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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, AUGUST G, 1901. I Til I ; I ) A ILV .1 Olli? XAL TUK.VlW. A IV, T "ST ... JV'il. leli-il-uip 'nil I 1 timl ."ve. terms or MJ'scr.n'iioN. V? CAirr.inir-INOXANArOMS rir! ST'Hi:nB3. J)H1r, f"-ir :v lrrl:i''. TO cent rT month. Pill v. wit nit S'in My. t" r-r.t t e-r month. t-n-Uy. without .Lilly. E Z r yar. fclnsle rrj s: Ia..y. 2 cents; SjTlay, 5 cent. i:y ac.ilnts i: khyv. hlhie: I ally. rf r v. -fk. 11 c Ia!!y. Sunday !r.i:-1. iT wck. 15 cent, k- .; rr '.j.ue. i cen's. I Y MAIL PI:i:i'AlD. , ... j - ' . Lmdy an I S.;na-y. :r y--a" Eut-Jajr only, o':- yr M r.EDUcr.D KATKS TO CI -Uli 3. Weekly Edition. i Or rrj-v. r,rtf yxr .re-:.- i Fiv rnt.- r r iror.th f. r ri-..-. 1.-; :.. tn .1 , .. i. .i r f Ihre I n.cntbs. p.edi'ced paths to clt::s. Fub-cnb with any of our numerous ager.ti cr send f ul yrritlcn to the JOURNAL NKWSPAPI-R COM TAN V, Inellnitapotl. 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Subscribers having the city for ffriol 3ur Inj the Bummer can have the Dally anJ Sunday Journal mailed to any address in the United States cr Canada Ithout extra charge. The address will be chanced as often as desired. Uoth telephones 23S. If a 5D-cent levy will pay all the bills for the year ending Dec. 31, 1001, a3 Controller Dunn leaves the public to Infer, why did the mayor recommend a 71-cent levy for next year? Does he propose. If re-elected, to increase city expenditures 20 per cent.? A very confident prophet told the Wash ington correspondent of the St. Louis Re public that Senator Ilanna will settle the eteel strike In good time and thus make himself tho Republican candidate for Presi dent. Whatever rise the country may have or not have, it will never be short on prophets. "Haven't men as pood a right to join unions as corporations have to form com bination??" is one of the Questions now being asktd which need. no answer, and it may be added that men should have the right to remain out of unions if they prefer lr. a free country, and find employment and not be Interfered with in it. The deposits of the New York savings banks on June CO. amounted to $778,- 77S.30O an increase of Mj.SK.IW during the year, or more than JlO.i'.") in excess of the increase of the preceding year. "J'his," says tho New York World, "is an indica t tion of both prosperity and thrift." It wenn? bo a calamity to havo it checked by strikes which !iae no cause for their ex istence. Th statement that the members of the AmaUamatfd Association in Wheeling, W. Va.. will organise und arm military companies while the strike Is on without the sanction of the Governor of that State 1 sure to attract attention, because such organization, whatever its purpose. Is without the authority of the laws in most if not all States. To exercise military author ity without the orders of the Governor of a State would be a revolutionary proceed ing. Some veteran has written a letter to the Brooklyn Eagle in which he declares that ex-soldiers do not care so much for the action of the commissioner of pensions as an official as they do for the slurs In the newspapers to the detriment of veterans, which they believe to be inspired by Mr. Kvans or his bureau. It would be well for those making such charges to furnish the papers containing such articles. The Jour nal has not seen such articles, and does not believe they can be found. However much of a burden and responsi bility it would bo for a first-class nation to be the guardian of those South Amer ican republics that are now going to war, no on can doubt that it would be of great advantage to them to have a dictator who -would havo'the power behind him to keep the would-be rulers In subjection and give the people peace and security. Progress under present conditions is impossible, and will be until rulers and people arc taught the elements of popular government. There Ls some comment in diplomatic circles on the fact that Russia has agreed to submit to arbitration the claims of American vessel owners for damages on account of the alleged illegal seizures of American whaling and seal ships in Rus sian waters. The seizures were made sev eral years ago, and the claims amount to everal hundred thousand dollars. This Is aid to be the first time the Russian gov ernment has ever agreed to arbitrate any , dispute, and It Is cited as evidence of the Czar's desire to give practical effect to the conclusions of The Hague peace confer ence. The captain of a warship told a reporter that our next war will be with Germany, und that by the time the war logins we thall have a navy equal to that of Ger many. Do-jbtkss th orllcer did not know that he was talking to a man who would give his views to a newspaper, hut would it not be well to hae nuval oners under stand that ueh talk is posib!y mischiev ous la that it iruiLs the feel in tint the t'r.ited States mi:- t g, t ii.to war .' We have never ha 1 c. :'.;- for war wnn CTersnnny, and tin re Is r-.it a ptrtiele of eii!, m o to Indicate that Germany desires war with the I'nlLd Stat' s. War is n..t the in I--ion or nations in this period of the World's prog- In an Interview, Sunday niqht. PrMrr.t Fh.iffer. of tho Amalgamattd Association, Oiiied tho report smt out from New Yoik, aturday. to the effect that ;.Ir. Morgan was- discourteous, angry and overbearing In his attitude toward the repress ntatlvcs of the fctilkers. He even went so far as to fay that Mr. Morpan 1 a fair-mlnJel man who is acting. In his best Judgment, on the information of others. Tfie others to whom Mr. Shaffer alludes ar th Carntgie men on the steel company's board who enter t!r.cd that leader's views regarding the Amalgamated, with which he fought to a finish and to a victory so far as hi works won- concerned. Nevertheless, after the days of the Amalgamated, the Carr.csie Company l-id the- highest wnscs and was anion? the first, when the good times came, to advance th pay of its men. inhxi'iicti:!) dis( (vki:ii:s. The holding of a constitutional conven tion In Alabama, mainly to disfranchise the fnlored voter, has already brought forth two facts that not only embarrass the statesmen engagM in devising a plan to ('.ivest the .colored man of the first quality or manhood, but go to show that the much talked of negro ciuesXion will Fettle Itself if it ii let alone. The lirt of thrse disturbing facts Is fur-r.i-h 1 by the census. It is that illiteracy la Alabama