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VoL H. RALEIGH, N. C., SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 1901-TWELVE PAGES STo. 184 D Nothing to Do But Take the Amendment Straight NO GETTING ROUND IT Secretary Root Sends Instruc tions to General Wood, and He Will Explain the Situ ation to the Convention Washington. June 1. An authorita tive statement was made this afternoon to the effect that this government will make no formal statement to the Cuban convention in regard to the rejection of their action in adopting a plan of re lations. This does not mean that tha convention will not be Officially inform ed of the administration's views of the matter, but merely that no formal doc ument will be laid before the convention iroin the President. This conclusion was reached at a conference between the President and 'Secretary Hoot this afternoon. ' The paper drawn by Secretary Root last-night was mailed to General "Wood this, afternoon, however, and will form the basis of a statement to the con vention by General Wood. The sub stance of this paper was cabled, to him this morning, but without special in flruetidns. and was followed later by a personal letter giving detailed instruc tions in regard to the matter, and ac companied by a formal letter of about L00O words setting forth the official views of the administration on the ques tion of the convention's action in aOopt ins the Piatt amendment with a series of interpretation clauses which do not meet with the sppioval of the United State government. It is also learned that the action of the cabinet yesterday merely endorsed the views held by Secretary Itobt as al ready expressed to General Wood by cable. Immediately on receipt from General -Wood of the substance of the convention's plan of relations the- Sec retary of War says that it would not meet with the approval of the Presi dent, and so informed General Wood last Monday by letter and cable. As soon as the President returned the Sec retary of War laid before him the cor respondence with General Wood, and this was laid before the cabinet at its meeting yesterday, with the result that it unanimously approved of Secretary I toot's course and he was authorized to .draw - tip a more detailed and com plete letter to General Wood for . his i-uidance ia dealing further with the convention. The reason why the President cannot lay- before the convention any formal document which might be designated as a reply is that nothing has been received by him from the convention to a hich to make any response. It Is ;Lerefore necessary to carry cm com munications through General Wood who Till inform the convention of the views iid by the President on the conven tion's action in misinterpreting the Piatt amendment. In doing this General Wood will send to the convention : a statement based on that prepared by Secietary I?oot. It will not be pre sented, however, as a state paper but inertly as a statement by General Wood of, the President's disapproval of the plan of relations adopted by the con vention. ' It-is certain that General Wood will fallow Secretary Koot's' letter in every particular. This points out clearly and definitely why the United States gov ernment cannot accept as satisfactory the plan of the convention. It is held t int this government cannot receive the '. Ian of relations as an adoption of the I'latt amendment for the reason that the witernretation placed on the amend ment by Cuba is not satisfactory. Sec-j-t-tarr Moot proceeds to dircuss the rea sons for arriving at this conclusion and calk- ntfention- to the Cuban interpre tation of tjie sanitation clause of the amendment.- He shows that iu this in stance meaning of the clause is changed while it is difficult to under stand the interpretation placed on some of the other clauses. It is indicated strongly to the convention that'the Piatt .amendment must stand by itself, as this government will not agree to any amend ments or additions to it. The other. features of the riatt amend ment and their interpretation by the Cubans discussed i,y Secretary1 Root re late to the question of intervention and coaling stations. ln regard totinterven- t .on the- reply does not -hold J that the Piatt amendment clause is altered; by the interpretation, ht it is indicated that the interpretation is not satisfac tory. " A cablegram has been sent to General Wood for information as to when the convention will, reassemble, and a long confidential letter has been written to Lim by Secretary Root in which he freely discusses the whole subject of Cuban relations and ' the action of the convention in the attaching to the Piatt amendment a series of v interpretation rlanses Secretary , Root, remarks -that hs explanations to -the. commission' were Intended for their information and guid ance and not with any idea that they 'were to form a basis for the adoption of clauses of -interpretation.. Secretary