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' ! 28 PAGES sLj . I I 1 H 25 PßGES PAlT ESTABLISHED ISiO. OL. 1111 XO. 137, INDIANAPOLIS, SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 17. 1903. PRICE 5 CENTS. I 1 f I PI J i PROBETO THEBON 4 i THE jiNTKNT OF MR. PAYNE IN Tlin pjjSTOFFlCE INVESTIGATION. ,(Mhcr Will Be .Withheld from the PtiKlic AVhfn th Time Is Ripe for i Publication of the Ileanlts. PENALTY TO EIT THE CRIME I postmaster general says the Mr. 'tnlloch' DUclomrei Are Not as Important as Ahe Department Wns Led to Hellere. UT3LE EVIDENCE IS ADDUCED j I TO S-JtPPORT THE SERIOUS CHARGES FIRST PREFERRED. Matter of nnral 2Inll Ronte Supplies Answers to th Allegations Are Made In Detail. t 1 I Special to the Inlanirolls Journal. WASHINGTON. May 15. "No develop mental! the present investigation In the de partment will be suppressed, as all of the cvMtJicc will be given to the public at the prop- time. If any wrongdoing is discov ers! he guilty will be punished, no mat ter v?ho may be involved. We propose to go tci the bottom of the matter, and when the r turns are all in I feel sure that the puuiif will be satisfied with whatever ac tion j.io diclosuresjmay render necessary. Thif statement was made to-day by Mr. Fayrj, the postmaster general. In the man ner V delivering this brief address to news paperj correspondents who called on him, rathtj than in the statement itself, was the absoijzte sincerity of Mr. Payne made man lft5t.! The postmaster general expressed emphatically hla intention to make the in vestigation as thorough as possible, that nothrjig would be withheld from the pub lic, ejnd that if any evidence of corruption was. discovered the gailty officials would be turn-p over to the officers of the law. Th. utterances of the postmaster general prohjbly were brought out by the strong criticisms of the department heard in some quarters. It has ,been repeatedly alleged that the whole affair would be "white wasljed," and that none of the disclosures wou.1I be given to the public. The post mas general has kept every promise In the Jorinal statement that he made at the i I time of his return from Porto Rico. He I j saidjthen that the inquiry would be pushed I i wimjtui or iavor, ana mai ii any om- i I rial rwas found to be corrupt prosecutions wou,J follow. He dismissed General Tyner as tie result of the safe-burglaring Inci dent); he relieved Mr. Christiancy, acting cssMtant atterner general, and on the rec ommendation oi Mr. Bristow. fourth as sistant,, he gave A. W, Machen, superin tendVnt of free delivery, an indefinite leave of ajbsence. He has conducted the inquiry with energy and to a considerable extent has VII farmed hi3 critics by the piomptness with which he has made every charge, tinor ymous or otherwise, a part of tho offi cial inquiry. A. near as can e learned the statement of S'vmcur Tulloch formerly cashier of the Walhington' city ftostofilce, fails far short of Vhat was reasonably expected in view of Uio serious charges preferred by him. The postmaster genera to-day road a por tion? of the Tulloch statement. Mr. Tulloch sub-nits no proof to support his allegations ontl'it is urnlerto.d merely gives a lenprthy recUal of vague rumors and incidents huv- iing.no connection; whatsoever with the in- jtiUifV in the local office a few years ago andj without any bearing on the present in (vfsvgation In the department. It Is known .tha: Mr. Bristow. at the direction of the X'OImaster general, has already dug deep intc the charged allegations contained in the;Tulloch document and it has been dis covered that there is very little ground for thejinrinuatlons of Mr. Tulloch against tho .' jrotninent men he. tried to involve. I Tere is one portion of the Tulloch state ir.cit to which some attention will be given, f 1' relates to several vouchers, which wre jtnooughly scrutinized, it is understood, by the'controllcr of the treasury. The allega- tloi? of Mr. Tullrch in this connection are it f uch a ?oriou? nature that they will be I carefully inquired into. 'I had hopes." i -:ti5 the postmaster general to-day. "that !s Mr- Tulloch would throw a great deal of I lig!t on the situation. He has sadly disap- joIMed me." concluded the postmaser y ger:.Tal, with a smile. , Tiore has ben considerable gossip 'dür l lnj?the past few days to the effect that un- ' ilex: the jurisdiction of General Brlstow, the fottrth assistant, radical changes might be I fxi;ectfd in the administration of the rural frcr? delivery service. It is learned on. ex cellent authority that, no matter who has permanent charge of rural free delivery, no -radical changes will be made in the present system of establishing and main taining the service, except that the depart ment will not be so liberal in allowing sup plies in. the future as it has been in. the pa.lt. It is realized by the administration thrit serious consequences might follow any mrcve that in any way retarded the de velopment of rural