was reduced about four times as much among negroes as white.; during the di cade K-ll-. Of course, there was a larger element for intelligence to work upon, but that, with tho l.ick of school advantages, was as mueh against the negro as in favor of the white. When seven of ten persons with whom an ordinary person associates cannot read, they are much more likely to make no effort to acquire the art than they would If seven of ten could read. Rut. be this as It may. left to themselves, without encouragement, the Illiteracy of the negroes In Alabama Is decreasing four tim'-s as fast as that of the whites, so edu cational qualification was not deemed wise by the disfranchising convention. Th? poll-tax qualification was next con sidered. The ablest men In Alabama jumped to the conclusion that the colored man would not pay a poll tax to an extent that will make him a voter. Rut while the sages were laying flattering unction to their souls, one of thoso disturbing persons who find Information in tax lists, census tables and figures generally, made the as tounding declaration that the negroes In twelve counties, the poll-tax figures of whick he had examined, had paid this tax more generally than the poor whites. The man who made this discovery is a con gressman, and the figures disclosed by him show that in the twelve counties in his dis trict the colored men had paid $13.316.06 In poll taxes against a payment of $S,797.76 by the whites. Latest reports say the con vention adopted a heavy poll tax. but those who opposed the plan warned the majority that it would not keep negroes from voting. These two facts are very important ones. If the negro, under existing harsh condi tions, is gaining on illiteracy and is pay ing his poll taxes better than poor whites, why should good people worry about the negro problem? Under the leadership of Rooker Washington and others who will teach the colored people to work, and with fair protection on the part of whites in the South who must have the black man's labor, the negro problem, as it is called, will solve itself. SCHOOL SYST KM IX PORTO RICO. In pursuance of the policy of misrepre senting everything done in our new pos jesslons Democratic papers have recent! been attacking the new government in Porto Rico. Every branch of the govern ment is attacked, but the department of education and the school system are made a particular subject of abuse. In this the Democratic papers follow the lead of an obscure paper published in New York called the Porto Rico Herald and edited by a former Porto Rican, whose sole object seems to be to misrepresent everything American In the island. The attacks upon the department of education affect not only the organization and management of the schools, but the fitness and integrity of the commissioner of education. To read the charges one would suppose that the present administration had wiped out an excellent Spanish public school system in Porto Rico only to establish a worthless American system. The first annual report of Governor Allen, recently submitted to the President, con tains with the reports of other heads of departments that of the commissioner of education, Hon. Martin G. Rrumbaugh. Mr. Brumbaugh is a native of Pennsyl vania, about forty years old and well known in educational circles. He was edu cated in the State Normal School of Penn sylvania, graduated at Harvard and tho University of Pennsylvania, taught in the public schools and in the Normal School, was county superintendent of schools six years, was state conductor of teachers' In stitutes in Louisiana, for five years and has lectured on educational topics In almost all of the States east of the Mississippi. No person that knows Mr. Brumbaugh would question his fitness for his present position or his personal Integrity for a moment. In his own report Governor Allen refers to that of the- commissioner of edu cation as follows: Perhaps no member of the executive council has a more difficult task to perform than the commissioner of education. Others have duties more varied and covering a wider range, but the work of initiating a system of education here which will tup ply primary Instruction to the 4uö.(M) ig norant boys and girls by whom we arc surrounded is a herculean labor. Of the total number of schools opened in Porto Rico this year 49 are In rural districts and are taught solely in Spanish. The Intro duction of normal schools and other agen cies will eventually give these school teach ers a knowledge of English. Rut the prog ress must necessarily be slow, and the gen eral teaching of tho Cngüsh language in all schools in Porto Rico can only be ac complished In the future. Zealous, continuous, systematic and intelligent work is being performed and the objects In view are being accomplished. Such a statement as this from stich a man as Governor Allen Is conclusive as to the character of the work that is being done and its results. The report of the commissioner covrs every phase of the subject and fully sustains the statement of the Governor. It shows that in spite of great difficulties very gratifin progress has been made in th establishment of a school system in the Island. The present school law," pasid by ih,; Porto Rican Legislature with a practically unanimous vote, provides for the establishment and mainterar.ee of a free sytem of schools undr the direction of the commissioner. The principle of local control is recognir.ed by the election of school boards by the peo ple, the commissioner having only a sup r visery power. N"t lesd than 10 per cent, and not more than 2') per cent, of all moneys received by eat h municipality Is set aside as a school fund, the exact percentage to be fixed by the municipality. The school year Is fixed by law at nine months. Four groups of teachers are employed princi pals, graded, rural and teachers of En glish, the first three groups belny natives and the last one from the United States. In November, 1), the commissioner laid before President McKinley the immediate, need of t choolhouses. and in January, 1901, the President transmitted to the treasurer of Porto Rico the turn of fcüO.OjO to be used for the purpose Indicated. Immediately eighteen new school buildings were located and begun to be conducted as agricultural schools. In addition to these substantial school buildings have been contracted for In thirteen of the larger towns. "The en tire amount of &).)," says the commis sioner, "will be