Root also holds that they! were not offi cial" and could not be said to 'represent officially the views of - the- United States government, as '-these views were 'dearly expressed by Congress in the Piatt amendment itself ' and could , not be al tered by the President or any one eke. This is .' one of : the points upon which the plan of relations, is rejected. Gen eral Wood clearly stated to the com mission that neither he nor the Pres ident had any authority to change the Piatt amendment The Cuban conven tion, in its interpretation, made altera tions ' and changes in the Ihioaning of the amendment which the-President had no authority to make, and i,s prohibited from accepting for, the reason that they are not in accord with the amendment as passed by! Congress. It was announced at the War Depart ment, this morning that the letter to General Wood would be made public to day or tomorrow, but it has finally been decided to withhold its contents from the public until General Wood has laid before the convention .a statement of the position of this government. Even .then it is very probable that it will not be made public here, before the con vention acts , upon it. .. HASTY ACTION' In , Havana They Say the v President Was Too Fast Havaa. June 1. The question of the Piatt amendment and the action oftthe United States in refusing to accept the interpretation made by the constitu tional convention continues to be much discussed. The. discussion. says the first thing that strikes them is the hate with which the American administration is proceeding, as it had not even received the official resolution of the conven tion. The Discussion says also that Sec ret a i-v of War Root and General Wood knew the text of the report before the commission voted it," and could have avoided-any, hitch, inasmuch as those who voted for the report 'were ready to make any sacrifice in order to have the question definitely settled. - The paper savs there seems to be bad: faith on the part of the American administra tion. . ' ' " ' The Rairio de LaMaiinas asks wheth er the reason for the objection to the report is thai 'it really modifies the Flatt amedment or whether the United States want to reconsider the whoie question and anner the island." The Lucha says it hopes the members "of the constitutional convention will at last understand that the Piatt amend ment was not passed by Congress for the convention to amend, -but to reject or accept. . . ':; One of the radical. delegates asks, if only. Congress and the Supreme Court can decide the meaning of the law, why did Secretary Root interpret it to the commission that went to Washington... ULTIMATUM TO STRIKERS Given Until Monday to Decide What they Will Do: V Washington, June, 1. The first general order issued to the striking machinists of the Southern Railway was .promul gated today by Vice-President Gannon. It is. an ultimatum to the strikers, and states that all shop men who fail to report for duty at the regular hour Monday morning will be considered to have quit and will be paid off at ' once and their places' filled. The number of men on strike has increased somewhat since yesterday. Mr. Gannon estimates that between five and six hundred men are now out. , He says, however, that the rolling stock of the road is in excellent--condition and that the shcp3 of the company might remain closed for thirty . days Without the least inconve nience, Mr. Gannon has entire,, control of the situation for the company, and says he has no more idea of yieldinsr to the men now thin be had when the de mand was first : made. : - - ..'.;, MILLIONS FOR A COTTON MILL Winston-Salem, N. C, June 1. Sne- cial. A company with a capital stock of $2,225,000 has just been organized to build the Washington Cotton Mill at, Carice, on New river. Graj'son county. V lrginia. It will be one of the largest plants of the kind iii the South. The directors" are ' J. W, Danes, Clement Manly, F. II. Fries of WrihstonySalem, R. H. Ricks of Rocky Mount. W. C. Ruffin of Mayoden, G. W. Maslin :6f East 0ran.ee, X. J. Ofilcers President. F. H. Fries; vice-president, P. II. Hanes; secretary and treasurer, W. C. RufiTn. It will require a year , to complete the mill, which wil. . have forty thousand spindles and eleven hundred looms. The mill site consists of eight hundred acres of " land. The company owns six thou sand horse-power on New river. ..; ; S- . - STUDENTS-SHOW CONTEMPT FOR ROYALTY Sydney, X. S. W., June 1. While the degree of XL. was being conferred on the Duke of Cornwall . and York by the University today-the. students who filled the hall had an uproarious time. They delivered mock sermons, - sang topical songs and mimicked : royal presentations before the ceremony began. Dnring the conf erring of the degree not a word could be heard, as the -student sang "John Brown's Body," "He's a Jolly Good Fel low" and other popular sones. The young men were very unruly, and