OR TO HAVE A COMMITTEE VISIT

MANILA DEVELOPMENTS WHICH

MAY KEEP CONGRESS IN

SESSION ALL SUMMER.

[•* TEl.r.<:7lArn TO THE TRIKrVE. 1

Washington. April 20.—Under the leadership

of Mr. Dubois. Of Idaho, the Democrats of the

Senate Committee on the Philippines have de-termined to force, if possible, the committeeeither to call to Washington Aguinaldo. Mabiniand Sixto Lopez, leaders of the insurrection in

the archipelago, to give testimony as to the con-dition and causes of the past and present situa-tion in the islands, or the members of the com-mittee themselves to visit the Philippines forthe purpose of examining these and other na-tives as witnesses. Mr.Dubixs precipitated this

alternative on the committee this morning, but

definite action was deferred until the Republi-

can members can confer more in detail on thesubject.It is understood that when the committee

meets i-.-morrow morning to resume the hear-ings now in progress as to the treatment ofFilipinos by American soldiers, the Senatorfrom Idaho will renew his request, and thatthe committee by a party vote will refuse

either to summon the #witnesses mentioned by

the Democrats or agree to visit the Philippines

this summer. Then Mr. Dubois will carry thewhole matter to the floor of the Senate on aresolution directing The Committee on the Phil-ippines to summon the witnesses wanted by theDemocrats, and if this is lost he will introduceanother resolution directing that the committeevisit The islands in \u25a0 body and take testimony

at Manila in the vacation of Congress. Thereis some cause to believe that the Senate wouldvote for the latter resolution, but as few of the

eommitteemen would care to make the long and

tiresome trip to the Philippines at this time. it

is thought that the resolution directing the

committee to summon Aguinaldo and his chieflieutenants to Washington at once would be re-considered and adopted. From this point of

view it seems that the committee would not

hesitate to gratify the Democratic wish to bring

Aguinaldo to Washington. Mabini is now aprisoner in Guam. Aguinaldo remains in arrest

at Manila, and Sixto Lopez Is supposed to be

In or near Boston.

TO CALL DEWET AND ANDERSON.At the request of The Democrats the committee \

to-morrow will agree to summon Admiral Dewy \and Brigadier General Anderson, retired, to

testify to conditions that existed prior to the

outbreak of the Asruinaldo insurrection. Gen-

ami Anderson commanded the main part of the

land forces that fought the Spaniards atManila, while Admiral Dewey's connection j•with the early and more important events

that preceded American sovereignty in the i

island? is supposed to furnish groundwork j

for Interesting Democratic developments at this j

Juncture. The Democrats justify their demand—that Admiral 'De_Trey and General Anderson be \u25a0

< lied 10 testify -cv-.;.* that Generals Otis..;MacArthur.THiigheß and others who took' con- jspicuous parts in-suppressing the first insur-

'

r- ton have already testified at the call of ;

UK Republicans.' '

At the meeting of the committee to-morrow ;

Mr Dubois also will renew his request for the i

summoning of Major Cornelius Gardener, who jrecently made a sensational report, as GovernorOf Tayabas Province, concerning the conduct of

officer? as well as enlisted men. of the army. j

As .Major Gardener has already signified his !wish to come home in July on leave of absence, jthe" committee probably will refuse to issue a jsummons for him. and this willgive the Demo- jcrats another excuse to continue their severe jcriticisms of the administration's Philippine !policy, and to renew their sensational attacks

on the army. .CONGRESS IN SESSION ALL SUMMER?During the dispute m the committee" this

tnormng over bringing Aguinaldo and his coin- ;

patriots to Washington, some light was thrownon the interesting question of the probable date jof the adjournment of this session of Congress..

When the suggestion was made that the com-

mittee visit"the Philippines, the majority oh-

jected, on Th ground that There would per-

haps not be time enough between the adjourn-

ment of this session and the meeting of the nextfor the- committee to make- the trip. As theJourney ,could be made from Washington to

Manila In a month, and a month's stay in Ma-

nila would be all the time that probably would

be.required to make the desired investigation,

this would Indicate that a considerable elementof Senators *• not"look for adjournment muchbefore -September.

*

When i' •was v said In the committee thatMajor ,Gardener would return to the UnitedStates in July, and then could bo called totestify, it was inferred that this means thatCongress is sure to be in session through that |month, if not lor.ser.It is evident from the developments of the j

last- week that the Democrats have laid the j

groundwork for an indefinite continuance of the

IPhilippine debate. Though the debate has beenrunning more than a week, only three Demo-

cratic set speeches have thus far been made.

Obviously the main object of the Democrats in

thif"respect is to force the Republicans to an-

BW«I them, and ifthe challenge were accepted thebail would be extended for many weeks, andhap* for two or thre^ months. Meantime,

other important legislation would he waiting

for fiction, Including the Isthmian Canal and the

Cuban -reciprocity questions. If the Repub- Ileans do not debate the Lodge bill at all. the jDemocrats declare they will themselves move j» <Ute. to take a vote, and then hope to go intoth» Congress campaign with a vast amount of

xnaterui to which there was no reply from the

Itrruhlican side of the Senate.