used to erect modern school houses with proper equipment and with every facility for the most satisfactory teaching." The books and supplies for all the school In the island are furnished free, being paid for out of the general fund, and the commissioner says: "The splendid results attending this nction on the part of the department more than confirm its wisdom from the beginning." The commis sioner realizes the necessity for better native teachers nrd Is planning the estab lishment of a normal school. The people generally show great Interest in the schools, and the children are anxious to learn, especially the English language. As to the Americanizing influence of the schools the commissioner says: Almost every school on the island has an American lla. One hundred and eighty were recently presented bv the Lafayette Post. Gr;1. rid Army of the Republic, of New York city. These now float over the new schools ojiened in October bist. The pa triotic philanthropy of this post is worthy of all commendation. In almost every city of the- island and at many rural schools tho children meet and salute the I'ag as It is flung to the breeze. The raising of the llag Is the slpr.al that school lias com menced, and tho flag floats during the en tire sessions. The pupils then sing "Amer ica." 'liail Columbia." "Star-spang'.-d uanner and other patriotic songs. The marvel is thnt they sing these in English. The first Finnish many of them know is the English of our national songs. At another great mooting a leading teacher with much fervor declared: "I nm glad to night that I can speak to you from a plat form draped in the glorious stars and stripes. We love that flag the flag that our grandfathers hid in their garrets and secretly venerated, but which now, thank God, floats over all the schools of our be loved island home." The applause that swept the large nudier.ee In response to these words attested that the work of the schools has already largely molded pa triotic sentiment in the homes of Porto Rico. The commissioner's report touches on other interesting points and furnishes con clusive evidence that the foundations of a genuinely American, free school system are being laid In the island. The attacks on the system and upon those engaged In the work arc malignant, vicious and unpatriotic. A number of papers and spekers have been declaring that there Is a con spiracy among the daily papers to repeal the anti-canteen law. A mo tive must be at the bottom of such a movement, and there belnjr no mo tive, the assertion Is absurd. In thf Har rlsburg (Pa.) Church Advocate of 'recent elate a Mr. Newcomer charges such a con spiracy, and finds an instance of it In- the report of an address of Rev. W. I. E. Furguson, delivered in Chicago, a portion of which the Inter Ocean and two other papers gave substantially as follows: The flood of beer that came into Shafter's army was worse than the scanty rations. The canteen was the cause of the sickness that broke out in the army before Santiago. The Inter Ocean says that to this day Mr. Furguson has not denied that he used the language above quoted, but Mr. New comer rjuotes him as saying: I neve made the statement which the Inter Ocwin attributes to me. I do not be lieve that statement appeared in any pub lished report of my speech. It was, 1 be lieve. InvcMited to serve tho purpose of the mendacious editorial writer of the Inter Ocean. The Inter Ocean proved the falsity of the foregoing by quoting its report of Fur guson's address to the Methodist ministers' meeting of June T4, as well as the essen tial features of the reports of the Tribuno and Chronicle. Having thus disposed of Mr. Furguson and his statement, the Inter Ocean quotes from Mr. Newcomer's let ter to the Church Advocate, as follows: In further explanation Mr. Furguson de clares that the ruddü rs while at Montauk Point were filled vvlth beer secured at il legal carueens, and that this course of dis sipation prepared them to become easv victims of disease at Santiago. This Is also the-testimony of many army surgeons. Rut this statement of facts did not suit the vitriolic versatility of the Inter Ocean ed itor. He n.ust publish a brazen falsehood. As the soldiers came from Santiago to Montauk Point it can be evident to only such Intemperate persons as Furguson and Newcomer that the beer which made them drunkards at Santiago was drunk at Mon tauk Point two months later. There are a number of such ridiculous romancers going about the country, for which there seems no remedy; but why should a paper, and of all a religious paper, permit men to cir culate such ridiculous falsehoods? It is reported that the President will urge the Senate to ratify the reciprocal treatks which that body did not consider at the last session. The President Is said to bo more impressed with the importance of their ratification now than he was last year, for the reason that our trade rela tions arc so rapidly changing that this country should make some concisions to other countries in return for like advan tages in their markets. It is further stated that if the Senate does not heed the Presi dent's advice he will advocate a tariff with two rates cf duty one for the countries that will reciprocate and the other for those that will not. FROM HITHER A2ID YON. Very lilish. Chicago News. "I Fupp-jse ycur son frradunted with high hon ors?" Interrogated the bosom friend. U'anW hUhl" replied the camild old man. "1I? had to par some literary chap 2j to write his commencement speech." Cruelty to a Wife. Life. "They say her husband treats her worse than ever." "What has he d.-me now?" "Why, the itlur t'.ay. Inst.ad of pilriK her the money to iay th bill, he paid them him- The Hennoii. Ohir Pint- Journal.. Mr. Vrontpw I avi glal you belong to our church choir, my d-.ir: it Is such an orderly org xrUati.nr. I uevr sfo you whispering to one another durlmr fervi.es. Mrs. Frontpew No, none of us are on speaking: term. No Hope. Tuck. "Have you any raon why sentence thouid not be pronounced against you?" asked the ja.lftC 'Lots of them." replied the prisoner, nnn th.ir.tly ; "but 1 suess mr lawyer has worked thera for all they're worth." Hin Advantage, Uoston Transcript. "I have vlajel a denerate game and I have l;.t." reraarkeJ the stat,e villain Just before his final dlianearar.ee. "Vul you ar a darn tljjht better oft than we are." murmured a tlred-lookirp mun in the front row; "we paid money to jet in." Lltei uture. Detroit Frt Tress. The author had written himself down an ass. Uut Is this literature?" proteted the other. "I do not know, sir'." replied the author, re spectfully. "1 have reason to suspect that It, Is not. For not only are many publishers anxious to publish it. but I have been offered vat sums fur the law riht. as weUl" COLOMBIA LITTLE L ATI.