free delivery. This new br;nch of the service has grown in public estimation, especially dmor.g the farmers. Postmaster General Payne has paid a grtfat deal of attention to it and he is con- vlt.re.? tb.it riirnl frcA iVMvpri- tH!1 In griw into one of the most important fea tures of the whole service. -J. k. m. , Tl'IX'JCirS FOUMAl, CHARGES. Tley Are Snhmltted to the roxtmnater General nnd Hin Assistants. vZAfixiatod Tress Dtertcn. , Wv:ashixGTON May 15. The formal chirges of Seymour W. Tulloch, cashier of th Washington city postofflce for many yelr?. until his removal four years ago. 11 alleging irregularities in the postal admin istration, was submitted to Postmaster Gtjieral Payne to-day. Mr. Payne and folrth Assistant Postmaster General Bris tol went over the statement in detail. The remaster general rubrequently stated , I j th t of the k hundred wt typajres cent; ijthjt of the fifty typewritten pages of three i on. 5 eacn oni uwui nine ui me tained matter germane to the in- l ventilation. He said the rest of the state YJmnt consisted of "glittering generalities." ) 1 fjtmaster General Payne, reviewing the 1 1 1 chjirges cf Mr. Tulloch. said this afternoon: ill -J-he gTeat bulk of the Irregularities of 1 1 A vlieh Mr. Tulloch compallns was the rc- S rtjt of the government taking over the J i ;cistal service of- Porto Rico. Mr. Tulloch mnt of Porto Rican accounts through the ".tishlr.gton postofflce and makes some ctj'cr insinuations, as, for example, the promotion of letter box schemes, etc., but l(tfc-re"l3 no evidence nothing but words. XA thit.wtll be of any service whatever to thA ri.if,!rtrfit in TooVfnsr uo matters 'in f. Cnnert!rtr 4tH tb trot:h! is comprised In Vtffree pases. The bulk of tho ctatment. however, consists of a recounting of his own grievances and of comments on his own removal. He gives letters bearing on U K removal. and extracts from maps pub- ! lisnert in various farts of the country and deals In glittering generalities in criticis ing .ex-Postmaster General Smith. He re kts to vouchers and payments of certain people which he claims to have been illegal ana makes a pretty severe attack on the controller of the treasury. He makes some reference to the alleged smothering of the examination of accounts of the local post office, but offers no new evidence nor any documents to substantiate hla allegations, merely referring to certain vouchers and certain accounts." Postmaster General Payne made an ex tended statement of the Tulloch charges this evening. He said as to the charge that pnyslcans were carried on the rolls of the nstofflcea without authority, that there Iw ,fceen fifteen or twenty such cases in the United States. This was a matter of administration policy he said, and entirely within the province of the postmaster gen eral, but that he himself last autumn re stricted the employment of physicians to postoffices whose revenues aggregated $1, tM),ooo a year. "Mr. Tulloch." continued the postmaster general, "says the trouble commenced in the Cleveland administration, under Post master General Wilson. He instances the purchase of a file case by the salary and allowance division which was paid out of the Washington postofflce fund, under or ders of Mr. Shepard, then chief of the salary and allowance division. This may have been irregular, but certainly the gov ernment was not cheated. Mr. Tulloch makes assertions regarding the depart ment calling on its minor officials to be bonded by bonding companies, but ends this charge by saying that the competition Wtween the companies soon made the fees nominal. He refers to the house-to-house letter-box plan in Washington, and speaks of a letter of commendation for the scheme written by Postmaster General Wilson, but the letter does not show that Mr. Wilson had any interest in the scheme. He refers to the return postal card scheme of the Economic Postage Association, which was never adopted, and insinuates, 'We are not unprepared to find Mr. Beavers and Mr. Machen recommending the plan. "Mr. Tulloch refers to the salary and al lowance division of the department, with out whose approval nothing could be done, saying the ring consisted of the head of the division, the first assistant postmaster gen eral and the postmaster general. Well, thoso were the only ones who had any thing to say about such matters anyway. He says that some man was carried on two pay rolls, but the laws specifically provide that an employe can draw from two pay rolls if properly authorized, if his aggregate salary does not exceed J2.500." He says another man, borne on the rolls of the local postoflice as a letter carrier, was employed in the free delivery division. That was irregular, but the government got the service. Mr. Tulloch mentions al leged Junkets of officials and employes, who' went to Cuba and Porto Rico to install the postal service there. Now, how does Mr. Tulloch assume to pass on the question whether these gentlemen simply went