COCkr RETURNS TO PEKiNG.

The court* r«nrn lo the Forbidden City wasa r*rw»t!tlon of Its return In January. It passedthrough thp Ram* gate, with a similar escortof officials and soldiery, and with the foreign-

ers, M .the Wall.' The Emperor and EmpressDowager offered sacrifices at the Temple Gate,

and the Dowagtr greeted her personal acquaint-

ances among "tho. foreign women on the wallwith .-! wave of her hand, asking, "Are you allwell?" Some of the women who understood

SIGNS THAT EMPRESS; DOWAGER IS

ROLL THE REAL RULER.

Peking. April29—The Imperial court returnedherejfo-day fr •-, the Hunting Park, five milesfrom Peking* \

THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROADoffers the best service possible to St. Louts. Chi-cago and the cities of the Middle West.— AdvL

DENIAL KR<>M THE FRENCH LINE.

London. April 20.—Special dispatches from

Paris to-day quote the secretary of the FrenchSteamship Lin*- as saying.

We have never entered into direct or Indi-rect negotiations with the Atlantic combination.For the third time we positively deny the rumorof an agreement, and we hope this will be ac-cepted as final.

BRITONS ALL AT SEA.ANOTHER STATEMENT OF THE AIMS OF

STEAMSHIP COMBINATION.(By The Associated Preis.J

London, April 20.—

Another "authoritativestatement" in to-day's "Liverpool Express" willserve for the subject of further guessing on,

the part of both the public and the ministers.

It says:

The combine will prove much more favorableto British Interests than has up to the present

been suspected. There will be no sale of Brit-ish ships to J. Pierpont Morgan. There will bea combination of companies, registered In Amer-ica, on the basis of a nominal capital, whichwillbe the individual value of each boat In thevarious fleets entering the combination. Eachcargo and passenger boat will be valued sep-arately. . There willbe an agreement at far asfreight rates .ire concerned, and the companiespooled will declare the gross freights carried byeach boat. These will be pooled and will bedivided pro rata with the capital.It will thus be seen that the separate manage-

ment of each concern will be continued, andthat the company, which can manage its fleetmost economically will receive the larger pro-portion of the net profits. Provision will be

SECURITIES FOR THE SYNDICATE.

UNDERWRITERS TO GET $.T.O.OO.\<W).T.O.OO.\<W) IN BONDS,

$25,000,000 INCOMMON AND $2,500,000

IN PREFERRED STOCK.

In return for the 000,000 cash to be pro-

vided by the underwriting syndicate of thenew Atlantic steamship combination, the syn-

dicate will receive securities in amounts asfollows, of the company soon to be organized

with $120,000,000 stock and $50,000,000 bonds:Fifty million dollars of new 5 per cent bonds.?2.r»on,onn n*> w preferred stock, and 52r>.000,000

new common stock.The syndicate willcontinue In operation until

January 1. lftO4. unless previously dissolved bythe managers.

Mr. Perks and Mr. Yerkes explained to »he

House of Lords committee on the London tuberailways yesterday their scheme for the exten-

sion of the line and the use of electricity on the

District Railway.

Advice? received from Russia by way of Ber-

lin agree in declaring that all classes of society

are concerned in the outbursts which are now-taking place in the Czar's dominions.

At Christie's thr first part of the famous

Dunn-Gardner collection from South Kensing-

ton was put up for sale. The bidding wasbrisk, especially for the snuffboxes, one of whichfetched £S2i>. The most sensational price reached

was £1.050 for a triptych of boxwood five incheshigh and six inches long. t N. F.

Vice-Consul Westcott is overwhelmed withletters of expressions of regret over the un-timeiy death of Consul General Osborne. whosehealth has been falling for a long period. Mr.

Osborne was respected and liked by the London

commercial public, and had administered hisoffice with exceptional ability. He was Kreatlydepressed by the dearh of President McKinley,

his cousin, and lost interest in public affairs.

The exhibition at the New Gallery is chiefly

remarlti.ble for Mr. Watts's allegory entitled"Love Steering the Boat of Humanity." and agroup of portraits by Sargent. Shannon andLavery. Mr. Watts's picture Is a Venetian com-bination of reds and browns, with dark greens

and steel grays in the water, and represents amuscular figure plying the oars mechanically

and watching Love, whose face is turned tow-

ard the breaking light. It is a fine symbolicwork, with no sign of declining power in theveteran artist, except possibly in the drawing.

Mr. Sargent's portrait represents the three

Wertheimer children with their pet dogs. The

two girls are separated by a dog. and the boy

in front Is leaning against a cushion. The thr^e

faces are differentiated in character, but have

a marked family ltkenes«. There is amazing

brush work and foreshortening in this work, and

the composition Is ingeniously balanced. Thevitality of the figures suffices to kill everything

rise in sight. Mr. Sargent s holiday picture of aNorwegian fiord, with a sportsman lounging

aft or a good catch of fish, is less successful,

but the portrait of Mrs. Goetz Is a fine example

of rilrrct and vigorous exposition of character.