-AMERICAN REPUB LIC It EAT 11 Y REVOLUTION'. Several Importnnt EnuaKement In Which the Insurgent Arc Re ported to Have Ileen SucceMfnl. BUSINESS IS AT A STANDSTILL JIERCH.WTS HAVE CLOSED STORES HATIIEIt TIIAX TAKE FIAT MONEY. Proclamntion hys the Prcaident of Venezuela and tlie Lender of the Revolutionist. NEW YORK. Au?. 5. Adiaz Guerrera. agent in this city for the Colombian revo lutionists, to-day received information from trusted agents who had reached Venezuela, that a bloody Kutle was fought at Palo Negro in the latter part of May. The con flict lasted for seventeen days. The battle was drawn at the end of that period, the insurgents retiring when their ammunition was exhausted, the government troops be ing too badly cut up to pursue the revolu tionists. Ry the Red D liner Philadelphia, which arrived here to-day from Venezuela, Agent Guerrera received a budget of information In form of reports, cablegrams and letters from the scene of hostilities. These stated that Gen. Renjamin Herrera, who is at tacking from the Pacific side, is at present operating in the department of Cauca; General Ardlla, who is advancing from the Atlantic, is in the department of Sartander and in the possession of Ocana City; Gens. A. Castillo and Clodmiro Castillo have ef fected a junction of their forces and are at El Valle, in the department of Magda lena, and General Marin has fought an im portant battle at Jirardot. In the depart ment of Cundinamaroa, which Is in the in terior of the country, about one hundred miles from Rogota, the capital of Co lombia. Important and successful engage ments have been t'oeight by General Her rera at Tulnaco and IJarbacos and other insurgent victories are reported from the southeast portion of the department of Cauca. A great rebel army is said to be operating on the Pacific side of Colombia. Information which caiac to Agent Guer rera via Maraeaibo states that Senor Va lencia is on his way to Cucuta to take charge of the government forces on the frontier and that at Hogota the mrechants, not wishing to handle any paper money, have closed their stores and that business throughout the country is at a standstill. Senor Guerrera says that he has not for some time received any Information con cerning the whereabouts of Gen. Cribe Cilbe, who has been appointed by Gen. Vargas Santos in supreme command of the insurgent army Continuing, he said: "General Uribe is a personal friend of Gen eral Castro, the President oi' Venezuela. Thry have known . each other for years. Castro lived for a time in Colombia and his wife is a Colombian. The friendship and recent meeting between Castro and General Uribe at Caracas have no signifi cance in ji revolutionary sense. The Co lcmbian government oificials, however, openly charge that President Castro has bt-en aiding the insurgents, but such is not the case. I do not think he sympathizes v ith the movement, because a year ago he orderet! the seizure ut Laguayra of two of our warships which had on board a large quantltj of ammunition." Threatened with Invnnion. NEW YORK, Aug. 5-General Alban, Governor of Panama, has telegraphed this statement to the Herald relative to the present situation in Colombia: "The revo lutionists do not occupy any place of im portance and are iraue up of guerillas, who merely attack undefended vil lages and localities. Rut at present Co lombia is beii.g 'threatened by foreign in vasions, encouraged by the Presidents of Venezuela, Ecaudor anil Nicaragua, against which the Colombian government is well prepared and will do all that is natural and allowable in self-defense. TWO PROCLAMATIONS. Castro to Venezuelan and Gnrhlrn to IteTolutinnlntK. Correspondence of the Associated Press. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad. July 21. The revolutionary movement which has been so long expected in Venezuela has just broken out. Gen. Carlos Ringel Garbiras, former ly president of the Senate, under the pres idency of Dr. Roj is Paul, rose on the 2tHh against the government of General Ciprl ano Castro. It is said that he has raised the standard of revolt to cries of "Viva el Mocho Hernandez." At the moment of writ ing he is near San Antonio del Tachlra, a town on the boundaries of Colombia, with 4,000 to 4. MO men, who, the Venezuelan gov ernment admits, are well armed. Detailed uccounts cannot be obtained, as martial law has been proclaimed and censorship established all over the republic. President Castro has issued the following proclama tion : "To the Venezuelans Compatriots: Tho sacred territory of the fatherland has been invaded by an army of Colombians com manded by the traitor Carlos Rangel Gar biras, and they have entered by Urena and San Antonio. "In announcing this uprising, which af reets the honor and peace of the republic, 1 fulfill my duty as the man primarily re sponsible; for the fate of Venezuela and In form you that all necessary measures have already been taken to repel this grave at tempt. "In order, therefore, to facilitate the ex ercise of my discretionary authority as commander in elihf of the Venezuelan army, and at the same time to enable me to fulfill my duties as President of the republic, the national executive his made use of the power conferred on it by Section 21. Article iA. of the national Constitution, and his suspended those personal guaran tees, the exercise of which may be incom patible with tlie defense of the public or der. At the same time I have order.nl lO.Un) troops of the army of the west to marcn immediately to San Cristobal to support the authority of the President of the Stale of Tachlra and to cause the sovereignty and Integrity of the national territory to be respected. Tli government and tho army are both prepared, and In informing you of this I swear by both and in tlie name of the republic that all our duties shall be lerformed. "Compatriots. I therefore nsk and demand In the name of Venezuela in these solemn moments the decided support cf all persons who are not. like Rangel Garbiras. traitors to the country and who have right notions of honor and duty." The insurgent leader has also issued a proclamation, during the course of which he snys: "To inv eountrv and mv political friends Filled with energy, thrilled with indigna tion ar.d burning with the flame of u ue patriotism. I com1 to offer to America and to jhe world my cry of protest against the policy of Intfr er.tif p. In all that relaus to Venezuela and Coiombia. which vill one dav prove a delusion to civ ilized ; cpfes and which is due to the silly passion? of a half (!