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BEAVERS'S WORK UNDOftE
PROMOTIONS HELD UP.
'-General Readjustment of Postal
Clerks' Salaries Made Necessary.
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l£T TEI.ECBAPH TO THIS TFIBTNK]
Washington. April IS.— The most important
result of the postofflce investigations thus far
occurred to-day, when the Controller of the
Treasury. Mr. Trace well, rendered an opinion
•which holds up all the recent work of Superin
tendent Beavers Just before his sudden resig
nation. and makes an entire readjustment of
the salaries of postal clerks in first and second
class offices throughout the United Suites neces
sary.
In the absence of Postmaster General Payne
from Washington, the First Assistant Post
master General discovered that Superintendent
Beavers had awarded salaries and promotions
regardless of the express provisions of the law,
taking pains in every instance to secure an
tgrefmeni between his allowances and the total
amount appropriated, but dividing up the larger
salaries in such a way as to reward the great
eat number of employes.
It was the opinion of the First Assistant Post
master General that it would prove necessary to
suspend all further promotions until the total
number of clerks in each class corresponded to
: the number authorised by Congress, but this
gradual adjustment la not sanctioned by the
Controller.
COXTROLJ^ER TRACBWELL'S OPINION.
Controller Tracewell says the act of March
'3. 1903, making appropriations for the Postofflce
IVparTrr.ent for the fiscal year ending June 30.
1904. under the headings "OSce of the First
Assistant Postmaster General" and "Salary and
'Allowance Division," contains numerous pro
; visions for the compensation of clerks in first
land second class offices, including employes of
-rations designations, and each of these pro
visions specifies the rate of compensation to be
•paid to the employee of the classes designated
therein, the number of employes provided for
I and the amount appropriated.
There Is one exception to this rule, however,
•and that provides that 5 per cent of the appro
jpriaiions mentioned may be available inter
ichajj^eablv for expenditures on the objects
sained, but no one item shall be Increased more
(than the 5 per cent named.
The Controller calls attention to the well es
tablished principle that an appropriation of a
•pecifio rum for a particular object must
■be construed in the nature of a limitation
and as prohibiting- the use . of a greater
jom. It Is held, therefore, that the author
ity granting the use of 5 per cent of the
•amount appropriated for any of the particular
<-Uu*3 of employes provided for is specifically
•! limited, and this prohibits the use of a greater
percentage either of the amount appropriated
for any class of employes or of the amounts
I>7 which the appropriation for any class of
employes may be increased, with the single ex
ception of the funds that may be used In the
■♦vent of consolidations of postoffices. That Is
provided for In this Item of the Postofflce Ap
propriation bill:
For compensation to postmasters. $21,750,030. Any
%• 'Mion saved by consolidation of postolflces under
"". i);«- existing law shall b« transferred to the ap
propriation for compensation to clerks in post
offlces and mad« available for the payment of
«klari»« of superintendents and clerks at stations
<-sta.blisbud m lieu of the postoflices discontinued.
AX IMMENSE NUMBER. AFFECTED.
Under this decision the immediate recall of all
■jTomotlons and changes In first and second class
offices becomes necessary, with the probability
that an immense number of clerks will be af
fected, and. so extensive have been the devia
tions from the law, the possibility that half the
promotions recently made in offices of the
classes named may be suspended until the next
appropriation bill goes Into effect, a year hence.
Posts:aster General Payne said to-day that
i <> charge affecting the office of Second As
sistant Postmaster General Shallenberger had
i-»*n received, and that he was not aware of
any new developments in the Investigation.
It is learned from other sources that the at
tention of the investigators has been called to
the .conspiracy In connection with the auction
pale of dead mail matter which occurred some
time ago. It was alleged that certain clerks
had succeeded in attaching to the packages to
V- •<">'.<; marks by which the more valuable
could be identified, and then bid them in. Some
employes were discharged as the time as a re
. sult of the conspiracy, but it is now said that
to* chief offenders still retain their places.
Senator Aldrlch was among the callers at the
office of the Postmaster General to-day, having
stopped over in Washington on his way to Hot
Springs. Va. He called to secure the' appoint
ment of a Rhode Island postmaster.
Postmaster General Payne to-day appointed a
committee to consider proposals for supplies for
the postal service in the fiscal year begining
July 1 next. The bids will be opened at the
supply division of the department on May 4.