J. J. Shannon's two portraits of children are

charming examples of his best manner, and th»portrait of Mrs. NHitran Is as good as Mr. Sar-gent's picture of Mrs. Goetz;. J-ihn Lavery's

Spring" is a delightful drawing of a girl witha mass of white flowers.

The exh.bitlon Includes tw« of Boughton's

characteristic figure pieces, good landscapes by

Alfred Parsons and Alfred East, an academic

"Last TVat.-i-. e4 H<ro f->r Leander"

by Rich-mond, a daring bit of impressionism by MoffatLindner, an unsatisfactory black and silver por-trait of Mrs. Campbell by Graham Robertson, atheatrim-r-r.-liglous work by Sir James Linton.and a set of mediaeval imitations in temper by

Marianne Stokes and other painters.

REPROACHES FOR THE GOVERNMENT—THE NEW GALLERY

—MR.

YEKKES'S PLANS.

(Copyright: 1302: By The Tribune Association.)

(Special W The Tribune by French Cable. 1

London. April 30, 1 a. m.— English moralizing

still takes the place of authentic news in regard

to the shipping combination. This is less fllghty

tban at first, since the alarmists, with fresh evi-dence from France that another steamship line

has been brought Into co-ordinate relations withthe shipping deal, are now content with re-proaching an "absent minded" government withneglecting to organize a secret service and in-telligence department for the defence of Britishcommerce. The utility of similar bureaus in

connection with the discovery .of the Boer prep-

arations for war after the Jameson raid hasnever been proved. The best secret service inthe world could hardly have anticipated Mr.Morgan's vast scheme for the concentration of

the- shipping Industry, nor Is it clear that Amer-ica Is better off than England in consequence

of the pooling or merging of maritime interests.The only possible method of thwarting or

counteracting Mr. Morgan's plans will be by

means of the payment of ship subsidies on alarge scale for the opposition lines outside thering. The public here Is not yet prepared for

that solution, although the alarmist journals

are assuming that unless everybody wakes up.

England's maritime prestige will decline likeSpain's commercial greatness.

SHIP DEAL CAUSES DEMAND FOR SE-

CRET COMMERCIAL SERVICE.

PESSIMISTS IX ENGLAND.

BRITISH. BELGIANS AND NATIVES RE-

PORTED AT ODDS.

: Brussels. April 29.— The "Vlngrtieme Sle^le"reports a serious situation on the Nile. SeveralBelgian post 3 have been attacked by rebel

natives from Uganda, says the paper, and Brit-

ish troops have established themselves onBelgian territory.

Difficulties have arisen between the Telgians

and the British in th* Lado district. A freshrevolt has also broken out on the upper Übanghi

River, French Congo.

STARTS AT ?n A M.Lsrkawanna Limited to BufTalo and St. Louis

—Advt,

MORE TROfRLF I\' EGYPT.

j AMBASSADOR NOT LIKELY TO TAKE• ACTION FOR RELEASE OF

PRISONERS.

(By The Associated Pres«.)

Rome, April 21).—1t was reported that the

United States Ambassador would not. interfere

In the case of the imprisoned American officersj of the cruiser Chicago, but it was anticipated in

I official Circles that King Victor Emmanuel

! would pardon the. prisoners.Detailed reports of the trial say that the offi-

cers testified that they were more or less underthe influence of drink; that tliey accidentally

'overturned a table In the CaM Piazza, at Yen-'ice, and that they were violentlyseized, with the

i intention of having them conveyed to a police!station. They then resisted.

The public prosecutor said he did not believethe officers were drunk, and severely criticised

j thefr conduct in causing the disturbances.Counsel for the defence maintained that the

j incident had been greatly exaggerated, and thatlocal feeling had been improperly aroused. Thecounsel agreed with the public prosecutor re-garding it being the duty of guests to behavecorrectly, but the counsel demanded that themagistrate should examine the case in a spirit

Iof serenity and impartiality, which, the counseli inferred, was lacking In the prosecution's atti-i tude. Continuing, the counsel declared that !f: the conduct of the officers was blamable. th«»I action of the pretended injured parties wasj more so In refusing to accept just compensation

\u25a0and in huntingTfor dollar?.After policeman had testified to being struck

j with fists, and two civilians had deposed toj being injured on their heads and arms by a,,;cane, the court took a serious view of the casei and inflicted the penalties, on the ground tha*!public officer? had been violently opposed in\ the exercise of their duties. The question of:compensation was referred to another court.

The penalties are generally considered severe.

SECRETARY LONG CALLS FOR FACTS.!

NAVY DEPARTMENT INCLINED TO DOUBTTHE GUILT OF AMERICAN OFFI-

CERS AT VENICE.

