HONOR TO ARMY
OF PACIFICATION
Credit Due The United States Troops
In Cuba.
THER CHART OF THE ISLAND-
Military Surveys That Prevent the Pos-
sibility of Cubans Ever Successfully
Carrying On Guerilla Tactics in the
Event of a Campaign by American
Troops on the Island.
Havana (Special). — Enriched by
constant practice in every department
of military experience, save the su-
preme of battle, the of
Cuban pacification, after a bloodless
campaign of six months, may fairly
take rank as the crack corps of the
forces of the United States. With-
out having been called upon to fire
a shot or make a single hostile dem-
onstration it has to its eredit a list
of achievements of which officers and
men are justly proud.
Among its moral triumphs have
been the maintenance of a standard
of discipline and sanitation of more
than Japanese excellence and the
preservation of. perfect self - control
while in contact with an unsympa-
thetic populatien. Its greatest ma-
terial achievement has been the pro-
duction based on countless reconnais-
sances and sarveys of a chart of the
Island of Cuba, which officers declare
to be the most minutely perfect mili-
tary map in existence. With the com-
pletion of this work the possibility
of successfully carrying on guerilla
tactics such as formerly enabled the
Cubans indefinitely to prolong
revolution against the overwhelming
forces of Spain may be said to have
vanished
Familiar With Every Trail.
Should United States troops
be called upon to take the field
Cuba they will begin the campa
with the inestimable advantage
perfect familiarity with the
raphy of the whole island, including
every trail and bypath and every
mountain fastness in which Gomez,
Garcia, Maceo and ether he: of
the war for independence were wont
to bid to Spanish i
Added the
road facilit and
the projected system
throughout the island
such ready n 18 for the
portation of oops as will
concentration |
test army
in
iIEn
topog-
00s
defiance pursul
in
in
completi
of higl
will
this increase
to
the
attempt at hostile
short of impos
The Army an
which originally numbe
of all arms without inclu
ines has now dwindled by
discharge
enlistments
sible.
Cub
Of
roe
eq
al process of
tion of
men. There
Barry's command
rines.
These it
but on account
taining recruits
the ranks of ti
was
Charge of Tres
Against this force there is
be registered a si le trespass
¥ *
the
MASS,
persons or Dronerts ' NE 1
person r 1 of the
n of whom against
each other 1 been the main objec
the army's mr and this
the feature e campaign of w
the commanding general is
proud. It is tru a
a few clashes
and the American
the unarmed soldiers have
disadvantage with their machete.
wearing opponents, but investigation
has shown that these occurrences al-
ways have resulted from the jealousy
of the Cubans, and in no
have the soldiers permitted
ple, the protect
as
of esenceae,
F 4+}
of ¢
guards
which
©
iq
be
1 wy
gee]
cost of submitting
taunts of cowardice.
Not the least onerous condition
army life in Cuba | deadly
notony of existence in the small pro-
vincial towns As a relief from this
the men welcome the reconnalssances
and practice marches which are con-
ducted in such a fashion as to make
them as attractive as possible to the
rank and file, the commands moving
only in the early hours of the morn-
ing, In the and
at night.
to
of
8g the
:
i
cool of the evening
posts, the day's routine of duties is
arranged with a view to sparing the
heat of the day. Drills begin at 7
%n the morning and are over at 9.
and during the afternoon the men
of the country of taking a siesta
General Barry's latest contribution
to the comfort of the men has been
the establishment of bathing quar-
ters at Marianao Beach, within a
short walk of the camp
Stand By Ministry,
Paris (By Cable) .—The prolonged
and heated debate in the Chamber of
Deputies on the interpellation of the
government regarding its labor pol-
fey attracted Intense interest, but
ended, as was anticipated, In a vote
of confidence in the government. The
vote was taken after a strenuous at-
tack from the extreme Socialists, led
by M. Jaures, and stood 343 to 210.
Salvation Army Citadel,
Greenville, 8. C. (Special). ~The
Salvation Army citadel, the first in
the South, was dedicated here Sun-
day. Colonel Holz, head of the de-
partment, conducted the services, as-
sisted by Major Berriman, of Atlan-
ta, with other officers from Augus-
to, Spartansburg and elsewhere.
Two thousand people were present.
The citadel is complete, and cost
$8,600, Many pulpite In the eity
were occupied by army officers,
Domestic.
Justice Dowling, in the Supreme
Court of New York, granted an inter-
locutory decree of divorce to Mary
Adelaide Mizner from Wilson Mizner.
The ‘report of the referee is sealed
and the decree simply states that It
Is granted by reason of the defend-
ant's adultery. By the terms of the
decree Mrs. Mizner {is permitted to
resume her former name of Mary
Adelaide Yerkes.