Th»» committee consists of Chief Clerk E. F.
Ximball. of the money order system; Superin
tendent J. H. Reeve, of the bureau of postage
stamp supplies and postmasters' account*, and
J. A. Hoyer. a clerk In the office of the Second
Assistant Postmaster General. A committee for
this purpose is appointed annually. The com
mittee if directed "to pay due regard to quality
a? well as coj>t of the various articles to be sub
mitted and to take into immediate consideration
the Items of supply of wrapping papers for the
Fervire. and to report thereon at the earliest
practicable moment."
BBOOKIYN CLERKS WERE QUESTIONED
Postmaster Roberts Does Not Know the Re
sult, but Is Confident About His Office.
Postmaster Roberts of Brooklyn admitted yea
terday that Thomas J. Donnelly, president of
the Brooklyn Postofflce Clerks' Association, and
several other clerks in the local office had been
to Manhattan, to be questioned by the post
offlce Inspectors from Washington In regard to
the alleged Irregularities in the service, but
declared that he fl!d not know the results of
the investigation, and was not curious, because
he was confident that his office could not be
brought into the so-called promotion syndicate
trouble.
"I don't care a sou marquee what the in
spectors asked Mr. Donnelly or what he told
them," Postmaster Roberts declared. "I am
perfectly content to let the records of the office
and the work done here speak for themselves.
Mr. Donnelly told me that he was placed under
a solemn promise not to divulge what occurred
/
America's Best
CHAMPAGNE
"SPECIAL DRY." "BRUT."
•GOLD SEAL" has been
analyzed and tested by the
world's best doctors and most
eminent chemists in competi
tion with six of the best French
Champagnes; the result of the
lysis showed "GOLD
SEAL** to be purer and more
healthful than any French
wine, with a more delicious
bouquet and flavor. It costs
less than one-half the price of
imported wine. "GOLD
SEAL" is sold by ell first
class grocers and wine mer
chants.
I Ui) A > A "WINE CO., IRDA.VA,
if. j, SOLE .nAhtic
at the meetings with the Inspectors. I did not
try to violate his or their confidence."
The postmaster asserts strenuously that no
influence, financial or otherwise, was brought
to bear by any of the 2SO clerks and carriers
who are slated for promotion and an increase
In salary on July 1. He says that, so far as he
knows, only a few of those on the slate are
aware of it as yet.
Admitting that la the past money has prob
ably been collected for political purposes from
the men in the Brooklyn Postofflce, Postmaster
Roberts says that, bo far as he knows, the col
lections have not been made by any one in the
service, and that such collections have certainly
not had the sanction of the heads of depart
ments. "However, I cannot stop the men from
paying voluntary contributions to political or
ganizations." said the postmaster. "I do not see
that there is any remedy for this."
The new dial plates showing the time of the
next collection, that have recently been placed
on the two thousand letter boxes in Brooklyn,
have made such an unpleasant contrast with the
dingy boxes that Postmaster Roberts asked per
mission of the department at Washington to
repaint the boxes. He understood them to tell
him to go ahead with the work. Then they dis
covered that a man in Look Hrfven. Ponn., had
the contract for repainting letter boxes all over
the United States. The department, therefore
decided to send inspectors here to see If the
boxes really needed painting as badly as rep
r^ented Aft an investigation they decided
Sat the work was really needed. Postmaster
Robert* thinks that the presence of ] these men
In Brooklyn probably was respnnslb c f r i«
of the rumors about Inspectors in\ estimating
the affairs of the Brooklyn office
Tmmeetor Thorpe, who has charge of tne
£*S 'the postal scandal. «?tlf i//un M*
that the investigation here had just h«M.fc
Thorpe has been sending accounts tf Ma work
to Washington, and has received orders from
Postmaster General Payne not to give out any
in ii f t° r ™oulT- not be learned yesterday what
branch of the department the inspectors are
now working in.
FIGHTING IN SAN DOMINGO.
lifa Unsafe in the City-Jails Thrown
Open.
St. Thomas. D. W. L. April 19.-A Trench
steamer which touched at San Domingo City
on April 15. arrived here this morning. She re
ports that there hafi been daily desultory flght-
Ir.g in the city. A sailor from an Italian war
ship was wounded In the engagement of Mon
day. President Vasquea was reported to be
without ammunition, but he is expecting daily
to receive some from America, The rebels have
opened the Jails, and armed criminals Infest the
streets of San Domingo, shooting indiscrimin
ately and rendering life there unsafe. The
French steamer brings a report that the secre
tary of either the Dutch or the Spanish con
sulate at San Domingo City has been killed.