[BTTEinOßArir TO THE TRTBrNF ?"Washington. -April 20.—The Secretary of the j

'Navy has called on Captain Dayton, command- ;, ing the Chicago, at Venice, for a cabled report

on the occurrences there on Sunday resulting in j

i the. imprisonment of several officers of that yes- \u25a0

!sel. This action was taken in view- of the laterI press dispatches, which raise the hope that the\ officers were not fairly dealt with from the be-'ginning of the trouble, and that their punish- :

j ment by the local authorities ha? been unneces- jsarily harsh. The earlier reports, especially \those published yesterday, indicated that the :officers were under the Influence of liquor and >

were wholly at fault, and under these circum-

stances no sympathy for them was manifestedby officials, who, on the contrary, regretted that :an American officer had brought discredit onthe service. To-day, however, a different feel-ing is manifested at the Navy Department, and !considerable doubt has been raised as to theguilt of officers of such high standing and pre- ;vious good record. The sympathy of Italians ;

for the Spaniards in IS9S. which compelled theavoidances of Italian ports by Admiral Dewey ;In the Olympla when that vessel came home Ifrom the Philippines thre^ years ago. 13 re-called. The government Is also aware that the 'people of Italy have frequently been excitedover the lynching of Italian laborers in this |

country, and are at all times particularly sensi- ;tive on American matters. Ifit turns out that !the American officers have suffered because of jtheir nationality, the affair wit! be made thesubject of strong diplomatic representations. It ;is expected that as a matter of comity, if for jno other reason, the Italian authorities will turnthe prisoners over to Captain Dayton on his :

promise that they shall be dealt with according jto the United States naval regulations, for an !enforcement of the sentences of confinement in,jail would create a disagreeable impression.

Captain Robert Francis Wynne, one of the :officers arrested, was appointed a second lieu- !tenant In the marine corps after Joining th«* •

District regiment when th" war with Spainbroke out. He was in the fight at Guantanamo.and won distinction there and at other placesin Cuba. He was then assigned to the. Oregon :

and went to the Philippines, where he had hardService, chiefly outpost duty, and was In th^battle of Xoveletta. where he acquitted himself '

with credit. He was sent with the marines toChina, under Major Waller, In the siege of thelegation?, and was in the five days' march to ;Tien-Tsln. Major Waller recomr-.ended him for •

bravery. He was under fire fourteen hours at Ithe battle of Tien-Tsin. and Colonel Mead*» rec- iommended him for gallantry. He was also in jthe ling march to Peking, and v.-a* made rank- '\u25a0

ing marine fleet officer In recognition of hisgood service.

- • • '. ''_"\u25a0 *'\u25a0 >^V:CV

KING MAY GRANT PARDOX.

EFFORTS BEING MADETO RELEASE THE

PRISONERS AT VENICE.

|Qip)llglll'19C2: By The Tribune Association.*[Special to The Tribune by French Cable.)

Rome, April2i>.—The condemnation of the offi-

cers of the Chicago leaves the Embassy ratherembarrassed, as it is asserted that the event is

without precedent. It seems that Americanofficers have never been arrested and condemnedabroad except years ago. in Brazil, when anofficer shot a deserter. Through the- good offices

of Washington, Don Pedro released him. Thequestion now is whather the officers may be al-lowed to ask pardon of the King,or whether therequest must go through the Embassy.

Meanwhile the officers are kept in prison.They are treated with a certain regard, but ac-cording to the prison rules.

The commander of the Chicago continues to

keep ail the men on board in order to avoidpossible trouble. The cruiser leaves here onFriday for Trieste.

The American Consul at Venice, seeing thegravity which ex-e-nts have assumed, instead ofwriting or telegraphing to the Ambassador areport of the case, is coming here to-morrow.

April 10.

OFFICERS STILL IX JAIL.

ILLINOISLAWS WILLNOT PERMIT SUCH

AMALGAMATIONOF INTERESTS.

[BT TELEf:BAPn TO THE THir.UNE.IChicago. April -'\u25a0>\u25a0— While Judge W. A. D:ty.

the representative of the Attorney General, is r ;on the eve of leaving Chicago without Sling m.bill to restrain the Beef Trust, and while th«allegations of the prospective Dill are still amatter of conjecture, rumors that the packers*

In self-protection, are to organize a billion-dol-lar combine, to stop prosecution, are upset be- N

cau.se of a decision of the Supreme Court of the -:

State declares that foreign corporations dolns*

business in the State as a trust shall be ousted^.PROSPECT PARK SOUTH.

£0 photos of artistic house* ••«._

J_i*fs

DEJLS ALVORD,157 B'way, N. T.—Adrt.£

packers xnr n> com fixe.

sTorriM; ILLEGAL USE OF TUBLIC

DOMAIN BY WESTERN CATTLEMEN

IN HOPE OF REDUCING

MEAT PRICES.