Mrs. May De Rosa, accused by the
pelice of being a confederate of
“Dutch’ Oscar Miller in the robbery
of the home of Harry Siegel of $150 ,-
000 worth of goods, was arrested
while visiting the Tombs in New
York.
Benjamin Vincent,
tective of New York, who shot
killed a bystander while being pur-
sued by angry longshoremen, was
gaved from the mob by a policeman
P. 8. Grosscup, of counsel for the
Northern Pacific, says Roosevelt
considering the advocacy of a con-
gressional commission to value the
railroads.
Mayor Schmitz, of San
issued a statement saying
had not resigned and had no
tion of doing so.
The skeleton of a
containing $117,310
the ruins of an old
land.
Anisia Louise de Massy, popularly
known as the Baroness de Massy, re-
cently convicted of having shot and
killed Gustav Simon, a Broadway
shirt manufacturer, was sentenced to
seven vears and five months in the
State Prison for Women, at Auburn,
{ She will take an appeal.
| President Finley, of the
{ Rallway, and President Whitman,
the National Wool Manufacturers’
| Association, made addresses the
of the American Cot-
Manufacturers’ Association
Taimer, of Henrietta, N. C
elected president
John L. Boodley
and four
ladies, were
{ touring c
while
de-
and
a private
is
Francisco,
that he
inten-
man and a box
were found
inn in Cleve-
in
Southern
of
at
i closing session
ton
IB
was crushed
persons
injured
r turning
including
by
completely
{ death
two
a
ir vel f
going te
at a ifie
A Brethert
suicide
Lon,
| Moines,
3
committed
Penns: Railroad Station
vania
Foreign,
the Russian
of th
ar has led to
Concealment by
of
i plot against the Cz
belief that a
i which the extreme re
has
gov-
ernment fact recent
the
gecond con
BPITACH i
actionaries are
i involved, been discovered
It is Havana
the United States cruiser Deg Moines
| will sail for Clenfuegos for
ia filibustering expedition against Co
lombia
A report has it that the new Fran
co-Japanese agreement will bind
Japan to place at the disposition of
France 300,000 men in the event of
iwar
{| The gpeculative craze in Japan hs
reported from that
to search
| been checked and within a few week
130 projected companies have dis-
{solved
Albert Clement,
bile racer, was
{ France, by being
i machine
William Waldorf
{$50,000 to Oxford University
At a banquet given in honor of
iJ. L. Rodgers, United States consul
i general at Shanghal, the Chinese
speakers declared that the American
famine relief has healed all breaches
between China and the United States,
M. Rodier, governor general of
Cochin China, makes the novel sug-
gestion that colonies belonging to
all the powers disarm except for in-
terior police purposes,
The executive committee of the
Sein Fein Soclety, representing ad-
vanced Irish nationallasm, considers
Birrell's Irish Bill an insult to Ire-
land.
avtomo-
Dieppe,
from his
a noted
killed at
thrown
i
Agtor has given
The Sultan of Morocco has decid-
ed to comply with the French de-
mands for reparation as the result
of the marder of Dr. Mauchamp.
Lieutenant General Zacharias, vice
president of the International Per-
manent Geodetic Commission, died
in Copenhagen,
The Nicaraguan Congress approve.
ed the treaty of peace arranged be
tween Niearagua and Salvador at
Anapala
The Congress of Russian Reaction.
ists adjourned after formulating
their demands.
SHOT DOWN BY
CIAR'S TR
Killed and Forty-
worsme
were
began
ing 15 and
THE CO3SACKS PLOT
10 KILL THEIR RULER
Conspirators Among The Czar's Per-
sonal Escort.
EXISTENCE OF PLOT WAS KNOWN.
Gatekeeper at One of the Palace En-
trances Divulges Plan Under Which
He Was to Admit to the Palace a
Number of Conspirators Attired in
Cossack Uniforms.
8 Petersburg (By Cable)
Further details
1ifn
against the lif
of the plot at
kove-8¢lo of
came to light
obtained Thursday, and
he Emperor's
Passion Week was
Emperor w
nesday were
that 1
indicate 3 1 escape
ing tae very
d ur
NArrow
The laid,
members
escort
the
the
and
of
The
plot was d¢ ep
were
ar-
the
months,
were
made it possible to trace
back for four
shows that preparations
made on the second of Febru-
when the secret police issued
and
being
ary.
purchaser of a uniform of the
do
Wagon
——————————
Held Up By Terrorists
aw Poland (By
errorists held
ar Rus Ca-
Was a
nirances
ned at
confess
ording
the pal
n ac
into
pirators dressed
i ick uniform
A brother of Premier
confirmg the repo that
{arrests already have been
ared that the
i plot was known from the beginning,
| that it was ferreted out until
ithe entire plan was uncovered Wit.