This report lacks confirmation, and It was im
possible to ascertain to which consulate tho
man belonged. French and German steamships
ha" been unable to land their cargoes at San
Domingo, and have returned here to put the r
freight in warehouses. The Cibao district is
still quiet.
MADE INSANE BY F£A».
Fireman Lost His Mind When Lake Steamer
Narrowly Escaped Wreck.
Chicago. April IS. -With a fifty mile gale
driving her up Lake Michigan and three miles
of roaring water between her and shore, the big
steel steamer Saranac, of the L«high Valley
Line came near figurin]: in the greatest marine
dieaster the lake has seen in years. Twice
the big freighter struck a sunken obstruction.
Naval architects to-day declared it a miracle
that the vessel did not Weak in two and sink
with all hands.
Not until the hull of the vessel was bared
at a drydock in the river to-day was the full
extent of the dumage known. The survey
showed twenty frames and stanchions broken,
three Immense deck beams shattered and bolts
and rivets started in all parts of the ship. So
near did the boat come to dividing that for
seventy feet along her deck the heavy steel
plates are bent and twisted. Repairs will take
several weeks, and will cost $20,000.
The accident to the Saranac came at midnight
Thursday, with the boat head«d for Chicago
a short distance north of Racine. Following
the collision. Captain Charles A. Potter, despite
the heavy gale, went about in an effort to reach
Milwaukee. When the boat struck, her firemen
deserted the stoke hold, but were driven below
decks again by the engineers. Their temporary
desertion caused a drop in the steam pressure.
The boat was hardly able to get her head into
the sea, and In going about was boarded by
Immense waves, which swept everything mov
able from the decks and wrecked her after
cablna.
So frightened did two of the firemen become
that one fainted and another. Richard Saurs,
lost his mind before the ship reached Milwaukee.
SAYS EXPERT CHARGES TOO MUCH.
Eugene Shinn. who was discharged yesterday as
the chief of the staff of experts who are investi
gating the accounts of Mount Vprnon, has made
charges regarding the manner in which his em
ployer, Samuel D. Patterson, a certified accountant,
with offices in this city and Chicago, has been
carrying on the work. Mr. Shinn will begin suit
against Mr. Patterson for alleged defamation of
character. The investigation Is about half com
pleted, and has already cost the city $30,000.
Mr. Shinn says that he received $50 a week for
his services while Mr. Patterson's bills to the city
were at the rate of $120 a week. Mr. Shinn saya
that his eon Harry received $18 a week at first and
IX, a week later, while $60 a week was charged the
city for his services.
The Investigation was authorized in June by the
Common Council, and there was no limit placed on
its scope or coat. After it had proceeded several
months, dissatisfied taxpayers called a mass meet
ing, and assertions were made that the investiga
tion wap developing into a* large an expense as the
supposed shortages of the Democratic city offi
cers, which it had been authorized to try to dis
close. Mr. Patterson made a preliminary report
charging that ex-Tax Receiver Brett was about
$ST, 000 behind.
Mr. Patterson last night declined to affirm or deny
Mr. Shlr.n's assertions. He said thnt if he could
make a profit on the services of his employes li<»
considered It legitimate. Mr. Patterson declared
that he was losing money on \h>- investigation,
and that he would be perfectly satisfied if tho al
dermen should call It off.
SAYS HE BROKE TENEMENT LAW.
! Italian Builder Promises to Correct Flat
house's Faults First So Accused.
Giuseppe Craperello. an Italian builder, the first
man to be brought into a police court in Brooklyn
for a violation of the new tenement house law,
was before Magistrate Furlong In the Gates-aye.
court yesterday. John W. Wagner, building in
spector for the Nineteenth District, was the com
plainant, and he was backed up in .court by Mr.
Franklin, chief Inspector. The latter said that In
Craperello's building, which is a three story double
flathous* on the west side of Broadway, Just above
th« East New-York loop, the law was violated, in
. that wooden and not metallic tellings were used
in the cellar, and that the stair rif^s were not
uniform and were of improper height. Inspector
Franklin said that he had been trying to get
I Craperello to comply with the law since Janu
: ary 22.