[BT TELEGRAPH T'> THE TRIBCSE. JWashington. April '£>.— President Roosevelt 19

satisfied that if the illegaluse or the public do-main for pasturage can be stopped, and thefences unlawfully raised by the Cattle Trust toinclose millions of acres of Western publiclandscan at torn down, the power of the EasternBeef Trust willbe neutralized, and the price ofbeef to the consumer will inevitably fall. Doublewar willbe begun on the Beef Trust on the onehand, under the statutory limitations againstconspiracy to control the supply of beef, and enthe other by enforcing: compliance with the pub-lic land regulations which forbid cattle men tofence in public reservations for pasturing pur-poses. This question was the all absorbing topio

under consideration at the regular session ofthe Cabinet this forenoon. The President's de-termination to order down all fences which havabeen built for miles In the grazing States In.which there are public reservations was clearly

set forth in a positive statement communicatedto Charles Goodnight, of Denver. Col., president

of the Interstate Land and Cattle Company,

with headquarters in that city. Prominent a*-,

sociates with him in this enterprise are R. C-Walker and R. S. Benson. A letter was sent tothe president of this company in answer to an.appeal made directly to the President for per-mission to retain possession of a portion of landlfor which an ill founded claim has been mad»with remarkable persistency. In compliancewith one of the requests in this appeal, the datafixed for the evacuation of this area was ex-tended from April1 to July 1. Itwas also or-*

dered that if these men were discovered at-

tempting1 to build fences on or to lease publiolands, the order granting the desired extensionof time to vacate would be rescinded. ThaPresident's decision was then embodied in ageneral order, which was sent to every landKrai order, which was sent to every landagent in the "West.

The land occupied by the Interstate Land andCattle Company is in the southeastern part of.Tew-Mexlco, in the counties of Chaunes, Eddy

and Guadaloupe, being a portion of the tractconcerned in the Beales . and Rayuela claim.For years it was occupied and fences were eon-»structed thereon. Cattle numbering forty thou-sand crazed within the fencing. A few yearsago th-=> right of these claimants to us» the landwas contested. Finally a decision was given by

the Supreme Court declaring the land to be pub-lic territory of the United States ceded by th»Mexican Government. The claimants were com-manded to surrender it. but on the plea thatthey had expended large sums of money forimprovements, and would he ruined by be lagrequired to remove Immediately, they were per-mitted to remain until April1 last. They ap-pealed to the Secretary of the Interior for a n?wrespite. This was refused, and then *m appeal

.was taken to th« President, setting .forth, that.contracts -had been made to deliver thousands';;

of cattle by June 1. which could not possibly

be done if the fences were taken down. becausethe cattle of the International Land and CattleCompany would mix with others pasturing nearby. It was contended that it would be impos-sible to separate them in time for prompt de-livery, failure to do which would cause thecompany's financial ruin.

ENCROACHMENT? OF CATTLE MEN.

One of the primary causes of the jump inthe price of beef without any benefit to theindividual cattle raiser has thus been brought

to the attention of federal officials. Glancing atthe records It was discerned how gradually in

the last three years acres upon acres have

been gobbled up by the agents of the- cattlemen. or the Beef Trust. Reports of unlawfulfence raising reached Washington one after an-other. Followingthem came information of ob-stinate refusals to obey the orders of agents

endeavoring: to carry out their instructions. A.*-crisis in the beef question has now come with'the determination of the President to clear thepublic lands of unlawful intruders. The en-forcement of the measure planned by th« ad-;ministration will unavoidably be an importantvictory for the sheep men. who may graze their!flocks freely without being cheated out ofpasture fenced unlawfully. A3 a matter of fact,:

neither of these rangers cave a rlsht to ntiltza

the public lands for grazing purposes, but to

control the movements of animals to that ex-tent is almost an Impossibility with the present*

force of land office employes. ;,When difficulty about the grazing lands was;,

first suspected by Secretary Hitchcock, befora;

th** rise in prices of meat was noticeable. h«

tried to effect a solution of the problem by secur- 1

Ing a regulation to rent the public lands tograzers at $1 a head, as Is now done in a 1 Ind-ian reservations. Grazing In the uncultivated!

&reservations. Grazing in theIndians, for?5 of the Comanehe and Kiowa Indians.

'r

instance, are more than fifty thousand cattle.!for which a ranger named Bur'- pays $1 a.head. But the proposition of the Secretary ofthe Interior, being referred to the Attorney Gen-;

eral by executive order, was returned with an1

opinion that it would be unlawful to levy such.;rent. At present there Is a movement on foot,

which the cattle and meat interests now using •publiclands for pastures hope to use as a meansto postpone the evacuation day

—to secure.:

namely, the passage of a billby Congress pro-viding'for the leasing ofpublic lands at "\u25a0 raJ«

of two cents a head for the use of each acre.But officials cannot view this suggestion withfavor, remarking that, pending the Introduction vand discussion <T such legislation, the landsmust not be used by grazers.It is ascertained that among several oth^r

troublesome concerns in New-Mexico la the CasaLand and Cattle Company. There are upwardof fifty individual cattle raisers in Nebraskawho have built fences on public tnds withoutauthority, and inKansas. Wyoming. Oregon andColorado there are other interests, corporate andprivate, which have unwarrantably confiscatedthe land at the United State., by fencing it In tofeed thousands of cattle. There is reason to be-

lieve that all these trespassers are allied under,

one powerful leadership.