the' din and chaff are indescribable - v The Duchess of Cornwall and York, Countess Hopetoun, wife of the govern nor of the Australian 'commonwealth, and Lady Mary Ligon ere present. IH HAD Mrs McKinley's Life Hangs by a Frail Support ' - BADLY BROKEN DOWN Bulletins Give But Faint Promise of Recovery Three Physicians in Almost Constant Attendance- ashington, June 1. Mrs. McKinley's condition remains unchanged. This morn ing the physicians issued a bulletin con taining a grain of hopeTto the effect that she seemed1 to be improving slightly, but those ; around her cannot disguise the fact that she is a very sick woman, and has but a slim chance for life. Her vitality, which has been called upon to withstand so many attacks, has been practically exhausted, and with no reserve force remaining, she will almost certainly succumb if she suffers another relapse. Her malady is such that the recurrence of the attacks may be ex pected at any moment. In the meantime the three physicians attending her are almost constantly on watch. Dr. Rixey calls five or six times a day, and Drs. Sternberg and Johnston visit her in the forenoon and evening for consultation. . Dr. Sternberg is the surgeon-general of the army and Dr. John ston is a physician qf more than local fame in the treatment, of, general dis eases. " f - '. President McKinley spends several hours a day at his wife's bedside. Dur ing the remainder of the twenty-four hours she is constantly attended by one of her nieces and the trained nurse, who has been employed since Mrs. McKinley broke down in California. The bulletin issued today is encour aging, bnt in official circles and in fact throughout Washington fears are enter tained that the first lady of the land will not live long. Tlje recovery from the recent illness "is so slow that it-is thought her strength will not enable her to pull through. ..-"-'.,.' The three physicians were only in con sultation a short. Xime, and at 11 o'clock,' after their' departure, Secretary Cortel you gave ! out-. the following: "Mrs. McKinley's doctors report that she rested well during the night, and that her condition is somewhat more f a- j-rorable this morning." . The President appeared to be encour aged over the improvement, " and. this morning took a stroll in company with General Gillespie, chief of engineers. To many this bulletin was not so, en couraging. Yesterday the announcement was made that the President's wife was not out of danger, and the statement that she is somewhat improve! does cot mean much. The President finds some com fort in the ' words, but to others the bulletin has little significance. There Svere many inquiries at the White House today regarding Mrs. Mc: Kinley's condition. The gloomy char acter of the bulletins issued ' yesterday has revived the alarm felt when she was so low in San Francisco, and many tele grams have been received asking about the " state of her health. ? : Several of the ladies of the- cabinet called this morning to make personal inquiries. They were slightly relieved to learn that she had a fairly comfortable night. The general public is showing much consideration for the President, and there is no disposition t6 intrude upon him during the trial and strain he was undergoing; , It w .stated at the White House at 9:30 p. rn. that Mrs. McKinley had greatly improved since morning, and her physicians consider her as in no im cieuiate danger. NOT CITIZENS Filipinos Are Only Entitled to Paternal Protection v Washington, June 1. The State De partment has diiected Joseph H. Choate, United States ambassador at London, to. issue cedulas defining -the residence of two Filipinos who applied to him for passports. As passports are issued only to citizens of the United States, Mr. Choate declined to issue the feqttest of the applicant pending instructions from the department. It wis explained at the department that the cedula isstied to each of the Filipinos " would certify that he was "a resident of the Philip pine Islands, entitled to the protection of the United States." ' . - The cedula is not a, passport in the strict sense of the term, but has prac tically the value of a passport. The question of whether passports or cedulas would be issued was decided some time ago on ah application froni a Porto Rican for a passport. Porto Ricans are now supplied tvith cedulas, defining resi dence. The rule applies also to Cu bans for the period of the American oc cupation, and to native residents sf Hawaii, American-Samoa and Guam who are not citizens of the United States. Alabama's Difficult Problem Washington, June " 1. Representative J Bankhead, of Alabama, who was at the constitutional convention for a few days, savs that there as no doubt that .the constitution of Alabama will be con structed so as to regulate- affairs "in the State, but-thinks it very, doubtful how the desired end will be. reached. "It is a difficult question to handle," ha