M. Itoosa. the contractor, tried to take all the
blame on himself, but Magistrate Furlong said
that Craperello would be held responsible and
prosecuted for mlsd«»memo'. if he did not 'make
the necessity changes. lie promised.
WATCHERS TO MEET TO-MORROW.
Because the V/ll?ox bill has been reported favora
bly, and because continued watchfulness will be
necessary to prevent other "grab bills" from pass
j ing, William H. Gibson, chairman of the confer-
I ere* held at the New-York Board of Trade rooms,
■ has sent out a letter calling for another conference
. of all th* organizations interested In defeating
j those measures. It will be held at a p. m. to-mor
' cow. hx th* room* of tiiu Board of Trad*.
S-CW-TOBK DATLY TRIBUNE. SPMPA-f. APKIE 19. MOS
LEGISLA Tl "RE'S SESSION.
Senate Does Little— Clark Subsides
in Assembly.
Albany.. April IS. -There was a comparatively
large attendance nt the first Saturday morning
spssion of the Senate to-day, and the lenders made
an effort to advance many of the bills from Com
mittee of the Whole, for it was admitted that un
less action were taken this morning the fate of
th-- measures would be doubtful.
The- Finance Committee, which has been hard
at work on the Supply bill, reported a number
of appropriation bills among others the following:
Mr. Remsens bill, for a monument to Duryee's
Zouaves at th« second Bull Run battlefield. 8.500
Instead of $4,000; Mr. Brown's bill, appropriating
$1 000 for the expenses of a commission to arrange
for the erection of a statue to Andrew Hamilton
in Albnny; Mr. Rogers's bill, appropriating $1,000,
000 for repairs etc., to State hospitals; Mr. Rogers ■
bill appropriating $245,000 to meet canal claims
and $43,500 to meet clams other than canal claims.
When the Committee of the Whole convened an
effort was made to advance the bill for the pur
chase of Ausabla Chasm, but objection was made
by Senator Armstrong and the measure was laid
aside.
Immediately after the Assembly convened this
morning Assemblyman George B. Clark, of the
XXIXth New-York District, rose to a question
of personal privilege. He stated that the Speaker
at yesterday's session had declared wrongfully
that 149 members had voted against a motion he
had made prohibiting members from asking other
members to vote for their bills. There were not
149 members in the chamber at the time, Mr. Clark
a Speaker Nixon asked the Journal clerk to rrsd
the record. This the clerk did. the journal simpl>
stating that Mr. Clark's motion was lost- .
Mr. Clark held up the stenographic report or
yesterday's proceedings relating to his motion
and declared that this report showed that Speaker
Nixon had declared the motion lost by a vo.e oi
1 Speaker Nixon pointed out that the journal of
the House was not the stenographic report, ana
that the journal and such report might vary Mr.
Clark acquiesced and made no further Probst-
Speaker Nixon then said: "I have been a memher
of this body thirteen years, and I want to . a>
that never at any time has it been cons"®™!
wrong for one member to ask another for his \eie
Mr. Burnett suggested that it would be a Jra(£
ful act for Mr. Clark to move the approval or tne
journal, and Mr. Clark did so.
TO ESTABLISH THE JOHN FRITZ MEDAL
Award for Person Making Notable Indus
trial or Scientific Achievement.
Albany. April 18.— Articles of incorporation of the
John Frits Medal Fund Corporation were filed to
day with the Secretary of State. It is formed to
collect funds for a permanent investment the pro
ceeds of which will b« used in tho purchase of a
gold medal to be known as the John Fritz medal,
and to be awarded annuallly ,to the person who
shall be selected by the corporation as having
made the most notable scientific or industrial
achievement during the period intervening from the
last award. The medal is named to perpetuate tha
memory of John Fritz, of Bethlehem. Perm.. and
the board of award is mnde up of members of the
American Society of Civil Engineers, the American
Institute of Mining Engineers, the American So
ciety of Mechanical Engineers and the American
Institute of Electrical Engineers.
ODELI/S ESCORT AT ST. LOUIS.
Troops and Commanders Designated by Gen
eral Roe.