- n politicians who des'.r with still more criminal darlr.g to bi ;t out eur present nationalism, to suppress our cherished names of Venezuela and Colombia and to sink them Into one which might serve as a footstool to their amritious views. The Capitol of Caracas is the center of that paractdal conspiracy; the national funds, which are the sweat of the nob'.e Vene zuelan people and which should bo used to provide munitions and artillery for the defense of the nation, dally pass into mer cenary hands. And this in order to wipe out from among nation the names of Venezuela and Colombia. There Is, there fore, necefa'.ty that Venezuelans and Co lombians, whatever b their polltcal opin ions, should knov this diabolical scheme, the only cause of which is insane ambition in all 1U dire blackness. "It is necessary that the peoi.de of Ecua dor, of enezuda and Colombia should understand that the object of the conspir acy is to take from thera their existence aa CRISIS independent nations. What other meaning can be attributed to the following word taken from the manifesto issued under yesterdav's date at San Cristobal ty Gen eral Rafael Uribe-Uribe: .Mt would be the supreme desire of the nations which formed great Colombia (Venezuela. Colombia and Ecuador) to reconstitute that glorious and powerful nationality which the pressing exigencies of the time render more neces sary than ever.' Would the- radical leader have thoupht In the same way if instead of being vanquished he had found himself to-day triumphant In liogota? Would he then throvnv aside the flag which he carried through the battlefields, under whoce shale be has been shedding torrents of blood during the last two years, to grasp another ensign, unknown by his friends? No. The pretension is an absurdity. "Is it not an act of madness to reconsti tute the great lcpublic only by force of arms without the people having manifested any desire for such a fundamental trans formation? The Republican p.irty cf Los Andes speak through riy mouth and their noble ideas of expansion and fraternity has gained proselytes ail owr the country. This is aL.o the opinion of Venezuelan national- porarily the leader, the most disciplined of our political parties, and firmest in tneir doctrines which they received from their Illustrious chief and general. Jose Manuel Hernandez, and 1 do not think that I am mistaken in saying that on this subject the whole country of Venezuela thinks with me. "They desire in vain to draw us into an international war; the two countries will remain brothers In spite of inv;dlous politicians, on whom the stigma of popular reprobation will fall at no distant date. The war with which we are threatened will never be bv people against people, but will be waged on the one side by a man In volved to tho hilt in transitory require ments and tm the other a lawfully con stituted government, which, supported by justice and visibly aided by providence, re sists his nefarious attempts." NO REVISION OF TARIFF SEXATOR Cl'LLOM FAVORS NEW COMMERCIAL TREATIES. Talk with the Illinois Statemnan Af ter IUm Return from a Vlalt to President McKinley. CHICAGO, Aug. 5 After a visit to Pres ident McKinley at Canton, Senator Cullom says there Is not likely to be any general tariff legislation next winter, but that tome of the pending commercial treaties ought to pass the Senate. The senator also talked of tho government's policy in other lines. The senator returned home last evening and went at once to Highland Park, where he is spending the summer. Asked as to the story that Senator Hanna had gone to Canton to get aid from the President in settling the steel strike. Sena tor Cullom said: "I know there is nothing in that report. Senator Hanna, President McKinley and myself talked of the strike, as we did of other matters of current In terest, but there-was no suggestion from Senator Hanna at any time that he was mixing up in tho matter at all." Sp. aklrg of the .action likely to be taken by Congress at the next session. Senator Cullom said: "We shall have to enact some legislation regarding the Philippines, but not much, I think. Porto Rico is now all disposed of, and there Is nothing to do for It. As far as Cuba Is concerned, it ha3 accepted the American proposals, and we have nothing more to do than to let It alone and allow it to work out its own salvation. Prom all the information I can get, the feeling is growing stronger in Cuba every tiay in favor of final annexation to this country. It will grow stronger and stronger as the Cubans find their neighbors in Porto Rico enjoying the benefits of free trade with this country, which they are debarred from." "What prospect is there of tariff legisla tion by Congress next winter?" was asked of the senator. "I do not think there will be any, at least in the form of a general revision of tho tariff. Of course. I am not in a position to speak authoritatively for the President, but 1 feel I am representing his ideas when I say that. There are. however, some things we oi'ght to do which will amount to a partial revision of the tariff. There are at present pending before the Senate some ten commercial treaties. These treaties are ail of a reciprocity character, and if they are ratified will amount to a change in the tariff with the countries with which they are made. It seems to me it would be wise to ratify at least some of them. A feeling has grown up abroad that the United States is disposed to act in what may be called a hoggish manner In its trade rela tions, nnd if these reciprocity treaties can be civawn so as to be for the mutual ad vantage of both countries entering into thera I think it would be beneficial all around." All ALL-NIGHT STORE. Department Concern That "Will Keej Open Twenty-Four Honrs n Day. CHICAGO. Aug. 5 The Record-Herald says: "And row comes a new department store, which. In addition to selling you any thing, from a toothbrush to a coal hod. will also keep open twenty-four hours a day to tio it. This is one of the many novel fea tures of Chicago's lates; enterprise in the department-store line, which will invade State street between now and the middle of October. The new store will be on the co operative plan, the $Sc0,Cw) capital stock being owned by merchants who are now iri some single line of business, and who will combine their capital and experience in the new enterprise and take charge of a de partment In which they are specialists. "This." said C. F. Giilmann. the promoter of the scheme and probable president of the new stock company, "will bring the public and the stockholders In close touch with one another, as every department bond will be an experienced merchant, who, being a stockholoer, will bend every energy to In creasing and holding his trade. It will also result in much better service for the pub lic. Over a third of the capital has already been subscribed, and the thirty depart ments already arranged for are as fol'ovs: Dress goods, coi.