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THE TARIFF TO DATE
XOU FOB THE SESAT
SUBSTITUTE.
Fint of Three mom of Revision
Work Completed— Result* of
Vote m the House.
irr.m Th» Trlb:ne Bureau. 1
TVa*hingu>n. April 11 -The fir.t of the three
m.nd dtvlalona <>f the work necessary to revise
the tariff <rw completed yesterday. The House
1-assod the Payne bill on Friday, after making
ccuiparatHely f«*w lmi*>rtant alterations in the
measure as r-i^rtod from the Ways and Means
Committee, and on Saturday th<- clerk of the
Hou»e delivered the bill to the Senate. The
Finam*- Committee completed the more lm
rnrtjint i*rt« of the S-nat* substitute, although
consideration of ta« administrative and other
r<-'Twontrt.v*rT«»d sections has been temporarily
<Sef»rrrd. The Senate leaders hope to report
that portion ol theJr substitute which fixes rates
and define* the frre list to-morrow.
The suspicion that Senator * Irich purposed to
place thf rax*-s at*>ve that imaginary standard
which the Present would regard as "an honest
revision." cherished by .me of his Republican
colleagues l»oth on the Finance Committee and
ffT of it. has hfcn dissipated by the course of
the Smator from Hhodo Island when th* sched
ules »frn reached, and also by his assurance.
irH*n th*' President, that the committee ha* fol
lowed the policy of exempting necessities from
heavy duties in s.« far a« practicable, has im
r^se.J the burden of taxation on luxuries, and
that in practically ail cases the duties ba neces
sities ■«!!! Tw» less than those Imposed by the
Din'rfe-y law. This assurance Is confirmed by
Xlr. Aldrfch'fl colleagues, who are load) In their
praises of the ability and wisdom of the Senator
from R!v>df Island.
The J*residont ha« expressed MS great grati
fication at the expedition with which the Houfi"
haiidiod thr tariff bill, the form in which it
ivissed and th«» assurances he has received from
Mr. "Aldrich. Hi believes the Senate's substi
tute for the Payne maximum and minimum
provision constitute* a material improvement,
and hie is plt-as^-cJ that the Senate committee has
decided t*> fstabiish a tariff bureau which will
collect and collate information and t«» In a posi
tion to advise the Executive what countries are
entitled to the minimum rates and against
which thf maximum Should be enforced.
D»-spit<: tri^ anxiety manifested by the leaders
at the ol»»se of .-- w»»k the House adopted the
tariff rti!*> on Monday by a vote of 104 to ITS.
This rule provided that the final vote, should be
takT. «.n Friday at 3 o'clock. It also specified
that a separate vote shouid be had on the lum
ber, hides, oil. barley, tea and coffe** schedules,
and lhat al! committee; amendments receive
preference. Twenty-one Republican insurgents
voted against the rule. It closed the genera!
debate, and provided that the further considera
tion «f thf- measure should be under the five
minute rul*.
THE PASSAGE IN THE HOUSE.
The \ote on lumber and hides came on Tues
day. The free lumber advocates lost after a
bittor struggle in the committee of the whole by
a vote of "'; to 170. Those who desired a duty
••n hides were also defeated by the wide margin
«>f IGrt to 1«»;. on "Wednesday the Ways and
Means Committee met its first defeat when
petroleum was placed practically on the free
list, with a duty of only 1 per cent instead of
a 2T» per cent duty as provided by the commit
tee. This was accomplished by a coalition of in
surgents and Democrats, who mustered IGS
votes, Is ISS for the organization. The com
mittee retained the barley duty at 16 cent*, de-
Ej>ite ■ desperate effort to have it increased to
2T. cents. The duty on tea and coffee was
stricken off without opposition.