Albany. April 18— Major General Charles F. Roe
by an order to-day informed commanding officers
of organizations selected to escort Governor Odell
at the dedication of the Louisiana Turchase Ex
position at St. Louis. The order appoints Colonel
Samuel M. Welch, of Buffalo, senior colonel of the
guard, as commanding officer of the provlsionftl
regiment which will form the escort. The com
manding officers of the iOth Battalion, of Albany,
and the 65th and 74th regiments, of Buffalo, are
ordered to make up a company of eighty-five men
each, and officers to represent their respective com
mands. The Bth Separate Company, of Rochester;
the 10th, of Ncwburg; the ISth. of Jamestown; tha
20th. of Binghamton; the 30th. of Elmlra; the 42d.
of Niagara Falls, and the 48th. of Oswego, will be
l *The cavalry contingent will consist of two troops
of seventy-five men each, one selected from Squad
ron A. of Manhattan; the other from Troop of
Brooklyn The division of naval militiamen will be
"elect'd from the battalions in Manhattan and
Brooklyn and the division In Rochester, and will
be attached to the infantry regiment
General Hop will be marshal of the fivWonof
National Guard organisation, in the parade in St.
Louis on April 30. General Frederick l-'histerer. his
eenior adjutant general, will be chief of staff.
TROOP C TO ASSEMBLE TUESDAY NIGHT.
The fifty men of Troop C who will form part of
Governor Odell's escort at St. Louis will be chosen
at the armory in North Fortland-ave. on Tuesday
ever.ing. the troop assembling for the purpose. The
troop will form two platoons, which will give com
mands to three officers. Captain De Bevolse. who
is aide de camp on Governor Odell's staff, will ser\»
In that capacity. Lieutenant J. C. IfcLeer may
have command of the troop, an.l Lieutenants Ed
ward Mc&eer and Paul Grout may act as chufs uf
platoons Lieutenant George J. Morgan may also
make the trip. About sixty of the troop's horses
will be shipped on Saturday.
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND PASSES.
Cunneen Appeals from the Decision Against
Free Rides.
Albany, April 18.— Attorney General Cunm en has
takf-n an appeal to the Court of Appeals from the
decision of the old General Term, Third Depart
ment, given some years ago. that public officers are
forbidden by the constitution to ride on Pullman or
sleeping car passes. The case has been put on the
calendar of the Court of Appeals by the Attorney
General, and argument has been set down for
May 1.
Tho original action was begun to te^t tho lavr,
and was directed against Frederick E. Wadhams.
of Albany, as a notary public. Proceedings were
begun in the courts to remove Wadhams from
office because he had accepted a sleeping- car pass.
The court decided that Mr. Wadhams should be re
moved. Attorney General CIUUW said to-day th;it
in view of the uncertainty about the question, he
thought it due to all concerned that the Court of
Appeals should definitely decide the matter of pub
lic officers rldinp on passes. The Attorney Gen
eral's attention was directed to the pass question
in January by the inquiry of Assemblyman 1.;,r.
ilon of Dutches County, who had received a Pull
man pass, and nske.i whether it would be lawful
for him to upe It. The Attorney General told Mr.
Landon that he had no right to use it.
DISCUSSES LEGISLATIVE BILLS.
l>ast week's ipsue of "CharlHes," a review of
local and general philanthropy, contained criticisms
of some of the bills now before the legislature. In
ffllw liming the report from Albany that the Mc-
Kwan bill Is not intended to givo the Governor
additional powers in the regulation of the sal
aries of the. employes and officers of the Stnto
charitable Institutions, but that "the only change
In the existing law is the limiting of the meetings
of the Baliary Clasificatlons Commission to one
year. "Charities" says:
It would be very simple, so to change the wordinj.
that it would convey only the harmless meaning
which is raid to be 'intended, and it would seem to
be the duty of those responsible for the bill to see
that such cb mg->s are made.
"Charities" defends the bill extending the parole
system to prisoners sentenced for twenty years,
which, it is believed. Governor Odell intends to
veto. The bill was indorsed by the Superintend
ent of Prisons, by the State Commission of Pris
ons, and met with no opposition in the legislature.
Objection is mule to it by Governor Odell on the
ground that long sentence men are generally unde
serving of the benefits of parole.
In regard to the amendment to the lunacy, law
made three years ago, which replaces the lawyer
on the Commission in Lunacy by providing an at
torney for each State h<>Hj»iial. with salaries
amounting to over HB.OOO. ••Charities" declares it is
contradictory to Governor Odell f centralisation
plan and Its resulting "economy without loss or
efficiency."