-ets. gloves, hosiery and underwear, children's clothing, traveling equipments, haberdashery, drugs, hati. mil linery, sporting goods, clocks and silver ware, jewelry, optical goods, umbrellas and canes, crockery, teas and coffees, hard ware, fancy groceries, restaurant, furs, no tions and fancy needlework, candy and lruits, bakery goods, cigars and tobaccos, furniture, house-furnishing goods, photo graph studio, photo supplies and cameras, and a dentist. More departments will be added later. No wines or liquors will bo handled. Free medical attendance will be furnished by a physician who will have his office in our store. No merchant has taken less than $10,000 worth of slock to far. and we shall limit the amount to be held by one man to $2T..-u. This, with an iron-clad provision, will make it impossible for any man or party of men to gt control of the stock and freeze the others out. Sorr.eof the merchants who have gone in with us will dispose of their other business, some will continue It, but they themselves will devote all their time to their part of the new store. A feature of the store will bn that we shall be open all the time, using three shifts of clerks, work ing eiqht hours each. We have had enough slxleen-hour days ourselves to know what it Is. We shall employ union labor as far as possible and pay better wages than the othr department stores. "Mrny of the merchants will bring their own sWp.ople with tn. nj. Whv cV we in tend to keep t.p.n all night? Wei!, there are about 1" ijoo people who work nights in tho tlovn-tov. n part of the citv. and we c pct to gft th.ir trade. We snail ;:dve:t!se h. -ivily, the same as the other bi,j stores. That i? one reps.ni we ;irr .ill sniU mer chants now we cannot afford to adverti-e safirientlv " ROOSEVELT AFTER COYOTES. Vice President Will Spend Three Days Chasing; llowllnc lleusts. COLORADO SPRINGS. Cel.. Aug. 5. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt left here to-day for a three days' coyote chase In tho vicinity of Fountain, eighteen milea south of this city. He was accompanied by R. B. Stewart, of this city, Alfred CowUs, of New York, & brother-in-law of Mr. Stewart; Lieutenant H. K. Devereaux, the trooper of Roosevelt's old regiment ; John Goff. who piloted the vice president during his Hon hunting expedition in Col orado last winter, and Jee Kenyon, who will act as guide during this trip. NEW NATIONAL BANKS INTERESTING STATEMENT I1Y THE CONTROLLER OP THE CI UHENCY. Six Hundred nnd Sixty-Five llankins Associations Urbanized I nder the Art of Marrti 4, lbKK. TOTAL CAPITAL. $34.267,000 I T J I DEPOSITS OF RONI1S TO SECl RE C IR CILATION WERE 10,tNU.24KI. One-Third of the New Danka Organ ized In the .Middle States Indi ana Postotlleen Raised. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-Mr. Dawes, the controller of the currency, has issued the following statement regardins the results of the rassage of the act of March 4. 10: "The impetus given to the organization of national banks by the act which became a law on March 14. limO. still continues. Dur ing the sixteen and a half months since the passage of the act there have been or ganized in the United States fiC5 national banking associations, with an aggregate capital of $3!.2$:,OO0, accompanied by a bond deposit aggregating $10,COC,:00. Of these banks, 437 were organized with a capital of less than $00.000, the total amounting to ttl.S.oüO. and 2uS with a capital of $o0,(-00 or over, the aggregate amounting to $22,3S3,00o. Included in the total number of organiza tions are ninety-two banks with a capital of $3.902,000, which were conversions of Ftate institutions, sixty-three of which were capitalized for less than $50,000, and twenty-five for $C'.000 or over." "Viewed from r. greographlcal standpoint, the Middle States lead in the total number of organizations, nimely 214, of which 1j1 wtro with capital of less than $50.ex0, and sixty with capital of $."i0,(KJ or more. The aggregate capital stock of the banks or ganized in this section was $11,55,000. In the Southern States 133 banks were or ganized, with aggregate capital of $S,1I3,G"0; 103 of which were of the smaller class, and fifty-six of the larger. The next greatest number of organizations occurred in the Western States, namely 155, with aggregate capital of $4.383.000; 113 of these banks were of the smaller class, and twenty-two of the larger. In the Eastern States 125 banks with capital of $7,114,Oju were organized, of which seventy were with capital of less than StyOmi and fifty-five with capital of JW00 or more. In the Pacific States, in cluding Hawaii, there were twenty-two or ganizations with the aggregate capital of $!.CU5,OO0. Of this number thirteen were of the smaller class and nine were with capi tal of Jöo.oiiG or more. "The smallest number of organizations In any geographical division was in the New England States, namely ten, with capital of $1.100,000. Three banks were organized in New Hampshire and Connecticut re spectively, two in Ma!: e. one each in Mas sachusetts and Rhode Island. Four of the number were of tlie smaller class, and six had capita! of J.V),.tG or over. "On March 14, UX0, there were in opera tion C.C17 banks with a capital of $1C.30;ij: bonds on deposit to secure circulation $224. Cll, 570; circulation secured by bonds, !21G.374,7y5; bond.? secured by lawful money tltposited by banks placed in voluntary liquidation in the charge of receivers, and those reducing its circulation, $7.8,12.214. "On July 31, the number of banks had In creased to 4,217; capital to ;.556,6t?; bonds on deposit to secure circulation to $320,310, 43); circulation secured by bonds to C327.030.37J; and circulation secured by law ful money to 'i'.113,C"J. Th net Increase in the number of banks, capital, etc.. during this period was as follows: Number of banks. ). capital stock. $43.24S,6.i'0; bonds deposited to secure circulation. $si.73",,..o; circulation" secured by bonds and by lawful money, $101.700,173. Of the aggregate amount of bonds dp-.itcd as security for circula tion., $329,3 IS. 430. a trifle over 'X, per cent., namely $3K,u23.1.V;. are 2 per cent, of the issue of 1W. The circulation of national banking associations reached the maximum on Oct 23. 