Ogdensburg. N. V., April 20—Canadian con-tractors in a dispute as to who has the contractfor building the Trinity Church summer schoolon Float Island. In the St. Lawrence River, haveseized the Islam: and placed an armed guard inpossession.

'

Last fall the Rev. Dr. August T'lmann, rec-tor of Trinity School, New-York City, pur-chased the island and granted certain contractsto Gananoque builders, who began work at once.Subsequently contracts were given to Rock-vine huilders, who began work where the Gan-an.ique stopped. The latter, learning of thefact, appeared with a force of workmen, andtore down the work being done, driving off theKockville men nnd placing a guard to prevent

them landing on the island again.

The com tig have granted an ad interim in-junction, the \"rlt being returnable on May 0.All work ben stopped until it is decided touimm the right to erect the buildings belongs.

XO VA.'ir CARDINALS TO BE NAMED,

Rom 3. April29.—The Pope has decided to hold a.consistory earlier than lie previously intended. Ttwill now be held In the latter part of May. Nonew Ordinal? "will be created, and only a fewbishops will be appointee- .. ' » .

Serius Colds can Be cured.JAVX^S EXPECTORANT.— Advt.

ARMED GUARD IN POSSESSION OF

CHURCH SCHOOL SITE IN THE

ST. LAWRENCE.

ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING BANDS TOGETHERINDEPENDENT ORGANIZATIONS IN

WAR ON CROKERISM.

Fully two thousand enthusiastic and unterri-fied anti-Tammany Democrats crowded all theseating and standing room in Cooper Union lastnight to take part in the organization of theCounty General Committee of the Greater New-York Democracy. There w<re cheers for JohnC. Sbeehan first of all and last of all. In fact,

Mr. Sheehan seemed to be about the most pop-ular man anywhere around Cooper I'nion last

nieht. Then there were cheers for all the dis-trict leaders, all the speakers, and a' few forDavid Benmtt Hill, although it wasn't an oc-

casion where Mr. Hill was brought prominently

into the limelight. Ringing speeches were madeby Borough President Cantor. William Hepburn

Russell. John T. Cmnin. John P. Kelly. A. C.MacNulty and N. Taylor Phillips. Resolutionswere adopted condemning Tammany Hall and

Crokerism and th" Beef Trust.What was perhaps more surprising than any-

thing else, however, was the unquenchable char-acter of the enthusiasm of all the district dele-gations. A march through the wet on a sloppynight like last night is enough ordinarily to takeoff the k°en edge of pollticiilenthusiasm, but itdidn't seem to bother the lusty followers ofJohn C. Sheehan. They came from all over the

town with brass bands and drum corps, em-broidered banners, transparencies and red and

white lanterns. It was like a night of a Presi-

dential campaign transplanted into the latterpart of April,and left blooming alone to the

blare of trumpets and the tinkle of cymbals.

William Hepburn Russell, who .ailed themeeting to order, s.iid: "The committee willplease be in order" half a dozen times. After

each utterance along would come a band or adrum corps, and Mr. Russell would have to give

the noisy end of the county committee a fair

chance. Mr. Russell told his friends that he

was proud of them, and that they stood forDemocracy pure and undefined. He said every-

body bad gathered to pay a tribute to John C.Sheehan. as they recognized him not as a rep-

resentative of an absentee boss, but as a nat-

ural born leader of a body of plain people.John T. Cronin, a young m;m from the XXTPt

Dlstr'ct, was elected temporary chairman, withMyer J. Stein, Harry Guile and Burton Thomp-

son as secretaries. Mr. <"ronin's sensible and

cleancut speech was interrupted by a man from

the XVIIth District, who wanted to introduce

a resolution to "Shake "Dago Dan' McMahonoffhis throne in the XVIIthDistrict."

On John C. Sheehan's motion the following

committee of nir.p was appointed on permanent

organization: John C. Sheehan. William F.

Snyder. jr.. Thcmas E- Sutton. Jarne* L. Con-

nors. W. T. Cunnlnghnm. H. S. Harris. Vincent

W. Woytlsek. Nathan Newstead and EdwardF. Brennan.

This committee reported The organization of

The county committee as follows; Chairman.John P. Kelly, or the Independent Democracy;

vlce-chfllrman. A. C. MacNulty, of'the Bryan

Democratic League; second vice-chairman. Will-

iam T. Snyder. jr.; secretaries, Myer J. Stein.Harry J. Guile and Burton Thompson, and

treasurer. Bryan L. Kenn*lly. Mr. Kelly, intaking the chair, said that If It had not been

for Mr. Sheehan In the fusion committee of

eighteen there would not have been a fusionticket, as Mr. Sheehan had acted as a sort ofbalance wheel for harmony. He improved theopportunity by nominating Mr. Sheehan for

leader of the Democratic party In New-York

County.