G. W. MORGAN GOING TO ALBANY.
George W. Morgan, who has been appointed
Superintendent of Elections to succerd John Mc-
Culiagh. will go to Albany on Tuesday to see Gov
ernor Odell and be sworn In. Mr. Morgan said yes
terday that until he returned from Albany he would
have nothing to Hay. It is rumored that C. V. C.
Van Deusen, chief clerk under Mr. AlcCuUagh, will
in retained by Mr. Morgan.
LONGSHOBEMEN GO OUT.
The ii Load the Horatio Hall After
Co m promise— Police Called.
Two hundred longshoremen employed in load
ing the Horatio Hall, of the Maine Steamship
Company, with a carpo for Portland struck
last evening at Pier 30. Bast River. They ha<i
been working for 25 cents an hour, and struck
for an increase above 30 cents. Superintendent
Roner refused to grant their demands. Be
tween 125 and 150 passengers wondered if they
would get off on schedule time.
Captain Hodgins, Sergeant Sweeney and De
tectives Howe, Mi -Avoy> Apple, McCauley and
\lcGee, with twelve uniformed men of the Mad
ison-st! station, reached the pier just In time to
prevent trouble. .
Under the protection of the police Superin
tendent Roner made a settlement with the men,
compromising on 3O cents an hour for the bal
ance of the cargo. One stipulation which he
made, however, was that the agitators had to
leave. The majority of the longshoremen went
back to work.
ELECTKICITY FOR THE NEWHAVEK.
Plan to Equip Harlem Branch to Compete
With Port Chester Line.
[BT TELEGRAPH TO THE TBIBCWE.]
New-Haven. Conn., April 18.— It is announced
here that the New-York. New-Haven and Hart
ford road will convert its Harlem River branch
Into a "high power electric passenger line by con
necting it with the trolley system running west
from Stamford. By this connection a fast elec
tric route to compete with the New York and
Port Chester line, now building, ■will be de
veloped. The new Port Chester line is expected
to make fast time between that point and New-
York, cutting the New-Haven's traffic unless it
electrically equips the Harlem branch, as an
nounced.
STEIKER AT PROVIDENCE SHOT.
Teamster Uses Revolver. Which Later
Wounds Another Man.
Providence. R. 1., April 18.-Edward Baxter, a
striking coal teamster, was shot to-day by a non
union driver. Frank Howland. who ran away after
firing fve times with a revolver. He was arrested.
Two of the bullets hit Baxter In the head, but
neither wound is regarded as serious. It was
alleged that Rowland's horses had been held up
by Baxter. Howland threw away his revolver.
The weapon was picked up by William O Nell,
also a striker, and while he was showing It to
bystanders a cartridge was discharged ana the
bullet entered O'Neil's hip, inflicting a serious
wound.
FOUND IN STREET. POISONED.
Young Woman. Unconscious from Chloral.
Says She Is from Rochelle Park, N. J.
A well drtssed and pretty young woman, wh>>
afterward gave the name of Bva Herman and said
she was the daughter of Tobias Herman, a well to
do resident of Rochelle Park, Bergen County. X. J.,
was found unconscious from the effects of chloral
poisoning at East New-York and "Williams-aye..
Brooklyn, early yesterday morning. When revived
In the Bradford Street Hospital she refused at first
to reveal her identity, and begged the doctors to
go away and let her die in peace.
Late In the afternoon Captain Harkina got the
girl to talk a little. She said that she was eighteen
years old. and had left home four years ago. Re
cently she had been living at the Fitzgerald Hot»l,
Fiftieth-st. and Elghth-ave.. Manhattan. Tho
young woman intimated that she had had a quarrel
with an admirer and waited to d:^. The poli:e
sent word to Mr. Herman, at Rochelle Park, but
had not heard from him last night.
ACADEMY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE.
Senator Cullom Speaks on Community of In
terest of American Republics.