Thursday was spent in making a number of
minor committee amendments to the bill. The
tax on barvtes was raised from 7."» cents to $1 s<>
a ton, and small increases were made in the
lactic acid and glue schedules. On Friday the
bill was passed by a vote of 217 to 16L There
■was only one dissenting Republican voice, that
or Representative Austin, of Tennessee, while
four Democrats joined with the majority. After
repeated roll, alls the duty of SI a thousand feet
on lumber was retained, as provided for by the
committee, hides remained on the free list, bar
ley was increased To 54 cents a bushel and
barley malt to -V* cents. Crude and refined
petroleum were placed on the free list, and it
was thought at the time that its products were
ales relieved from duty, but subsequent develop
ments cast some doubt on this impression, and
th« final decision will not be reached until the
House meets to-day. Before the. vote was taken
on Friday the "Ways and Means Committee ob
tained the passage of a number of minor amend
ments, the most important of which were the
striking out of the entire patent section because
of its retaliatory features, the amendment of
the internal revenue law so as to excuse the
raisers of tobacco from taking out manufact
urers' licenses before they can dispose of their
product, the placing of evergreen seedlings,
cioves and nut oil on the free list, the narrowing
of the drawback provision so that it does not
apply to grain and flaxs<-ed. Increases In the
duty on charcoal, iron, saccharine, pineapples in
cratea, medicated cotton and collars and cuffs
and the reduction of the duty on crude cocoa
from four to three cents. A retaliatory duty
was placed on Turkish tobacco when used as a
filler for cigarettes
THE MINORITY DEMORALIZED.
The House leaders are immensely pleased with
the success which has attended their efforts in
aa*..;..; the bill. The majority finds itself in
•pier: . condition to continue the tariff fight
•when the Mil comes back from the Senate. The
minority, on the other hand. is in a badly de
moralized condition, and the leaders admit that
while "a tariff for revenue oniy" may be an
ideal political theory it si an impracticable
platform on which to fight a tariff bill. The
desertions from the Democratic ranks enabled
the high lumber forces to v. in the day. and ma
terially assisted In adding to the duty on bar
ley and barley malt, a number of Democrats
also voted to place a duty on hide?, and a sur
vey of the rotes of the minority shows that the
Democrats who stood stanchly by the party
platform throughout the fight were few in num
ber. ;-.;..,
The week ending yesterday saw the framing '.
of the substitute for the Payne bill by the Re- !
publican members of the Finance Committee ;
Morning, afternoon and night sessions were held
through.. the week, and the first Sunday »*«- !
Slor was held to-day. Despite the hundreds of
callers who daily insisted on taking the time of
the committee. Senator Aldrich and his col
leagues made wonderfully rapid progress. With ,
the exception of a few paragraphs every sched- j
ule of the bill is completed and ready for sub
mission to the full committee. The Democratic
members of the Finance Committee will be
•called in at SO o'clock to-morrow morning, and
.It is Mr. Aldrlch's oxp-ctation that he will be !
able to report the- schedules and free list to the i
Senate soon .v.<r I*J o'ciock. Debate on the bill I
>vill net begin for several .:;,>•*.
But Mr Aldrich's most notable achievement '<
last week was not th« expeditious framing of a
tariff bill. His chief success wan in preparing
a, bill which : commends -U«!f 10 the President.
As «clu»tvely told in these dispatches, the
Rhode Uland Senator had a conference with
the President on Thursday evening when he
submitted .to Mr. Taft an outline of the Senate
substitute. The President was agreeably sur
prised at the changes made by the Senate com
mittee and the extent to which the substitute
make* good th* pledges of the Republican party
Mr. Aldrlch to!d the President that the bill pro
vided for reductions on every article which
could be regarded as a necessity, so rearranged
the classification that necessities and luxuries
could easily be distinguished, an.) at the same
time provided for sufficient revenue to meet the
czpt-nse* of the government without the Inclu
sion of any special form of taxation.
The Senate leaders are in accord with the
President's demand for genuine revision, and it
is believed that material progress has been made
in framing a bill which not only will not in
vite a veto, but which, on the contrary. Mr.