on a Junket? He refers to a man who was ap pointed to a place in Porto Rico, but who got drunk in New York on the way. Well, once in a while a postmaster defaults and get3 drunk, and is dealt with according to his desert. "Mr. Tulloch has made the statement that the Cuban administrative troubles are as nothing compared to Porto Rico. There has been only one case of wrongdoing of one administrative official In Porto Rico and that was a clerk in the Ponce post office, who defaulted about $3,0W. The government got what ' it could and this record prevented this man getting into the army later on. The letter mentions the auditing of accounts in Porto Rico. The administration of affairs in Porto Rico, during the time he mentioned, was on an emergency plan and like all such matters might have- taken some time to get in smooth running order. Mr. Tulloch refers to appointment of laborers, char women and clearners as .evasions of the civil-service law. These places were not in the civil service. He says that they either performed no duties at all, or often did work along lines not authorized. We are now investigating a charge that three women carried on the rolls as charwomen performed no . such services. "Mr. Tulloch says that the finance clerks drew more money than they ought to have drawn under the law. Most of these men were employed under an emergency appro priation for Porto Rico. We will Investi gate this matter. It is also charged that rtost of the postoffices int Porto Rico were in arreas at the time of Mr. Tulloch's removal. We had to employ . natives there and some not natives, and. In view of conditions that con fronted us, It is unlikely that we would have had an administration as smooth and clear as in the States "I want to say here that any irregular ities complained of in the Washington postofflce were investigated at the time by postofilce inspectors who made a Report to the postmaster general. They found ir regularities, but no robbery or defrauding of the government. Ex-Postmaster General Smith and Postmaster Merritt, of this city, state in their letters to me that they cor rected the evils complained of as soon as their attention was called to them. "All that indicates any wrongdoing in the Postofflce lepartment or in the Wash ington pestoffice involving los3 to the gov ernment or the Integrity of an official will be investigated by Mr. Brlstow. but I am not going to investigate a stump speech, or the question whether the postmaster of Washington should be a Wasningtonian or whether Mr. Tulloch should have been re moved. The postmaster had a perfect right to remove Mr. Tulloch. Much has been made of the statement that Controller Tracewell called off one of the men from an Inspection of the Washington postofflce accounts because it was alleged that he was striking what might be called 'pay dirt Controller Tracewell, In his . letter to me, says the inspection had been fully completed before the man was taken off and that his report was already In and all the information wanted had been got. Mr. Tracewell says he himself inspected the Nw York postofflce accounts." ASSAULTED BY TOUGHS rATOOLMAS DICKERSOX BADLY I USED IN HAUGHVILLE. ...... ' 1 ' In Arresting Harry Webber He Had .to Fight Off Three Women Webber Locked Up. ".Fatrolman Dickerson, of the city police force, was badly beaten in an encounter with Harry Webber, 90S Tremont street, in front of the library on Germania avenue, Haujfhville, last night. Fatrolmcn lickerson and Scribner wefo detailed by Captain liyland to patrol Ger mania avenue" in this neighborhood last night, where it was reported a crowd of "rowdies" had "congregated along the street and had made insulting-remarks to passers by. Webber and some other person engaged in a fistic contest at about 9 o'clock and Webber was placed under arrest. Patrol man Scribner left Webber in charge of Dickerson and went after" th other dis turber ot the peace. He returned empty handed, but found three women hanging on Dickerson's back while Webber was beat ing him in the face. Several rapj from Seribner's club brought Webber to realize that he had been fighting an officer of the law and that the best thing he could do was to submit to arrest. The women scat tered In all directions, but they are known to the police and will probably be arrested to-day. Webber was locked up at the police sta tion and Patrolman Dickerson went to the City Dispensary. Where his wounds were dressed by Dr. Seat on. , LITTLE GIBL-inSSING. Parents of , Flor Kelso Anxiously- Looklnff for the Child. Flora Kelso, the eleven-year-old daughter of John W. Kelso, 30 Lincoln lane, has been missing from her home since early j-esterday morning and her parents are almost prostrated with grief for fear that their child ha been the vlcltm of some accident. The police were üotlfled and are looking for the girL It is thought that she will be found to-day, a it Is prob able that the child wandered away from home