Philadelphia, April 18.— The American Academy
of Political and Social Science ended its session*
to-day. The members of the academy and their
guests visited the Commercial Museums early In
tho day. and inspected the special exhibit of South
and Centra] American products. The chief speaker
at Am evening session was Senator Cuilom. He
said in part:
The movement for closer relations between th«»
several American republics will increase from year
to year. It has often been said that trade follows
the flag. Trad« and the flag go together, and
in the interest of the United States and our sister
republics, I am anxious to see American ships with
the American flag floating over them, anchored in
the ports of the South, laden with American prod
ucts and manufactures for the markets of those
countries, and again laden with the products of
those countries for th> markets of the United
States. 1 hope to see the day very soon when the
three Americas shall be bound together as by
hoops of f f>el by lines of ships— subsidized, If
necessary— railroad and telegraph lines, so that
the people of all these nations. North. Central and
South, can conveniently come and go and mlnglo
and trade together, to the advantage of all.
The government of the United States years ago
gave expression to the doctrine that no foreign
power should subjugate or interfere with the
establishment of Independent republics on the
American continent. The Monroe Doctrine is
stronger in the minds and hearts of the American
people now than ever before in our history. Our
gallant and wise President, who Is visiting the
people of the Far West, and who is frank and open
hearted in talking to the people over whose destiny
he presides;, discusses all these great questions
with clearness seldom heard in our previous his
tory.
After more than fifty years of diplomatic corre
spondence and treaty making' with other powers,
having in view an Isthmian canal connecting the
two great oceans In Central America, the United
States has at lost taken a decisive -step, by legic
'ation and by treaty, which. If the Republic of Co
lombia shall'join the United States in ratifying, will
result In the work of the construction of a canal,
owned and controlled by the United States. When
the treaty shall be ratified by Colombia, as I trust
and believe 11 will, II will mark the beginning of a
new era in the growth and prosperity of all those
republics In Central and South America, and when
th<» canal shall be completed it will not only he of
vast advantage to all the nations of the Western
Hemisphere, but also to the peoples of all the ra
tions; as a great, neutral highway for cimmer.:e
between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
GOVERNOR BACK AT ALBANY.
Kefuses to Make Any Comment on the Po«
litical Situation.
Albany. April IS. — Governor Odell returned to
Albany to-night on the Empire State Express.
He declined to answer any questions as to th<»
political situation. He would not affirm or deny
the Interview accredited to him from Buffalo.
All that he would say was that he wouid look
over such legislative matters as had been sent
to him during hie absence, and make his de
cisions later.
MAJOR EBSTEIN TO GO ABROAD.
Will Take a Rest, and Will Study Police in
Berlin and Elsewhere.
Deputy Police Commissioner Ebstein has been
overworked of late, and is preparing for a trip to
Europe. While Deputy Commissioner Piper was
abroad. Major Kbsteln did all the work of the
lattcr's oftVe. In addition to his own w<>rk. He has
also Buffered fr-jin a recurrence of the fever which
he cc.iitrai-tecl in the Spanish-American War, and
which invalided him after Ills regiment had re
turned to ("amp Wikoff.
The major had been feeling somewhat better
recently, but Police Commissioner Greene, think
ing he needed a rest, suggested the trip to Europe.
The major will visit Berlin and other German
cities and make a study of .ho police systems
there' He is • planning to spend some time in
Brfslau where be was born. Passage has been
engaged on the Deutschlaad. sailing on May 7.
REPORT OF RICE ELEVATOR CONCERN.
New Orleans. April 18.— is said here to-day that
the party of manufacturers who left here Thurs
day night to visit Beaufort have become interested
ii, the rice belt through which they passed over the
Southern Pacific, and that they have begun a cash
subscription list looking to the organization of a
$10000000 company '." build elevators throughout
in- rice bell Their plan is to build fight elevators,
one of them to be at Crowley, one at Houston and
one here. Ten per cent of the capital is to be paid
in on organization.
Those in th* party w*re W. J. lark, of Salem.
Ohio- N "' Williams. J. 8. Good. F. R. Tolger an.l
p. A* McCiimber of Toledo. Ohio; H. F. Smith, of
Naw-HamDßhtre: H. A. Stock, of Scranton. Perm ;
Mr BloJk of Buffalo, and B. Q. Men**, of N«w-
York.
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GEORGIAN BAY CANAL.
Scheme Indorsed in the Canadian
Parliament.
Ottawa. Ont.. April 18 (Special).— There has been
an interesting debate in the House of Commons on
the Ottawa and Georgian Bay Canal project, the
net result of which was a strong indorsement of
the scheme by members on both sides of the House.