and the arrests
by order of the
number of cons
Cosss
Stolypin
DUMmMerous
made. He
existence the
-
| dec of
{and
{nesses were secured
finally made
Wore
i
i
|
{
the case in open court
The lower house of Parliament is
{taking the keenest Interest In the
istory, and it is reported that
of the Constitutional! Demo-
await official confirmation
introduce a motion to the house
|expressing joy at the preservation
Jot the Emperor's life
leaders
lerats onls
| to
Knot,
President
To Pine
(Special)
have
cottage
Going
Washington
Mrs. Roosevelt
Knot, the
Roosevelt
and gone to
Pint
Mrs.
ty
country
in
They will be accompanied by
two or three of the
Service guard, The President's pur-
pose is to take a much needed rest.
Drumhead Courts-Martial,
8t. Petersburg (By Cable). —The
Council of the Empire, or upper
house of Parliament, rejected the bill
which was passed April 20 by the
lower house abolishing trials by
drumhead courts-martial.
Rloody Riot On Steamer,
Mexico City (By Cable) A dis
patch from Guyamas says that the
steamer Maori King has arrived
there, She had on board 1,200
Chinese and 300 Russians, who are
being brought to this country to
work on the Guadalajara extension
of the Southern Pacific. The trip
from San Diego, Cal., to Guayamas
was without incident. The Mexican
government refused the passengers
a landing because 21 armed Amer
fean guards were on board.
AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL
Told
{ The Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion decided that one railroad may
Jot receive preferential rates on its
(own supplies carried by another. An-
other ruling says that railroads may
forward shipments that have gone
astray to their proper destination
without additional charges.
Governor Hughes, of New York,
was elected president of the new
Northern Baptist Convention, which
was organized at the meeting of the
General Baptists Societies.
A continued decrease In exports
of canned beef is reported.
From all directions reports are
reaching the Department of Agri
culture that the terrapin scale is
injuring the peach erop.
Baron Moncheur, who Investigated
complaints of Belgian laborers in
South Carolina, reported that they
were {ll founded.
Secretary Taft is completing plans
for his tour of the West. He will
leave Washington May 29 for St
Louis,
Ebenezer Ellis, 60 years old, i-
brarian at the Fish Commission, died
of heart failure at his home.
i
STIR AMONG LITTLE NATIONS
Talk of Protectorate Over Central
America.
Washington {
position ascribed
that the United
should establish
of
caused
Special) .—The
to President
Btates and
a joint protectorate
pro
Diaz,
Mexico
over Central American
a union
has commotion
the
matic representatives here
states, great
among Latin-American diplo
Senor Calvo, the Costa Rican min-
ister: Dr. Mejia, the Salvadoran min-
ister, and Senor Toledo Herrarte,
the Guatemalan minis called in
2 body at the State Department to
discuss the subject with the officials
They had no news instructions
from their own governments to
the attitude they should assume, but
they were of learning the
advices the State Department had on
the subject
There
ter,
Oor
as
desirous
of
them,
nothing
characte; » enlighten
did not develop that the
government had far had
changes with the government of
feo bevond those involved
effort to bring about
the hostilities that
between Honduras
vador and Nicaragua An
to the conclusion of the
Amapala was the agreement between
the Central American
named that a conference should be
later on in Nicaragua to insure
continuous in Central
WAR
11
an
and it
gO any ex-
in
in
the
ter-
had
common
iy
min
a
ation of
ited and
incident
treaty of
three states
the
America
Detallg of the g
yet reached the §
but it is surmised t
obstacle to
mala and Costa
agreement which
projected
effect would
"nt
peace
agreement have not
State
hat
adhesion of
Rica to the
may be reached
confer
be f
Department,
there is
Gua
formal
no
the tO
ence
ormed
amou confeders
tral
to HH
American
elements
freedom }
exchang
and tel
existence
of
the of recipr
rangements,
taken the
the ntral
though ¢ ically
the
long steps
practi
American
they
toward
five
apart
the Central
lini
Opi
nericans
be
of
5
oath ’
goth
TRAIN BLOWN INTO CREEK.
Three Dead From Premature Explo.
sion.
crushed
Southern
war going
rock,
400 yards
on Lae
hurled
crashed
of
Qe
hridge pieces of
more
through the pilot of a i
the Chattanooga
Louis killing
Hyder residences
lookout
le-driver
Nashville
Rails
and damaged
Mountain
and
Shafer
ned
aq
and
Killed In Saving Brother.