A. C. McNulty spoke of the last Presidential

candidate as "that peerless leader of Democracy,

William Jennings Bryan." Then h» proceeded

to "roast" Lewi.s Nixon for his friendliness to

trusts and ship subsidies'.

TRINITY'S ISLAND SEIZED.

William Hepburn Russell rend a set of reso-lutions congratulating Democrats on the defeat

of the Weekes Primary bill and the union of theindependent Democratic organizations againstTammany Hall. The resolutions said that as amatter of duty to the Democrats of the State

the Sheehan men were determined to release

the Democratic organization m this city from

th*» baneful Influence of Tammany Hall.Borough President Cantor made the most elo-

quent address of the night, congratulating hisfriends on the magnificent showing they mndeat the meetine. He paid that they had suc-

ceeded in driving out of power a clique of menwho had subsisted on graft and looting.

"And now," paid Mr. Cantor, "we have a bat-tle on hand that must be fought out at theprimaries, and it must be waged with fiercenessand determination until the September pri-

maries witness the final overthrow of the Tam-many ring. Tammany to-day is controlled by

the same influences as in the last four years. ItIs under the same leadership, residing abroadand represented by others nominally in power.The best e\ lenoe of this is the selection of the\u25a0ante old crowd to positions o' power in theTammany Society, which organization controlsthe Tammany political organization. Thanks to

the last legislature, the power rests with theDemocratic voters of this city at the Septemberprimaries to prove that the Tammany Societyno longer controls the Democratic organization

of the city and. State. The battle is now on,and a victory will be worth all the struggles re-quired to win it. Ifyou fight as you have beenfighting you will secure control of at least two

of the boroughs of the greater New-York."Mr. Cantor was followed by T.H. Maher, vice-

president Of the Bryan Democratic League, andex-Assistant Corporation Counsel John B. Mul-laly.

GREATER NEW YORK DEMOCRACY OR-

GANIZED FOR PRIMARIES FIGHT.

XO TRUCE WITH TAMMANY.

MORE THAN ONE HALFof the fv. \Tf population of the United States is

reached by the ,n--.v York Central Lints. See So.*.'*+of.the Four Track Series.— AdvW

THE RATTLE NEAR SAN ANTONIO—GEN-ERALS KILLED AND CAPTURED.

Trinidad. April2'X—The news of the defeat of

the government troops near San Antonio last

Tuesday, which has already been published, is

confirmed. The death of the government gen-

eral. Castillo, is also confirmed. General Esca-

lante, the second in command of the Venezuelan

army, who was reported miffingafter Tuesday's

fight, has been made prisoner by the insurgents.

He was one of President Castro's most faith-ful officers, and was formerly Governor ofCaracas. He came from Castro's native State.Los Andes. General Landaete and his entirestaff were taken prisoners by the insurgents,

and the Venezuelan forces also lost their am-munition and artillery to the enemy.

Barcelona, in th» State of Bermudez. wh^rp

General Velutini. the Minister of the Interior, isstationed, was menaced by insurgents yester-day.

The Venezuelan Government Is said to be inignorance of the location of the insurgent Gen-eral Monagas. who. with a force of 1,800 men.has not been heard from in six days. Itis gen-erally believed that he ha? taken advantage ofthe battle of last Tuesday to push his commandforward in the direction of Caracas.

MARHOQUIN DELEGATES POWERS.

Color., April lit. By a recent decree. Acting

President Marroquin has delegated judicial, ad-

ministrative and Presidential powers to GeneralJoaquin Volex, the Civil and Military Governorof the Department of Bolivar. This action Iktaken ta view of the present tardy and difficultmeans of communication between the Atlanticcoast and the capital of Colombia, and in orderthat General Velez may be able speedily to copewith the grave matters requiring Immediate anddecisive action.

CAREFUIJ ATTENTION TO DETAILS ...-Vps th- dinlr.R car service of the Pennsylvania

Railroad second to none in attractiveness to thetraveller.— AdvU ?*'£*£ _.._ \ ... 'y'C-

VICTORY FOR INSURGENTS

DENMARK'S [SLANDERS TO VOTE ON"

r. QUESTION OF SALE.

:Copenhagen. April20.—The bill providing for

the sale of the Danish West India Islands to the

United States, as amended by the Landsthing.

came up for discussion in the Folkething to-

day, with the result that the party in the ma-jority submitted a proposal, as follows:

The Rigsdag (Diet, composed of both houses)

approves the cession, on condition that the in-habitants of the islands declare in favor thereofby a plebiscite, similar to the one taken in IN<>7.

The Folkething. by a vote of OS to 7, adopted

th- majority proposal. The treaty will now be.

returned to the Landsthing.

Anders ITU H. Left, declared the proposal of

the Landsthing was not acceptable. The new

proposal, he said, was conciliatory and repre-

sented the final decision of the Folkething.