and. , unable to find her way back. was taken in for tha nijht by ecmc kindly ' disposed perrcr . . - , . .,. SOME ' Hl r Lxxx athletic J&yßW'iv- i, f , 1 tili fkzwWMfr IM PINSllVANW QUA NOW VOU 5tt a. GOING TO WUZZLC YOU SITUATION JS BETTER DENVER STRIKERS TENTATIVELY ACCEPT ARBITRATION PLAN. V Number Out Is Increased to Nearly Six Thousand, hut the Outlook Is Mach More Hopefal. KIPT IN THE LATJNDEY STEIKE CHICAGO GIRLS PELT A DELEGATE WITH TORN UNION CARDS. "Sent Haren Employers Reject Arbi tration St. Loots Freight Handlers' Strike Other Disorders. DENVER, Col., May 16. Although the number of strikers in this city , was in creased to nearly six thousand to-day and many branches of business are seriously crippled, the labor situation has changed for the better, inasmuch as there are now indications that arbitration will be agreed upon. The general executive committee of organized labor to-day accepted the offer of the services of the State Board of Arbi tration, subject to the folowlng stipula tions: "First, that all employes now locked out by the Candy Manufacturers' Association and the Transfer Men's Association be al lowed to return to. work by the members of such employers' associations. "Second, that the differences between em ployers and the grocery clerks, van drivers, bakers and any other crafts having differ ences, be submitted to your board for arbi tration. "Third, that on the acceptance of this proposition by the employers concerned in the differences We will Immediately order back to work each and every workman now out, under contracts now in existence." Committees of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Allied Printing Trades' Council are, also. working to bring about a settle ment of existing difficulties. Only a few cases of disturbance are reported to-day and none was of a serious nature." The Citizens Alliance rejected the propo sition that ,the matter In controversy be submitted to the State Arbitration Board for settlement, on the ground that the unions have- refused to recognize the alli ance. Several other arbitration proposals have been suggested by those who are try ing to bring the two sides together, and'it Is hoped that some tangible result .may soon be reached. All. Is' Peaee at Omaha. OM All A. Neb.. May 16.-Ä plan of arbi tration has been proposed by the Qentral Labor Union to settle the strike here. TheS plan is to submit the differences to a court composed . of eleven, Ave each from the Employers Association and from the labor unions, the l.iventh to be selected by these ten men.. The plan has been unanimously adopted by tho labor organizations, and it now remains for the employers to accept or reject the proposition. Everything was peaceable hero, to-day. Sixteen men ar rested for interfering with strike breakers were arraigned in Police Court and released on bond pend'ng a hearing next week. Montreal Strike Called Off.. MONTREAL. May "16. The strike of the teamsters was called off to-day. The rail road officials announce that they are now prepared to handle all kinds of freight consigned to Montreal. NO CHANGE ON M. fc O. 31en Say They Will Fight to a Finish Arbitration Plans. MERIDIAN. Miss., May I5.The strike situation on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad shows little change. The company Is oper ating most of its local ireights, passenger trains and a few extra freights. Third Vice Presidfnt Fitzgerald, of the Railway Trainmen, declares that the men will flgh't the strike to a finish. The Hoard of Trade and Cotton Exchange of Meridian decided to-day to tender Its good offices in bringing the company and its employes together. Freight Handlers Strike. ST. LOUIS'; May -17. About 500 freight handlers recently organized ' Into a union affiliated with the American Federation of Labor and employes at Cupple's Station struck to-day for higher pay, seriously lm pa Irl nrth e handiln g of freight. Pract Ical tCÖNTlNUED ÖN PAQiTs; COL. EVENTS OF THE WEEK WHET tow T 50M Bo$ MADE A N0ISC POTATO INDEX TO TO-DAY'S JOURNAL. Part One Ten Paves. Page 1 Postofflce Investigation to Be Thorough; Labor Situation Is Better; Indianlan Killed In the Philippines; Keach Wins the Democratic Chairmanship. 2 Sybil Sanderson Dead. 3 General Labor News. 4 Gleanings Throughout the State. 5 Uncle Sam's Sleuths. 6 Sporting News. . 7 Sporting News. S-Sporting and College News. 9 Real-estate News, and Classified Ads. 10 Church Services To-day; Fifty Years in Harness; Girls Industrial School. . .- .... --- , - " Fart Tvro Ten Pan-e. , . 1 Viewed Through German Eyes; Coming Presbyterian General. Assembly; Women and Lotteries;. Parks of the City. 2 Steamboat Racing on the Mississippi. 3 Curious Indian' Graves; Questions and Answers; The Secret-Service Men.. 4 Editorial Page. : . . 