Taft will be pleased to present to the country
as an honest fulfilment of the platform pledge
and of his promises.
A signal victory for the Philippine Islands
was won by President Taft In the acceptance by
the Finance Committee of the provision of the
Payne bill for the free admission of three hun
dred thousand tons annually of Philippine
sugar. The committee has accepted an amend
ment to the Philippine section prepared by Sen
ators Lodge and Smoot which Is designed to
prevent the substitution of Java sugar or sugar
from other Islands in the Far East and the Im
portation Of such products to the United States
free of duty. This has been accomplished by
requiring the collection of a duty equal to the
American duty on all sugar imported into the
Philippines except from the United States. A
like provision has been made with regard to to
bacco.
By the passage on Saturday of the census bill
the Senate cleared the way for consideration of
the tariff bill' without the Interference of other
business. Umler the rule adopted ton days ago
the tariff bill has the right of way. Debate will
begin the middle of this week, and it is believed
a vote will be taken on the final passage of the
bill in less than four weeks.
REVENUE (VT $40,000,000.
House Amendments Cause Decrease
—Question Up to Senate.
IBy The >— nr seas' Prees
Washington. April 11.— The estimates of the rev
enoe which the Payn» tariff bill will produce for
th» jrovernmertt ha-.» been reduced nearly $2" ••«!••«'
through the amendments made to the measure be
tor it was passed by the House, and the Senatn
Finance Committee willhave to provide means for
making up this difference if the original estimates
are to be met. The striking out of several counter
vailing duty clauses on which no »stimate.<> were
made probably will lessen the bills productiveness
another J20.000.000.
The amendment Taking off the eight cent duty on
tea subtracted JT.W.OOO from the estimated rev
enues. The striking out of the countervailing duty
on coffee and the maximum duty provision for a
rate of 31 per cent arl valorem on coffee coming
from countries which do not give the United States
the benefit of their most favored nation clause ,]:.«
poses of what probably would be $15,000,000 In
duties.
Taking out the counter-, ailing proviso for lumber
and for petroleum, two amendments made j.y the i
House, means a lost opportunity to increase tho ',
revenues by several million dollars, it ts estimaf i
By repealing the manufacturer's license tax f>>r
farmers desinne to se;; the leaf tobacco whl'h tl.ev
raise the Hr.usr has withdrawn considerable rev
enue under the internal revenue law. A *'.!ght in
crease in revenue may be provided by the incre.-.s. •!
tax on Turkish flMer tobacooi ptneapplea and barley
mnlt
Tie Sfn.i!* Finance i ommittee materially re
duced many of thy schedules of the Dingley hill SS
it passed the House, but in order to Increase th<
revenue producing power of the Payne bill that .
committee will have to tnke diff.-rcnt action with I
regard to the latter measure. The fifty or more j
amendments, all of which were offered by ti.e |
Ways and Menns Committee, have added a few
more changpp to the Payne bill as compare,] to the
present tariff la* .
TELLS OF BRITISH INHERITANCE TAX.
Pepper Reports to Bureau It Yields 20 Per
Cent of Internal Revenue.
Washington, April 11.— British inheritance taxes.'
drawn from a population of 44,000.000. yield in.aOO.W3
to S9o.flno.Coo annually out of a total internal revenue
of J470.000.000 to $490,000,000. and about four thousand
estates pay the bulk of these taxes, according to a.
report by Charles M. Pepper, who has been in
vestigating the subject for the bureau of man:
factures' Department of Commerce and Labor. In
connection with the tariff revision.
The revenue from this source, Mr. Pepper Bays.
Is a little more than half that from excise im
posts, and considerably more than half the amount
realized from the income tax. The gross capital
value of the estates contributing to the inheritance
tax In 1908 was more than J1.000.f100.000.
SAYS INNOCENT INDIANS ARE HELD.
Washington. April 11. — Word has been received
by the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs Frauds E.