snid this mornine. "but " some or the best jnen of the State are in the con-: vention which is a thoroughly represen tative body. I .jtpi confident-that wis dp$i will characterize their course . and that they 'will fsolve, the problem sat isfactorily. It, "may, be some little time before a form is definitely decided on, b'.ft there . is .no doubt about .proper restrictions or .qualifications for suf frage being provided." , - Co i n age . Djj ring May Washington. Jutoe 1. The, coinage ex ecuted at the tlnited States mints during the month of May according to a state ment issued by -tha bureau of the mint, consisted of 191,000 double eagles. ?3, 820,000; 420,000 eagles, $4,200,000; 261, 000 half eagles, $1,305,000. Total gold coinage" 872,000 pieces valued at $9,325,-000.,- I ;CC". v'i "- The"silver coinage consisted of 2,531, 000 staudarddollars, 514.000 half dol lars, 1,324,000 quarter dollars, 1,400,000 dimes. To taU silver coinage 5,812,000 pices valued at $3,206,000. ' There were also coined 1,743,882 five cent nickels and 6,023,000 one cent bronze pieces. ; Total coinage' for May 14,450,882 pieces valued at $12,73S, 424.10. T RECALL OF WALDERSEE . t i It Is in Consequence of China Agreeing to Indemnity k ' Washington, Jnnel. Special Com missioner Rockhill ent a telegram to the State Department, today from Pekm in which' he expressed the opinion that the recall of Field Marshal Count Von W'aldersee from Chiua was in conse cnence of the ; acceptance by the Chi nese government of the. demand of the representative of a jnajority. of the pow ers for the payment iff 450,000,000, t a e!s indemnity. Mr. Rocthill aid also that the German forc i4 China. was being reduced to one : brigade, ' the forces of other countries likevie being cut down. In another ,dispatchVllr. Rpckhill said that the German brigade to remain in China would; consist of fo8r thousand men. - . ' : - - In view of the faeY thatjthe Ameri can force is' to be rfrducefcr to a lega tiOn 'guard of .two'companies of infantty .under- a major this government will take no, part in the discussion of Ger many's suggestion, that the' ommander of each of the forefign military contin gents exercise the-dfttles of commander-in-chief of the allies in turn. The small American f pjee jvill be independ ent of ioreSjn commanders and will re ceive ordeiT only ,frohi the iDlomatic renresentative of tl United States and the major cfimmauliunJ-K JW",T' " " 7" ' Msr. Conger, United States minister to China, who is now in this country, has informed' the' State Department that he will sail to rasume his duties at Pekin about July 7, the date on which his leave expires. This disposes of the re ports that Mr. Conger would not return to China. yv i'r- 4 EVERYBODY HAPPY - - .. ' ". Italians - Standing on Their Heads About the Girl Ejaby Rome, June 1. A thousand carrier pigeons were released at the Quirinal at midday to convey the tiding of the birth of the princess to all parts of the country that were inaccessible 'by tele graph. The announcement of the birth of the royal infant in the chamber of deputies was greeted with '. applause. It was uanimously resolved that the members should go to the palace in a body to con gratulate King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena on the event. The sit ting was adjourned in honor of tho oc casion. , . The king . this evening granted am nesty to-a number of prisoners who had been condemned for political, press and other, offences, . -f . Sampson on the Medals Washington, June 1. In its report to the Secretary of. the Xavy on the char acter of the medal to be awarded to naval and marine officers and enlisted men who were in the West Indian naval campaign of the Spanish-American war, the board of .awards has recommended that the medal bear a profile likeness of Rear Admiral William T. Sampson, commander of the United States naval force in the Xorth Atlantic station in the war.. This recommendation will un citfestionably be adopted by the Secre tary of the Xavy. The board, in thus honoring-Admiral Sampson, followed the precedent set by the Navy Department in directing, that the Manila Bay medals should bear the likeness of Admiral , Dewey. The board s report wm oe iaia before Secretary Long when lie returns to Washington from Colorado. He will be here probably next week; ' : ;-':' '';' "V .: '.".' ' West Point Examinations West Point. June 1. The annual ex amination of the . corps of cadets began this morning, and -will eontinne from day to day until completed, which will take nil or next week. Among the older army of ficers who : have registered at headanarters are itenerai v csit-.v .u ritt, who was superintendent of the mil- itary academy -from 1885 to 18S9, Gen- j cral Daniel Sickles of New York, and . General John W. Clous, of the judge advocate general's department. General Sehofield '; arrived this afternoon and . a salute was fired in his honor. Today