5 Jim Dorgan's Vile-Plot Against Mark Twain. ' . . fr-Personal and Society News. 7 Rallroid Wrecking Crew's Work. 3 Live Stock and Local and General Prod uce Markets. . Gossip of Wall Street; Financial Mar kets. 10 Indiana Editors Trip Up the Kentucky River. Part Three Eight PnWes. , 1-Opening of the New Claypool Hotel; Picked Up from the Wayside; News of High Schools. 2 "The Main Chance,'' Meredith Nichol son's New Book; Literary News and Gleanings. 3 Music and Drama. . 4 Mysteries of the Night , 5 The Brothers A Sketch; George Ade's Fable. ,6 Illustrated Fashions. . 7-Originah Story by William A. Pinktrton; - Sphinx Lore. 8 In a Corner of Misery; The Peerless Strawberry. SHUT UP IN THE. PARK PRESIDENT SL'PPOSEDTO BE CAUGHT IN A SNOWSTORM. Large Crowds Who Went to Greet Illm at Yosemlte Disappointed Will Spend sv Few Days In Seclusion. YOSEMITE, Cal... May 16. President Roosevelt has not been heard from to day. He is supposed to. have been in the vicinity of Glacier Point this morning, but there was no word from him to Secretary Loeb when his party reached the Sentinel Hotel here this afternoon. Snow fell to day" in the mountains in which the Presi dent supposed to be and the weather be came Quite cold. Should the weather be come too cold to-night for outdoor camp ing there are a number of shanties located in different ' parts of the mountains in which the President could spend the night quite comfortably. . Notwithstanding . the fact that the President, before leaving Washington, outlined the programme he was to follow during his stay in the To semite, the Yosemite Park Commission de cided that they should follow another pro gramme which they adopted without con sulting him. This latter programme pro vided for fireworks, the firing of dynamite to produce loud echoes and the participa tion by the ' President in some sort of a public ceremony. Without the President's knowledge this programme was circulated broadcast and people came Into Yosemite from hundreds of miles away to see him. When they found that the President was not to be there their disappointment was very great. The President was not told of this proposed change In the programme until yesterday and even then he was not told the people were coming from such long distances to see him. As he was tired out as the result of the hospitality of San Francisco, he decided that he would adhere to the original plan and spend the next few days in seclusion. Cattle Mast Be Dipped. TOPE K A, Kan.. ' May 16. Governor Bailey will Issue a proclamation ordering that, all cattle brought Into Kansas shall be "dipped" to relieve them from Texas itch or mange.. A meeting of the Stats Live Stock Canitary.. Commission - will be held here next' Tuesday, when plans for preventing the cJimir-r spread of tea Cz eaa . aoocs cttU vl fc- rrzid. , . , o O J f Ml. A . zws. IJHOP Ca op THE KILLED IN BOLO RUSH CAPT. CLOCGII OVERTON AND A PRI VATE IN MINDANAO. The Captain "Was an Indianlan by Birth, bnt Little Is Known of the . Details ot Ills Death In Battle. CLEANEST. CITY IN. THE W0BLD MANILA IS FREE FROM DISEASE, DIRT AND CRIME. Agricultural Interests Still Somewhat Depressed Report of the Gov ernor of Balacan. MANILA. May 16. Capt. Clough Over ton, of the Fifteenth Cavalry, and Private Harry Noyes were killed and Private Hart low was wounded yesterday in a bolo rush at Sucatlan, Island of Mindanao. No details of the fighting have been re ceived beyond a brief, telegram reporting the deaths It is said that six of the enemy were killed. It is thought the natives ap proached Captain Overton's command, pre tending friendship, and then attacked the Americans. About 300 Insurgents, armed with bolos, resisted the landing of a force of scouts at .Catalman, Camlguin island, Tuesday. They charged the scouts and wounded two of them. It required an hour to disperse the insurgents. Twelve of the latter were killed and many were wounded. The scouts whose gallantry has been commended, are pursuing the insurgents. Clough Overton, a native of Indiana, was appointed to-the Military Academy from Texas in 1884; he was commissioned second lieutenant in the Fourth Cavalry on June 11. 1S8S, and first lieutenant in the First Cav alry on Dec. 21, 1895. On Feb. .2, 1901, ho was commissioned captain and assigned to duty with the Fourteenth Cavalry, then on service .in Arizona. In 1902 he went to the Philippines with the Fifteenth, having been transferred to that regiment. Hsrty C. Noyes, the private killed, enlist ed IjÜTroop D, Fifteenth Cavalry, at Cln cinni, O. - Report from General Davis. WASHINGTON, May 16. A cablegram was received at the War Department this afternoon from General Davis, at Manila, confirming the Associated Press account of the killing of , Captain Overton and Private Noyes. . . INSULAR AFFAIRS. Governor of Bnlaean Makes Encour aging; Report for 1002. WASHINGTON, May 16.