The Premier. Dr. Deuntzer, said the govern-

ment was willingto accept the Folkething's

proposal, which was then adopted.The Landsthing is expected to agree to th«

Folkething's decision, with some minor modifica-tions regardine the details of the plebiscite.

The anti-sale element is now devoting Its at-

tention to influencing the voting of the islandersthemselves. It is known that one influentialperson has already mailed thousands of anti-

sale circulars to the island of St. Thomas.

AGREE TO PLEBISCITE.

j HEARTY RECEPTION" BY GENERAL MASO.

WHO WAS OPPOSING CANDIDATEFor: PRESIDENT:

(GopyrlsM; tfMB: By The Trthun» Association.)

!i-.Y i anus TO THE TnlßfXE.lManzantUo, April29.

—6 yesterday morning

the Presidential party left Bayamo, escorted by.

a detachment of rural guards and many friends!on horseback. Short stops were made at every

jcountry bouse. where" the President shook hands!and embraced many old friends. At the largerplaces he recounted with his comrades the ex-

, periences of the war of 1868. At Vcgultas the,President breakfasted with an old comrade. Gen-

eral Capote, while most of the party accepted

Ithe hospitalities of a prominent Spanish resi-Ident who prepared to receive them. President,Talma also irisfted him, and be was waited uponjby a large delegation of young school girls, whoIpresented bouquets and welcomed him. with

Ipatriotic recitation.-?. His meeting many oldIMends here lengthened his stay.

The party arrived at Sara, the birthplace ofthe war of 1868. at 2:"0. A large crowd awaitedGeneral Bartolome Maso. an old time friend ofPresident Ialma, but his opponent in the recent

|candidacy, who met him as a brother. After ex-pressions of Joy at seeing each other. President

'Palma presented a counterpart of the flag underwhich General Carlos Manuel Cespedes and Gen-eral Maso began the war on October 10. 1868.General Maso spoke of his great pleasure inseeing President Palma. and called upon hishearers to let his words sink deep in their

hearts. He pledged his undivided support to

President Palma, and said he would sustainthe President and work for the good of thecountry. He told his hearers to carry a mes-sage to their friends that now all shouldunite and work harmoniously, as the end forwhich their grandfathers, fathers and them-selves had fought was accomplished. His senti-ments met with pre.it applause. He and Presi-dent Palma yere vociferously applauded.

At 3 o'clock President Palma accompanied

General Maso in a private coach for Manzanillo.The procession, consisting of about three hun-dred persons, with flags flying, looked like asmall army advancing across the plains. At asmall place called Blanquezal. three miles away,

a large decorated float was ready to receive thePresident and General Maso. In this at 6o'clockthe party entered Manzanillo. every bell ringing

a welcome. Amid the huzzahs of the populacethe city officials at the City Hall tendered the

freedom of the city. Gonzalo Quesnda spoke forPresident Paima and General Maso. He re-counted the enthusiastic reception given to thePresident, also the affectionate greeting by Gen-

eral Mas-->. He was glad of it. for it would show

other nations no cause for fearing trouble. Theiractions should be such as to show the worldthere ">ijsfed only one soul in" Cuba, and thatthe life of 'their republic. He believed confi-dence would be restored after the news ofPresident Palma's reception was published. Hepaid Cuba owed a deep debt, of gratitude to theUnited States for the glorious work done andher magnanimous gift of freedom, and that ifCuba would emulate the examples set by theStates. Cuba's future was assured. After th*speech the party dined at the home of GeneralMaso. Liter a light luncheon and refreshments,

prepared by the Spanish colony, were partakenby the Presidential party and many others. TheSpaniards present offered co-operation, andPresident Palma addressed them as countrymen.

PALMA AT M.\XZ.\XILLO

Chinese replied in the affirmative, and the Em-press Dowager exchanged with th*m a

'few'-

commonplace remarks.There were noticeable signs of the Empress

Dowager's supremacy. All the officials pros-trated themselves before her' temple entrance,

and remained standing in the presence of theEmperor. The Empress Dowager had a mag-nificent escort, and the Emperor was shabbilydossed and looked bored. -\u25a0"

The pilgrimage to the Eastern Tombs cost over1.000.000 taels.

NEW- YORK. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 30, lfll)2.-SJ.XTEEX PAGES.- w»SBS2tiSL PRrPE THREE CENTS.V"1" LXII X° 20254.

NEW PHILIPPINE FIGHT.

DEMOCRATS WANT AGC/XAL-

DO CALLED TO TESTIFY.

A shareholders' meeting of th«» Leyland Linein London to-day brought together a number

of ship owners prominent in the combine, suchas Messrs. Wilding. Pirrie and Torrey. It wasstated that there was absolutely no change Inthe situation as outlined in these dispatches on

PRESIDENT ORDERS FESCBI

TOMB DOWX

made whereby other companies can join thecombination at any time on similar terms. A.*the majority of the ships will be British, thiscombination cannot be managed adversely to

British interests.

WAR ON THE BEEFTRI'SI

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