the second class was examined in drill regulations,.the third class in Spanish and the fourth in mathematics. The esaminations 'are public P DD DV MM OLIIILIll UUUIU Lord Kitchener Finds Him self Outwitted Againi ROUBLES OF MILNER Enemies in His Rear Extolling Cecil Rhodes as the Strong Man the Country Wants HisAdministration Attacked London, June 1. The sum of the latest South African operations is that the Boers have, avoided British strategy. Lord Kitchener had "planned to force them to winter in the northern Trans vaal, and fight there, or at least to hold them until after the South African win ter, when the bush veldt is most un healthy for whites, when it was calcu lated that they would then come south and surrender. x Certain groups in the Pietersbiwg district are already entering the British lines and laying down their arms, but the great majority of the fighting Boers evaded the position, -split into sections pf from thirty to fifty and escaped to the south through the .meshes of the British drag-net, reassembling in the midlands district of Cape Colony, where, instead of the north Transvaal, Lord Kitehener may have to direct his winter campaign. - General Delarey-s unlikely to seek to operate there, as the Boer leaders have consistently chosen areas they know best. But such a severe attack as - that delivered by General Delarey at Blakfontein last Wednesday, besides reviving the panicky temper of the scat tered British columns which are moving without local knowledge of the country, will prevent Lord Kitchener from trans ferring enough men 'to, eject the Boers from Cape Colony. This impassiveuess may continue for months. The Boers are crippled through lack of supplies and the British are handicapped "through having to devote five-sixths of their army to guard their stores and their lines of communication. This situation has provoked the weary ciyilianpopnlatian. off Souths Africa, to cry otrt" against British methods,' and the correspondent .'of The Pall Mall Ga zette has sent a letter , to his 'paper saying that the, British commander-in-: chief is now , known as "Kitchener of Chaos." , . ' Concurrently the newspapers Controlled by Cecil -Rhodes have started a 'joint agitation ; that he ,is the strong' man the country wants. This agitation is beinj? conducted during Lord Milnerjs absence and against his Interests. , To add to his troubles the Uitlanders now in Cape Town and Durban have sent two - accredited representatives to .Eng land to move the government against Ixrd Milner's administration of the TransvaaU " They "declare that all his civilian officials except , two are person ally objectionable on the. ground that they are nopiinees of the capitalists and they are introducing 'regulations that will ruin the Band except for the great companies. The situation is an extreme ly difficult one for Lord Milneis who is now the gnest' of Colonial Secretary Chamberlain at Highbury this afternoon. The government will undoubtedly sup port him ..despite the industrious work of Dr. Leyds, the European agent of the Transvaal, in disseminating "the text of the interviews between Lord Kitchener and Commander-iu-Chief .Botha, show ing thrft the personal antipathy, to 'Lord Milnerris one of. the. greatest bars to the settlement of. the war. ANOTHER CHAPTER IN COMMISSARY FRAUDS Manila, -tune 1-Interest in the com missary fraUds was renewed today when Harold M. Pitt, manager for Evans & Co.. government contractors, was ar raigned on the charge of having received stolen good& ant having purchased pub lic rtroperlyvwbleh the military commis sary - of ficers .had . no authority to dis pose of. : Mr,' Pftt is also accused of re ceiving public property; from the officers of the commissary T department as a pledge for loans of money. This charge is related to the fifty cases of - bacon taken from the gov ernment stores, for the stealing of which Captain Barrows and Lieutenant Boyer were recently convicted by a military courts The; convicted "cf ficers appeared in court today to ac as witnesses, hut the case was adjourned until Monday. -:.-:' -4 . TREASURY BALANCE Ten MillidnsSurpIus Gained . in the Month of May "7 ' -- . - - V. - ' . -.. .. '. . - - i ' Washington. June 1. The comparative statement of " the government' receipts and expenditures, issued ; today, shows that during the' month of May the total receipts were" ?5(J,440, and -tne ex jfiRditures $42,130,560,, leaving a surplns for the month or slU.4yz.aSU. and maK- ing a surplua for the eleven months of j . . . i . . ffco fro- -f i tne Bscai year oi oo,yoi,ij. The a-eceipts for May re given as fol lowsr Customs, $21,021.28, increase as compared wjth "May, 1100, about $3.