-The Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War Department has received the annual report of Senor Pablo Tecsh, Governor of the province of Bulacan, P. I., for the year 1902. The report says: "The political situation of the province could not be more satisfactory.. Since I took charge, of the government there has not been noted the least Pertubation of public order; but, on the other hand. I have observed that American sovereignty is now so firmly established that it Is reflected in the confidence and faith which the inhabitants feel when they see the efforts the government makes In - carrying" out their exceedingly favorable promise. - "As an eloquent proof of this, we cite the ease with which the" taxes were col lected, especially . the land tax, which is so new in this country, and to the payment of which the province responded with such patriotism, without offering the least op position, notwithstanding the agricultural crisis through which it has passed and is now passing. Small bands of. ladrones, the remains of the past revolution, still exist in the province, engaged In stealing animals, making highway assaults upon isolated roads and settlements, but hav ing, however, no ' political significance. These small bands .are fast disappearing owing to the constant persecution by the constabulary, local police and provincial volunteers." The Governor mentions how agriculture has suffered 'from the loss of animals and the plague of locusts. He alss gives quite a list of bridges, both of wood and stone, that have been instructed-aid roads that have been improved.. ', : In speaking of public Instruction he re ports that education has not- developed es it should for the folio wins rclrorj: v "nrtt, the scarcity of Filipino teachers.'; who should be paid by the murJcir-iUtir:; cti ond, tbs lack cf a law ccrptlllr;; t-? r tz-zz? cf cllrca rrxa tlilr. r - through apathy or ancient custom do not wish to send . them to school; third, the continuous calamities that have befallen this province during the year 1&02." He urges that Filipino teachers be as signed to assist the Americans in their task of teaching English. "The hygienic condition of the province," adds the report, "is highly satisfactory and this is due doubtless to the persevering and intelligent efforts of the president of the provincial Board of Health, seconded by the munici palities, who enforce the sanitary laws in their respective Jurisdictions. In the cholera epidemic Just past, the provincial Presi dent was found lending his personal aid in the most infected pueblos in the province. There have occurred only 1.520 deaths from cholera In the whole province, which con tains approximately 214.000 inhabitants." GOVERNOR TAFT'S SECRETARY. He Says Manila Is the Cleanest City In the World. SAN FRANCISCO, May 16.-W. B. Win throp, executive secretary to Governor Taft, of the Philippine Commission, has arrived here on the Siberia. He has Just completed two years of service In the Ori ent, and is home on a six months,' leave of absence. Secretary Winthrop said that Governor Taft was still at Bcnguet, when he left, but that his health had been al most entirely restored. "Manila." says Winthrop, "is now the cleanest city of its size In the world, with less crime than any community of which I know. The ladrones you read about in the dipatches are just about like your burglars and highwaymen, only not quite so numerous and more easily, disposed of. "Business in Manila is dull at present, but the Agricultural Department is re sponsible for that, and the condition is only temporary. The rinderpest destroyed a great many , cattle, and the agricultural methods in vogue throughout the islands are of the most elementary nature. The natives raise sugar and make it pa, and that by the crudest and most wasteful of processes. The agricultural possibilities of the Philippines are infinite, and with mod ern methods there is not reason why the islands should not be as fruitful as any lands on earth. The recent congressional appropriation will do much to alleviate the situation, and the currency legislation will do more thany anything else for the ma terial development of the Philippines.. "The labor problem is a deep one. It will be settled, however, and on the lines laid down by Governor Taft. The commission realizes that while the admission of Chi nese labor would hasten the development of the county and promote the prosperity of Americans financially Interested there, it would reduce the Filipino to the lowest Imaginable condition. Where he has been given a chance under proper supervision he has made an excellent workman. Capt. Butt, of the land transport department, and' Major Aleshlre, of the water trans port, have both employed large numbers of natives as teamsters, 'longshoremen, boat men and general laborers, and both speak highly of the Filipino's good qualities in these lines of industry. "With Chinamen in the land the Filipino will never be Induced to work, and would gradually be obliterated altogether." MARINES WILL REMAIN. Only 80O Now In the Philippines and Force Will Not Be Reduced. WASHINGTON, May 16. Eight hundred marines, the total force now in the Philip pines, have been concentrated at