Hugh
son of J. G
place, was crushed to
death by a Southern Rallway passen-
ger rescuing his little
brother from a trestle. The boy, ac-
by his mother and little
were walking along the track
the train was heard Young
seeing his brother some dis-
Dallas, Ga (Special)
Starr, the 1
of
§-year-old
ys §
this
train after
brother,
when
Starr
an effort to carry
but not having time
the little fellow
safety and was himself crushed
death by the train
to
to
to
the trestle
Patients Near Panic.
Pa { Special) Three
men were painfully burned, 42 pa-
tients badly frightened and $5,000
damage done when an explosion oe
curred at the Ohio Valley Hoapital,
The men were engaged
meters in the
Pittsburg,
near here
in changing the gas
drugroom of the hospital and had
just completed separating the old
meters with the connections when
there was a sudden flash, followed
by an explosion. The concussion
shook the entire building. broke all
the glass in the windows and doors
of the wards and rooms and caused
the plaster to fall from the ceilings
and walls,
Monarchs As Sponsors,
Madrid (By Cable} .—Telegrams of
congratulation on the birth of an
heir to the Spanish throne continue
to be received here. The latest is
from the Emperor of China. King
Alfonso has invited Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria, King Edward and
King Carlos of Portugal to be honor
ary sponsors at the baptism of the
Prince, they being near relatives,
This will involve the appointment
of special representatives from Aus
trina, England and Portugal,
CARNEGIE HERD
FUND AWARDS
Twenty-One Get Medals or Large
Purses.
RISK THEIR LIVES FOR OTHERS.
Gold Medals and $22,000 Given to the
Bix Smiths and Two Littlefielde, All
Related, Who Braved- the Blizzard
the Night the Larchmont Went Down
and Saved Two Women.
Pittsburg, Pa. (8 Follow-
LL
Vy
¥ fal
pecial)
fr
il
Carne.
night
t the
or
1
Fund
unced 21 awards throughou
gE a meetin ednesday, the
H
gle
anno
ero Commission at
country. Acts dent to
Cor
of bravery inci
Ay n
{the 1 £3
ne ty fire at ithaca,
mont
are
nell
N.Y
disaster
steamer Larch
in lock Island Sound
n ig the
{1161
Earl B. Spencer,
| North Dighton, Mas
Thomas B. Bockwich, 19 years
| Ocean City, N
(
lq . "41
i the majority Following
medal
old,
Malcom C
Ocean
sare old,
old,
the
this
eda-
of 10
amount
| cational
Years,
Jessie R
C.: bronze
D.
benefits in the
Fenton 8
Laceyvyille
$2. 000
Oliver 1.
P
Pa.
for educnt
Schr
Hanover
Irg. ¥a fiver medal
Gold Medal and 86,
rsh ve
Risked Lives for Others.
fy » y award
mar
more vara are
+ the
which
occurred on Februar 1, this year,
in Block
miles southe
three
RB. }
it collided with
Knowlton, and
sank
ward cabin
and was carried
the he .
steamer
parted from the hull
AWAY About 30
| sengers and several members o
jerew had taken on this part
{of the vessel, and were carried away
{upon it. The temperature registered
eight degrees, waves 20 high
swept over the raft, and many of
{the refugees were drowned Driven
{before a 50-mile wind, the raft
i passed within a mile of Sandy Point.
the northern end of Block Island.
out into the open sea
At Old Hafbor. four miles south-
east of Sandy Point, the fishing
{ schooner Elsie, manned by the Smith
| family, heard of the disaster and the
{floating raft and started after it to
effect a rescue. Under conditions
that almost meant death the crew of
{the Elsle sighted the raft about five
| miles northeast of the sland and set
out In two dories. Reaching the raft.
the crew boarded it and found seven
frozen bodies and eight persons——
two women and zix men—who were
almost dead from the cold. The
crew experienced great difficulty In
reaching shore, which they did in an
exhausted condition. Only one of the
eight survivors died
IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD.
pas-
f the
refien
{eet
Lake Buperior income 5's declin-
ed from 453% to 43 on sales of only
$1.000.
Somebody bought a block of 1.000
shares of Pennsylvania in the Phila-
delphia market at 61 7-16.
“I still say sell stocks and bLuy
wheat and corn,” sald the head of
a very prominent Philadelphia house.
Union Pacific's $75,000,000 of
bonds were oversubscribed by the
syndicate to the extent of about 20
per cent,
Luzerne County produced 40 per
cent. of all the anthracite coal mined
last year In Pennsylvania, which
means the United States.
The Pennsyivania Railroad sent
May dividend checks to 45,406 share
holders, the largest number which
over appeared on its books.