1SS2. namely. $;;2,40.(2. which was i'-,'! 17,011 higher than the amount out standing. TOWN SITES IN OKLAHOMA. Where Lots Will Re Sold To-Day in the N'ewly-Opened Reservations. WASHINGTON. Aug. 5. The town sites for the El Reno and Lawton l ind restricts. Into which all the newly opened land In Oklahoma Is divided, were announced at the Interior Department to-day. Commis sioner Hermann has telegraphed to the re spective registers and receivers the ap proval of Secretary Hitchcock of the reser vation of these lands "and no others" for town site purposes end c'irectlng the land officers to reserve them from homestead entry. They comprise a 1 the town sites, and lots In them will be sold to-morro.v. The nw town sites are described as fol lows; El P.eno District The enst half of Sec tion 10, Township 10 north. Range 12 west; the northeast quarter of Section 5 and northwest quarter of Section 4, both in Township 12 north. Range 11 west; the south half of Section 13. Township 6 north. Range 13 west; the southwest quarter of Section IS, Township 11 north, Range 10 west; the north half of Section 3i. Township 5 north. Range 16 west; Ixus 1. 2, 3 and 4 and the south half of the northeast quar ter and the south half of the northwest quarter of Section 4. Township 12 north. Range 13 west, and the north half of Sec tion 21. Township 5 north. Range 11 west. Lawton District The southwest quarter Of Section 21. Township 22 south. Range 11 west; the north half of Section 8, Township 3 north. Rf.nge 0 west; the southeast quar ter of Section 2b and the northeast quarter of Section 35, Township 3 north. Range 17 west. Acting Secretary of the Interior Rjan to-day Issued regulations designed to secure speedy correction of any material errors in the local land offices in disposing of linl cases In the newly opened domain, to dis courage groundless cppenls and prevent disappointing applicants Indefinitely tvlr.g up the land or forcing others to pa'y tluui to withdraw appeals. They provide that a defective application, either to file soldiers declaratory statements or make home stead entry cf these land? fray. In the discretion of the local officers, be amended during the day only when the application Is presented. Appeals to the General Land office will be allowed or considered only within one day. Sundays excepted, after the rejection of the application. After n--rllcaMon and until the same Is finally dis posed of the lands covered thereby will be reserved from other disposition. Appeal will bo forwarded Immediately to the Gen eral Land Office, carefu'lv examined I here and forw.irdtd to the secretary of the In terior with appropriate recommend ttl n for prompt final decision. Thco rc-gulations will supers de any conflicting regulations fnd anply to all appeals from the local of fices during the sixty days from the open ing. FEAR AMERICAN COMPETITION'. Austrian Tryinir to Cheek Our Trade with Their Conntry. WASHINGTON, Au?. 5.-In all the re cent effort of Aust.ia-IIunqary to further Its export trade, rt peated mention has been made of the danger of American competi tion In that monarchy, according to Con sul General Hurst. In a report to tne State Department. A measure to exclude Amer ican canned meats. It Is stated. Is demand ed by Austrian manufacturers and econo mists, who claim that, inasmuch that Ger many has prohibited the importation of certain meats in air-tight barrels and cans, which acts chUfly on American shipments in thi line, American packers, loslntc mar ket In Germany, should be hindered from lrcieasing their sales in Austria-Hungary. One well-known Austrian manufacturer, says Mr. Hurst, advocates the formation of trusts in Austria on American princi ple. Tne supposed "American principles." the consul continues. Is touched upon in all discussions concerning the slrenrtthtnlng and expansion of Austrian commerce, and during' the debate in the Austrian I'mxlla,- ment over the big canal-system bill, fre quent ref.rtr.ee was made to the growth and powr of the United States, anl the danger of its competition. In Austria. Court-Mnrtlal Sentence Comtnntetl. WASHINGTON. Au. S.-President Mc- Klnley has commuted the court-martial sentenc of dismissal from the army of Major Francis E. Kitonhni. Fourteenth Infantry, to placing that officer nt the foct of the list of majors of infantry, there to remain for a iverlod cf five years. Major Eltonkead was tried on a charge of b lng drunk on dity and of xr.ib havir.r, i.lmsfif at the Army and Navy Club in Manila, and of urlng profan. and abusive language to Lieut. William 1 1. Mullay. Twenty-fir-t In fantry. The court whuh tried Major Llt..n head sentenced him t h? dlniised. but the President says that, in vi. w cf l is n.ili- tary record, his rood conduct In the cr- l.agemcnts before Santiago, Cuba, an l op erations in the Philippine islands. t-tlur with the recommendation of c-lemeney by the members of the court, the setittnee of dismissal is commuted. Major Eitnhnd is a graduate of West Point, having b:en appointed from Pennsylvania in 171. Slajor C. A. Doyen Reprimanded. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. The chirrti end specifications upon which MaJ. Charles A. Doyen, marine cüiccr of the North At lantie squadron, was tried by court-martial recently at Newjort, with the findingsof the court sentencing him to lose two num bers and be publicly reprimanded, together with the action of the reviewing authority department here, have been published In general orders. The reprimand authorized by the court is eontaired In the following indorsement of acting Secretary Hatkett; "An officer should be deeply mortified by the publication of an order announcing to the service the fact of Iii trial by general court-martial and a rinding that he has been incapacitated for the performance of duty by reason of Indulging in alcoholic stimulants. Such publication will be re garded as a sufficient performance of the duty imposed upon the department by the court, viz.. that Major Doyen be repri manded by the secretary of the navy." Mast Account for Tobacco Scraps. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. Cornmissoner Yerkes, of the internal revenue office, has decided that all tobacco material. Including scraps, cuttings and clipping, must b accounted for by a manufacturer of cigars In tho condition in which it was purchased. If a manufae. turer. It is held, tells or in ventories as en hand tobacco scrrps. cut tings or clippings which he produced him self from unstemmed leaf Ihe collector will reduce such materials to their equivalents In unstemmed leaf, fifteen pounds, of stemmed tobacco scraps, cttlngs or clip pings being eciuivalent to twenty-rive pounds of unstemmed leaf. National Capital Note. WASHINGTON. Aug. 5.-Th fourth class postoflces at Culver and Farmland, Ind., will be advanced to the third class, giving them presidential rank, on Oct. 1. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Yerkeg has ordered the removal of the office of the collector of Internal revenue for the dis trict comprised of Utah and Montana fror.i Helena, where it has been located, to Salt Lake City. The change is mrde to suit the convenience of the m-v collector. The controll'T of the currency has ai polnted the First National Rank of N . York, as reserve agent for the Citizens' National Rank of Red ford, and tne Fletch er National Rank of Indianapolis. John I. Thomas h.is been commissioned postmaster at Crete, and Henry E. Elliott at Gage, lnd. Captain James Parker, of New Jersey, th associat3 counsel for Admiral Schley, ar rived In Washington to-night for the pur pose of continuing his examination of the ship logs of the Santiago campaign for ute in the court of inquiry proceedings. THEORY OF ALIENISTS UPSET. Result of an Examination of the Skull of the Late Frank II. Collier. CHICAGO, Aug. 5. That the peculiar in sanity of the late Frank Howard Collier resulted from a blow received on the head, supposedly from political antagonists, sev eral years ago, was practically decided to day by several physicians who removed his brain for the purpose of a careful exam ination. The discovery Is of speciil inter est from tlie fact that it has been an ac cepted theory among medical men that tha kind of insanity from which CoMier suf fered (technically known as circular in sanity) never occurred except as a result of hereditary taint. If the conclusion reached alter the first investigation prov J correct, tids theory will have to be aban doned. A section of the forehead several Inches square was removed and the biu'.n taken out. An examination showed that there was an exostosis, or bony growth, on tin Inner table of the skull' to w hich the membranes nnd frontal lobes of the brain adhere I. The growth was an inch and a half lor.g and an Inch wide and the points, which were sharp, 1-ioi.ruded barely a quarter of an inch. Th exostosis, which ws not directly under the part of the skull where Collier had bee : struck. Is believed to have been eau.-e-d by the Inflamed condition of the skull and brain membrane around the wound. The size, of Collier' brain was remark able and gave eviütnee e.-f the immense In tellectual strength which lie once possessed. A year ago Collier's sl.ull was trep.mne-d, but the operation showed nothing. The in cision, as was disclosed to-day, 1 a 1 been made a little to one side of where the ex ostosis existed. Collier's will provides .r-,r the disposal of his head, brain and body to iifTirer.t medical Institutions, and his personal ef fects are willed to many notable Cliica goans, all mentioned, by name. LIBRARY TOR PORTO RICO. San Juan Council Has Appropriated Money to Meet CarneKle Offer. Corre.'pondctfiee of the Aisoclat-d Press. SAN JUAN, P. R.. July SI. Negotiations are under way between Andrew Carr.eg'.ej and Education Commissioner Martin G. Rrumbaugh, who. In this matter, represent the people of Porto Rico, which will Ive San Juan and all of Porto Rico one of tlie famous Carnegie libraries. The San Juan Council met to-day and r.cci led to appro priate $)0 yearly as a maintenance fund for the library. Mr. Carnegie's private see letary, Jan.es Lertram, wrote that It was the millionaire's custom to give ten tirnej the amount of the rnaintenar.ee fund. How ever. Mr. Rrumbaugh hopes to so pre tent th'. claims ami neeos of Porto Rico that Mr. Carnegie may b? induced to give $l5tH". The Idea Is to combine a public linrary for San Juan ;ind also have a distributing li brary for other portions of the Inland, it is proposed to erect a $hV.M building on the Plaza Colon, which directly overlook tho harbor. Here 1? located the statue of Chris topher Columbus, and overlooking all is th fertress San Cristobal. The bbrary will luve a lecture auditorium on the second floor, while the library proper will be lo cated on the first floor. 270T ANNEXATIONISTS. Maximo Gomes Dcnlen n, Humor ns to Palma, ad 11 1 tu elf. HAVANA. Aug. 5. Gen. Maxima Gomel has written to Ms friend. General Vega, regarding the reports that he had described himself and Senor Estrada Pahna as an nexationists. After remarking that he had coiiie upon a reference to the matter in a local paper in Puerto Principe, he said: "To prett nd thit Senor Palm.i ard I are annexationists is madness. The bet way to carry enit a plan is to sp ak much of ii. For this reaton It i pilars that many Cuban d?slre annexation anl look to moil of the prominent chiefs of the rev olution to suppcrt the movement, but they have tried to convert to the doctrine suine very old heretics. The Platt law s dved the question. The constitutional conven tion was not to blame, as It had fired the last cartridge in defence of absolute In dependence." Seror Glberga recently refused to sub crlbe to a fund being taled In the con sltutlonal convention In alJ of the rnotrei of Mart, declaring that Marti w the evil of genius cf Cuba and that his mem ory would be execrate. 5 by history. Senor CUnercs urped the convention to exact an apology from S?nur Glberg-A or to com pel him to reslsn. Senor CltM.rga declare that he will not return to hla eat In the convention until the matter is settled, and that he will publish a manifesto to tit country giving his reasons for thlnklna 4M he does of Marti. S