo r .Hcitlns Abottt li. The Hague. May .-The chiefs of tbe different deieaations to the paee eoafar ence met today, under the prealaoney of the president of the conference. M 'e etaal. the Ruiaa imhiawl i Britain, tor the purpose of iiKDM ng 'h bustoe to be transacted tom-irr .w T e meetlns. at which Andrew Wh,i bi of the United States deter r h Julian Pauneef'Xt delegation, were pr. sareemeat to appoli r to deal wita tb- questions propowd for disarmament, laws ,t w ir tion and a-bttraitor W fadUlafnff the appin'm mittees !t -4S gr4 "..T j eaate bou nonjina' ii flelesatK.r whom r m.. anpolnt t tu" -that esrh ntitrm rj upon a J'roixrb'y te njt ii't TueiwJiiy rtr V. ganiae an! arra.njr' The op ni- n of a gates sn 'o t'j to be prr. ej it row h cty mi tlberal r1'" awl ina" m-- ir f rerr'"1 dm r.-n, and cob i -ttry p r a i as n elilist b"r of f 0 n rt at' -fuf r at a acn tt j be mtn harnvy TT I' a hr m of th r !in r tbe gv-: w all tbo -V 4mT jfrrfv :e"Vi breast i. ENID GETS THE COMMANDER Optain J. IIaqler in JUected to That Hish Position. Haki. O. T.. May TA. fSpctel-vona of tbe oM aefctiers bar rotunatd from (be rennion at Kasbtbor and report a craad tlssa Srnd wao bfstny boaev1 aa tno election of Cantztet J J. OojsAar aa 4 vmnonat oonmsaader. Captain Hooater hi lost tbe' man Uk emsmodar and w.a bring honor to the tenstory and use bar ta bin. EPW0RTH LEAGUE COHFERENCE Kcpretrntinr the Indian Mlioa In terest, in ?eiSori mt tinlhrlr OaKhrle. O. T My prlaiH-T ftltb anBoal aenrton of tbe tadiaa iOm&m nforth Leairu mnfereca a te suma i at Olruhrttna C3ty tate -mmk. Tbe whr one wtii'ai.aai tbe enatocfer of Ofclabo a and tbe Indian Tbcrttory- Tbec art- twti 8ft y League rrjrtnu4 r-4 tbe mt- SKB9 ma y h.tft. Vr A B- r rrfAr s aii i4 ward Berlin. 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