The subject was Introduced by Thomas Murray,
the member for Pontiac. who a?k-d for an ex
pression of the government's intention in regard
to the Ottawa and Georgian Bay Canal, an enter
prise that would, he said, do more than any other
to build up Canada. The scheme was indorsed by
Sir John Macdonald and Sir Alexander Mackenzie.
The question had also been brought before Parlia
ment by Sir James Grant, ex-Speaker White, Mr.
Haggart and Mr. Belcourt. There had been many
reports upon a ten-foot canal, but now what was
required was one at least twenty feet deep. The
latest survey of the whole route was by Marcus
Smith, who estimated the cost at J80.000.000. The
route was admitted to be the nearest to an air line
in the way of a canal In the world, and what the
construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway had
done in making known the resources of Western
Canada the construction of the Georgian Bay
Canal would do in making known and developing
the mlnerni resources of the srtdt Ottawa. Valley.
It was estimated that there was 750,000 horsepower
available on the route of the canal. This was equiv
alent to 175.000,000 yearly, which, capitalized at .">
per cent, would mean $.25,000,000 added to the wealth
of the country. If the canal were built four times
more Immigrants would come into the country. In
fact, they would come in so rapidly that people
couldn't build houses for them fast enough. Ther>s
would only be about thirty miles of canalllng to
do on the whole route, so that it was easy enough
from an engineering point of siaaf. The country
also demands the Georgian Bay Canal from a mili
tary point of view. In reply Sir Wilfrid Laurier
said:
The subject brought up by Mr. Murray is not
exactly new, and I don't know that I can add any
thing to the declaration which the government ha.J
made on a previous occasion. Mr. Murray is aware
that a company was chartered by this Parliament
to construct what is called the canalization of the
Ottawa River and the French Klver from Georgian
Bay to the waters of the Ml Lawrence. I think that
I may safely say that it was never expected that
this company would bo able to perform such a gi
gantic task unassisted, tor my part. 1 think that
the country would be Justified in making a mod
erate expenditure of money with the view of pro
viding another means of communication between
the East and the West. The route of the Ottawa
River is undoubtedly the natural channel of com
munication between the East and the West. It
was the route followed by the old l voyageurs in the
early dave of the colony. hen the Northwest pro
duced nothing but furs it was the route followed
by the fur traders to bring the products of the Weal
to the Eastern shores. Whenever a company is
DreDaredto approach the government asking for
what I would call reasonable assistance I think the
government Viii be prepared to -the applica
tion favorably and to ask Parliament for a rea
■onah£ assistance. It seems to me that there is a
great Seal to be said in favor of the view taken
hv Mr Tart* in favor of the overnment ltdelf
undert'iking the full development of the French
River from the water, or Georgian Bay to Lake
Nlnfsslneir that were done, it would >>«• a mean*
of having another port on the lakes, and it would
undoub contribute to solve the problem of the
"ransportaUon of the products of the Mlll»a— to
the seaboard. .
APPEAL IN HOLLENBECK MURDER CASE.
Albany April IS.-The Court of Appeals will hear
argum-nt on April 0 ir. the ■•«•• of the appeal
of Wlllla Van Worroer. Burton Van Wormer and
Frederick N. Van Wo-mer, from the Judgment con-
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Telephone. SSSS 38th. 32-42 E. *2d
vlcting them of the murder of their uncle. Peter H.
Hollenbeck. In Columbia County over a year ago.
They are at Clinton prison awaiting execution.
ALLEGED TO BE GERMAN EMBEZZLER.
Man Sent Back on Kronprinz Wilhelm — ■
Said to Have Taken $3,600.
Alexander Edmund Reiner, who is wanted Vn
Germany to answer a charge of having emt>*»*!<? ll
$3.(5M> from his employers, was sent back yesterday
morning on the steamship Kronpruiz Wllhelnx.
Reiner, it !a alleged, took money from BBS. ■■■ of
Lauenberg & c.».. Ec Braunschweig, and fiVJ the
country about two and a half yfars aso Abovt a
year ago his wife came to this country, coming wr
way of Australia ami Sun Francisco. t<» avoid lead
ing detectives to her husband. Reiner wa» foun.l
by the officers of the German Government *oro*
tim* ago. and hla arrest followed Hi-* wife. It i*
said, received permission to remain In this country.
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