Olon gapo, forty miles distant from Manila. None of these are' to be brought home for the present and It was said at the Navy De partment to-day that no date had been fixed when the force . should be reduced. Navy Department officials say the concen tration of the marines was in pursuance of the plan of replacing them by constabu lary, and that It has no special connection with the developments in' China. It is stated that Rear Admiral Evans has recommended that the force of marines on the . Asiatic station be not reduced in strength at present. No Mercy for nn Outlaw. MANILA, May 16. Dominador Gomes, president of the Nationalist party, and a labor leader, recently wrote to Governor Taft, asking him to permit Fausino Guil lermo, an outlaw and Insurgent leader, to surrender, on the condition that he be not punished.-The Governor scathingly warned Gomez not to mix himself up in insurgent affairs and added that the government in tended - to follow Gulllermo until he was killed or captured. Will Go to the Philippines. Special to the Indianapoll Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., May. 16.-LIeut. George Biegler, of the Usdted States Cav alry, returned to-day to his post at San Antonio and will leave next month with his troop for two years' service In the Philippines. Mrs. Biegler will accompany him. .x BIOGRAPHY OF HARRISON IT WILL BE WRITTEN BT JOHN L.. GRIFFITHS WITHIN TWO YEARS. All the Private Papers Turned Over to Mr. Griffiths Ills Qualifications for the Task, The biography of Gen. Benjamin Harri son. IstO be written by John L. Griffiths, one of the best known men in Indiana. The announcement was made public yesterday, and last night Mr. Griffiths said the pre liminary arrangements for the work . have been made. All the private papers of ex President Harrison, Including some unfin ished manuscripts, arc to be turned over to Mr. Griffiths. The latter, with his wife, will In a few days sail for London and from there go to Russia, to be absent the greater part of the summer. On their re turn Mr. Griffiths will begin writing the life of General Harrison. While abroad Mr. Griffiths will confer with somo of the men who were associated with General Harri son in the Venezuelan matter. . The work is to be completed in two years, or at least Mr. Griffiths will make an 'ef fort to complete it within that period and have it published. A number of publishing houses have already communicated . with those interested in the work, but nothing definite has been done In regard to placing the book with any special house. It is un derstood Mr Griffiths has been urged - to take up the biography work by the close friends of General Harrison who are anx ious that the life work of the great Indiana statesman be 'placed in biographic form. A CLOSE FRIEND. Mr.v Griffiths' was one of General Harri son's warm personal friends. In the -Legislature of 1SS7 he placed General Harrison In nomination for the United ßCatep Senate and .their . personal friendship'; probably, dates back many years. After Harri sons came back from Washington preside Mr. and Mrs. Griffiths saw much of them and the two families were very intimate. Those who know of this friendship and are famillarwith Mr.Grifflths's easy and grace ful style ot writing and speaking, are glad that he Is to undertake the. work and b"-' speak for it a great success. : Mr. Griffiths said last night that the work will likely contain many facts that have never been' published regarding some public questions with which. General Har rison dealt. He said, however, that he is not. at liberty at this time to say. what 4hrse new matters are. "I want to write a life of General Har TizzS," raid; be. "that will be a complete rrcrd and yet not make It so cumbersome tlA IX r-Ti.r.st t: read. It must bs a tizt trill ta la z'..-r.3. la tzrzzz." KEACH TOS EASILY POTATO KING RECEIVES 11T VOTES TO G7 FOR J0II. KCIIX. Counting of Noses at Flrnt Meeting of New Democratic City Committee Is Decisive. TAGGAJtT SMILES IN DEFEAT LEADER OF OLD REGISIE GRACE FULLY ACCEPTS INEVITABLE. In Brief. Speech He Declares Keach Is Ills Chairman, Too, and Pre- ' diets Victory. REACH'S STRENGTH GENERAL HE HAD MAJORITY OF rRECIXCT.MEX - IN EVERY WARD SAVE OE. Carl Ton Hake Elected Vice Chairman Delegate Convention Chosen Vote by Wards. James Lawrence Keach, potato king and politician, defeated John Worth Kern, Dem ocratic candidate for Governor in 110 and prospective United States senator, for chair man of the Democratic city committee last night by a vote of 117 to CT. This com pleted the first step in the "restoration" of the Democratic party in Indiana. Those who look no farther than the con vention hall see no more than a local revo lution in the organization a new deal. But those who have watched and waited pa tiently for the opportune time to wrest the pcrty organization from Bryanism see lead ing from it the elmlnation of the Bryan element as an effective factor and the res toration