-425,000-r internal revenue, $27,668,702, increase $3,807,000; -miscellaneous, - $3, 03J),308, increase $40,000. - The disbursements on account of the War Department were $9,897,555, an in crease xt $4,200,000 over the same month of last year; 6n account of the Navy Department, $.VjoO,508, n increase of $100,000. The . total receipts for the . eleven ' months of the fiscal year have been $.;Il,.14,40j, a,nd the expenditures $4il, i)27,2l. For the same period of the last fiscal year the receipts were $oli, 5."3,115 and the expenditures $-154,418,- 4! 8. - - - : ' $ Admitted to " Windsor Castle London,- June L The representatives of the .New xork Chamlier of Commerce, who are the, guests of the London Cham-1x-r of Commerce, were this afternoon granted the rare privilege 6f. visiting Windsor Castle while the court is re siding there. . This privilege was conceded by King Edward, who also intimated that -he would be pleased to see the representa tives . of the New York Chamber of Commerce during their visit to Eng land. ' ,. : r - Lord Brassey, president of the Lon don Chamber of Commerce, accompanied the American delegates. These included all who have arrived in London up to the present time, except Andrew . Car negie, who was detained iii. Scotland. ENGLAND ALARMED Startling Revelation of Ameri can Trade Supremacy London, June 1. Lord George Hamil ton, secretary of state for India, nas completed "the rousing of Great Britain. His letter to Sir Alfred Hickmatt-priut-ed totbay, telling the nation that Ameri can manufactures are better and cheap er than British and why they are so, like a whip of scorpions applied to the back of British pride. Instead of re senting his blows the country at large is. ruefully acknowledging the justice of the castigation. Early excuses, ex planations, denials and ; recriminations are all abandoned by the public com mentators, and very where it is conceded, from the Times to the smallest half penny4 journal, that Great Britain no longer leads the world as an industrial and manufacturing nation. 'Lord George Hamilton's bold, brutal frankness is imitated at last by a press which until now has not dared to tell the truth about the causes of this na tional disgrace, .n attack is made today openly and valiantly against an evil which is so powerful that no great organ, of public opinion has. dared to assail it. Few would ' have believed some months ago that the editorial col umns of the leading London newspapers would today be filled with such' declara tions as "we affirm our conviction that to the ignorance and tyranny of trades unions the decline of our manufacturing spuremacy is primarily ; due," and- '.'we have no hesitation in saying that. metlr ods emnloved by trades unioniststoday are thoroughly unscrupulous and dishon est." - ' V . Such outspoken language as this, which is echoed and re-echoed through out England today, means the beginning of a campaign of ' reform, regeneration and rejuvenation which behooves Amer ica to take note of. It means that an awakening has come to this" country and tliat the opportunity now available to it's rivals will be curtailed. A hard struggle must come first, for the igno rance and folly which dominate trades union councils are too firmly establish ed to be easily eradicated. It will pro bably require a taste of bitter adversity to accomplish a radical reformation, but there. will no longer be blindness to the real facts of the situation. - This sudden realization of danger and the way to escape from it, which has come to the people is of the greatest iraoprtance to American commercial in terests. The immense advantage pos sessed by American manufacturers over those of Great Britain in competing for the world's trade exists today and , will exist tomorrow, and then it, will disap pear in grfeat part. He tinder-rates the stamina and resources of - the British people who assumes that they will fail under the spur of adverity to adapt themselves to r.ew conditions aod aban don the fatal follies which have crippled them. The present handicap will be removed nnd the trade which the Amer icans today can iave almost foe the asking, must be struggled -for. ' The opportunities for American trade in Great Britain have beer. freeir"is cusscd in these dippatches-iuring the Consideration of the sub- iect has been discontinued at present ; largely because it is tne universal rom plaint of American agents here that they cannot - obtain deliveries of goods act ually ordered from home manufacturers, and it is useless to point:' out the. fa cilities of trade under such circum- stenccs. - It is important to make clear to American manufacturers, however, thab they are losing peculiarly valuable oTinortunities which Will -never return by failing to make the fullest response to foreign demands. Tne agents compiain that the home houses fail to realize this and give a natural preference to the home markets, whereas the wisest policy at the preset moment is the reverse of this. - . $ Interest Not Paid Washington. June L The interest dn today on the bonds of the Washington Traction and Electric Company was not paid. A committee is now prepar ing a plan of reorganization. The in terest amounts to $300,000. " It is said that bondholders will receive 55 per cent of the m-'wJssue and 53 per cent in preferred stock. . . ' -A Laughing" Matter Paris, June 1. Prof. Frchsinais, the astronomer of . the Paris Observatory, ridicules the. report that Prof. -. W. H. Pickering of' Harvard Obstrraiory, has discovered snow iD the moon, - . 