I>>upp. from Kufaula Ilarjo. head of the Four Na
tions Council, saying that the state militia, in its
attempts to capture members of the "Crazy Knnke "
band who participated in the rt-cent outbreaks, is
arresting full-blooded Indians In no way connected
with the Snakes or their troubles, and asking that
the federal government prevent th>- further arrest
of innocent freek' nnd demand tho release of
those already in custody. Instruction* have been
lulled directing Asent Ke'sey, in Oklahoma, to pro
tect inn. cent Indians
ATTACKS SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE
Union Calls It an Instrument for Cutting
Down Wages.
The I'hurch Seamen's Institute, m x n . 1 ptnte
street, wns attacked yesterday in resolutions sub
mitted by the Atlantic Coast S'-amen's I'nl.m ; ..
the Central Federated l'nlr>n. In the preamble it
was stated that the Institute was supported prin
cipally by voluntary contributions collected (;, 1r - 1( ,
name c.f seamen, and tiiat the Institution was le
:ng used as an instrument for cutting down the
wages of seamen.
in the case ..' *ho manning of one ressel, tha
resolutions said, the seilora former!) received $3u
a month, while in a crew supplied by the Institute
the men received $25 ■ month. Ti:e resolutions
v ere referred to the ce X f :tivr committee, which
on next Sunday will make a report.
SCOUT CRUISERS READY FOR SPEED RUN.
Newport. R. 1.. April M -The scout cruisers
Salem. Chester and Birmingham are under sailing
orders to-night, and if ihe weaiher conditions bold
goc>d. wll! start about I o'clock to-morrow morning
on their long awaited speed run of twenty-four
hours. Each of the ships has a definite quantity
of coal, oil and water, the consumption of which
will he carefully recorded
So fiir as toadltlona allow th"\- will run in
company throughout the race, nnd will fo;iow a
• curse designated by the Chester, the flagship,
while their engines are forced to the limit of their
power.
JAPANESE VISITORS GIVE DINNER.
Washington, April 11.— Director General Hikajiro
Wadn and Commissioner Takutaro Sakai. of the
Toklo exposition of 1917. were hosts to-night at a
dinner for more than a score of prominent officials
and diplomats, the affair being reciprocal to those
who have entertained the distinguished visitors dur
ing their stay in the capital.
Among those present were Secretaries Knox
Wickershani and Bailing*!'. Admiral Sparry Fran
cis B. IvK>mis arid F. D. Millet, commissioners gen
tral from the I'nited States to the Tokio expo
sition: Amba.M.idor Takahira. Mr. M.-.tiuno Jap
anese consul general at New York, and others.
BLAINE PORTRAIT FOR 20 A. D. CLUB. !
The James •';. Blainc Club, the regular Republican
organization of the N Assembly District, of which
Joseph I^evlson is the leader, has received a full
size portrait of the late James G. Blame. the gift
of James 8. Clarkson. • The picture has been h-iig
In the ciubrooma.
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, MONDAY, APRIL 12. 1909.
SENATE BILL READY
MA V BE REPORTED TOD A V
Some Details of the Measure Made
Public.
rFrom Th* Trihune Bureau]
Washington. April 11. -The Senate substitute for
the schedules and Tree list of the Payne tariff bill
was completed to-night, and probably will be re
ported to tbe Senate to-morrow, in which case de
bate will not begin until Thursday. The Republican
members of the Finance Committee, with the ex
ception of Senator Cullom. held two Inns ses-ions
to-day, and when adjournment was taken at I
o'clock the announcement was made that "the bill
!s ready." Senator Aidrich was at the rooms of
the Finance Committee to-night te make sure that
every detail was perfect.