of the men who controlled tho party prior to lS9t. It was also noticeable that Thomas Taggart, national committee man from Indiana, the dictator of the city and state machines, by his speech after Keach's victor, acquiesced in the "res toration." HIS PERFECT MACHINE. No political machine ever worked smooth er than Keach's. It rode Into view on tho night of its first appearance high geared, well oiled and beautiful to see. Its boss was .in absolute control and his followers performed their duty like drilled, soldiers. It revealed a manipulator who brings to the new machine all the expert knowledge of years cf tutorship by that master me chanic, Taggart, with some improvements Invented by the new boss. Its victory was complete and apparently subduing. Co horts of the old Taggart machine even went to Keach and took him by the hand. There was one important feature lack ing, however. -No one moved to make It unanimous, and John W. Kern, the defeat ed candidate, left the halL Mr. Kern went home before the demand came for him to speak. Chairman Fanning found it neces sary to explain that he "was not In the hall." Mr. Kern's friends said his leav ing Indicated no Intent to ofTend the new deal. They said, if anything, it meant a re buke to those who had wrung: from him the permission to use his name, believing that his popularity would carry everything. They censured his friends for permitting his name to go before the convention.- A LARGE CROWD. v Long before the hour fixed for the meet ing of the committeemen Masonic Hall was sought by a large crowd. This crowd en tertained itself in front of the building until it was time for the meeting. Many of the committeemen were late. Six -never came at all. The decision of the primary elec tion commission in ten cases left ten pre cincts without representation, so that of 190 committeemen elected, 1S4 were present. The six absentees " were " reported . to be "buggy riding." So far. as could be ascer tained, two of them were Keach men. Chairman Fanning found it difficult' to bring1 the committeemen to their seats. Each committeeman soon found himself under the calcium light. , At the opening the gallery was packed, the spectators includ ing many prominent members of both par ties. Few were admitted to the main floor except delegates. On the stage were Thomas Taggart, who was applauded when he appeared, John J. Appel, Judge Willard New, of North Vernon, Eudorus M. John son and Joseph E. Bell. No others of prom inence were there. Chairman Fanning gave ample time for all to reach the hall beforo he directed Secretary Albert Sahm to call the roll of committeemen. The assistant secretaries were W. W. Spencer and Elliott R. Hooten for Kern, and Patrick J. Ityan for Keach. The floor of the hall was arranged so that there were only fifteen rows of chairs, and In each row was the number of seats re quired for the committeemen from each ward. As Secretary Sahm called the roll each man was required to rise and answer. Thus the calcium light was momentarily on each. . THE ROLL CALU J3ut the calclurhtwas more In evidence! when the roll was" called for the vote for chairman. When Mr. Fanning called for nominations, Oren S. Hack, of the seventh ward, placed John W. Kern's name before the convention. A round of applause and cheers greeted Kern's name. Charles Pol ster was next recognized. The king of tha Sixth ward said: "I nominate James L Keach." The words were hardly finished before demonstration fro-n the floor and the gal leries came. It was tremendous in form and import. Committeemen got on their chairs and waved their hats and shouted and sp-ctator8 in the galleries cheered and shouted "Keach! Keach!" The tumult sub sided only to be renewed with greater en thusiasm. Chairman Fanning pounded his table with a water glass, in lieu of a gavel, and restored quiet. Henry Warrum moved trat when tho commiteemen vote they rise in their peats and pi-onounce th name of the man they voted for.. This was carried unanimously and the roll call began. The First ward was for Kern. And the Kern cohorts cheered. The Second ward was lor Keach and the Keach cohorts cheered. The roll call proceeded with frequent interruptions of applause until "Bill" Kissel, the policy king, rose to cast the vote of his precinct for Jchn W. Kern. Hisses greeted him. Some in the gallery shouted: "Throw him cut." Chairman Fanning again had to us a the water glass tc restore order. The dem onstration when Charley Polster voted hts precinct of the Sixth ward for Keach in cluded a few hisses, but thay were not over whelming as when Klsfel voted. When tha Tenth: ward voted solidly for Keach there was another surprise because George Johnson, who was elected In CouncUman Morality's precinct on the Kern slate, voted for Keach. - Keach had eighty votes at the close of his own ward the Tentta. Every other ward except the Fifteen.!! gave him mort of its vote, although it known that Hern hid l;rt. T-s err---. n