111 if A San Francisco Gin , Mill ; Wrecked by Soldiers ' MADE THINGS WARM Men Excited by a Report that Two of- Their Comrades HadBeen Killed Dispersed with Difficulty V'j San Francisco, Oal., Jnne LSoldJets " to the number of five or eix hundred indulged in a riot last night and wrecked one of the many drinking places juet outside the Presidio reservation. There are many conflicting stories a3 to the origin of the trouble; sThe sol diers of the Forty-sixth Volunteer In fantry were mustered out of the service yesterday and the men given their dis charges and pay.. - Most of the men had several hundred dollars coming to them, and tbey did considerable drinking in tho Presidio resort. , ; A man by the name of Morgan, of. tha Forty-sixth, was found unconscious In front of Mrs. Powers' saloon. Two of Morgan's companions took him to camp ' toil treatment. The doctor pronounced it a case where drugs had beeu adniin. istered. . . . The news spread rapidly about tha camp, and soon there were a dozen -V more men running to Mrs. Powers' su loon. They demanded reparation, for tha ' drugging of their comrade, but any know j i vt v, v jl . uiiuii ii u? v v. ii i ru x r l three men lounging aboMt the place sided in with the woman and ordered the sol-? ' diers from the premises. They, went back for reinforcements and spread the report that two of their companions. had' been killed in this saloon. A mob, made up of members of the Forty-fifth and Forty-siJtth regiments, then rushed peli-mell through the Pre sidio gates to the saloon, which'' they entirely wrecked. . ;- ;' ' The place caught fire from the over turned lamps. One of the bar-teiniei'J'-was severely ' beaten and cut. .There were? threats to lynch him, when, a squadron of cavalry and pr9V0st guard of sixty men from the Forty-fifth ar rived and rescued him. i - r The efforts of the cavalry and guard to disperse the crowd were futile until the fire department turned the hose upon them. This' and the entire guard of thu post helped to restore order. , - -A careful investigation of the report ( that some of the soldiers had died from drugged liquor proved that thin waa. not ' the case. Morgan ofihe Forty-sixth regiment was the only man whom it', ia . thought might have been the "victim of a drug. j. I ' NEW cfflTREATY- Hay and Patincefote Trying to Reconcile Differences': Washington, June 1. Lord Pauncefot?, the British ambassador, and v hecreta.7 Hay had a long conference ioi'xsj ftt the perfection of a second isthmian cas-i. treaty. It was admitted, after iiio con ference, that tentative negotiations for a new convention hav been fcitiate-.i, but bevond that no nutjioritatiro ftaw ment is obtabnble, the embassador Mi the Secrotaiy of State bavin sgreoc make public nothing .f.rern:iii; thlvs-. change. Lord I'anncfrJ will lffll for 'Enfffnnd Jur. 5. and vtiu 2f on .r. Hav again ocly to sag-tye. Ho -has been made tally apsu.n:uted vrab t.io ppskion of this sM-sftaient.on th cal question, andUhderKtanus Uio Mf.r.c-, tions underWhjch the adnaicisrtat.es as g been pieced by the altitydef this ca-at-in insisting that the .Lruted 3tw -, should have the riyht to inks- ych :r??.: ures as they might .ecv a&ss&ty v protect the cana:. 7,;:d Pccete . pects to spend much oJ.vhe'swtisRM u consultation with the iortign t?.c e-' . cials in London, and veu i? fctr" pared to say whether G?oz willing zo make tb ncewiw-!Ctt3ry . to secure tho raticcRtn of th .treat, by the Senate. . ' , 'r.;n; As i well known, the, S.alft er ment does not interpret - tho , Bena amendments tc mean thct the tieU-s-. zathn feature of the cennl .have wholly repudiated, and it libehereS Ua. Lord Pauncefote and Mr. Hay have endeavoring to reach a fgreexta. .fwi;o. Af that - tart &f t-t! treaty dealing with neiftrahzation will meet the objection of berth U.c, Britain and the senate; -T Tuarv Fomenting, nebellion . J'ekin, June l.-Prmce one. of his relatives, a-le-Wf!1; prince, is said to be fomenting' an J"? 'Jr rection in western Ilongolla, J- French missionaries there fl rily expecting an attack.- a . ; - . under Tuan is defiant and J J J fM. that court also fears ao attacU by rebels. fv' Buffalo. Jnne l.-Four -chih'ists and 'fiftf A--the New York Ctentral Mrog u . . at Depew. wt Ofl 'k ing at 920 o'clock becaa , the l refused td grant ft ten lr V. in salary, a demaadfr which . -n- last Sundaji v T; ... v -I . 3 I-
The Morning Post (Raleigh, N.C.)
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June 2, 1901, edition 1
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