When the bill is placed before tbe full Finance
Committee to-morrow morning it is feared that
some of the Democratic Senators will object '.<> «n
immediate report, and Mr. Aidrich may consent to
bold the bill one day. but he will make every pos
sible effort to Induce the Democrats to agree tha*
the bill be reported to-morrow, with 'he under
standing tha! Its consideration on the floor shn'l
not begin until Thursday. As soon us the com
mittee formally adopts its programme a statement
will be given to the press outlining the principal
changes made in the bill. The maximum and mini
mum provision and the administrative features will
not be reported for several weeks
I.nst week it was announced in these dispatches
lh«t Senator Aldrich had advised President Taff
that the aim of the Senate bill would be to tax
luxuries and diminish, wherever possible, the rates
Of duty on necessities. While only fragmentary
pnrta ..f Hie Senate bill ha^ c become known, such
of the derails as have seeped through the secrecy
of the committee ror>rn confirm Mr Aidrlch's state
ment, for Instance, the SeiiHte substitute will pro
vide f'>r placing cocoa on the free list, as well as
tea nnd coffee. In the Payne bill, ss reported to
the Mouse, ••icon was made dutiable »t ■» cents a
pound. This aroused ft strong protest in various
centres of population, the New York representatives
Je.Tling the fight against this tax. Subsequently the
Ways and Means Committee reported an nmend
ment reducing the rate to 3 cents a pound, which
was adopted. Another evidence of the good fnith
of the Kmance Committee in placing th* burden
of taxation on luxuries is found in a provision to
increase '-he rates of duty on champagne nn.i other
Imported w!ne.v
SMALL I't'TV <'N WATCH DIALS.
Agricultural products Will besr practically the
same rates of duty as are provided In the Dingley
act, with certain reductions on manufactured food
products The rates on chirm. pottery and litho
graph* will be practically the snme as In the Th; ne
bill. The Senate bill will provide for it small duty
on watch dials
No recommendation will be mad" as to the duties
on petroleum and its products, wood pulp. print
paper, steel rails and possibly lumber and hides.
A poll of the Senate has disclosed the fact that
there is a majority against free hides and free
lumber. Most of tne Southern Senators favor a
tariff on lumber, a considerable number of them
being in favor of the $2 rnte provided In the Dtngley
law. The centime!. t against free hides Is not so
strong. It Is possible the committee may report the
free hides paragraph of the Payne bill with the
express understanding that it reserves the right to
make a subsequent recommendation and is not
committed to the policy of free hides. In the
course of the next ten day* the committee will be
ready to make its report on lumber. t«teH rails.
wood pulp, print paper and petroleum and It*
product*
At a meeting of the committee to-day it was de
cided to add coal to the list of subjects on which
the advice of the Senate without recommendation
is to be asked. Th!.« means that instead of striking
out the reciprocity clause and fixing a duty of 40
cents ■ ton on bituminous coal, as heretofore de
cided, the Payne rates will be reported without
recommendation. The expectation of- the committee
Is that th« reciprocity clause will go out. however,
that the duty irlli be decreased to about M cents
and that the present rate Of IS cents a toa on slack
coal will be maintained.
TOBACCO IKTE&BSTS FAIL.
Tobacco interests failed In their efforts" to induce
the committee to reduce the amount of Philippine
tobacco to be admitted annually free of duty, ut:-l
to get an Increase In the rates on tobacco from
other countries. The recommended rat. 1 on litho
graphing. Including postcards an.! cigar labels, as
contained in th» Payne bill, will be reported
No attention was paid to-day by the Senate com
mittee to the so-callej oil "Joker" In the Payne bill
as it passed the House. Petroleum and Its prod
ucts are among the article* which are to be re
ported to th.. Senate without recommendation
Senate leaders would not predict to-day how
much time is likely to be occupied in the discussion
of the portion of the bill fixing rates of duty. A
large number of important Items are to be sub
mitted to the Judgment of the Senate without
recommendation, the purpose being to convince the
Senate and the country that the committee has not
arbitrarily assumed the power to make a tariff
bill, an.l thnt it recognizes the right of members of
Coripress not on the tariff framing committee* to
help ' 1 shape the tariff bill «> far as the contro
verted schedules are concerned.
Members o* th« Finance «'.immi'te« have dla
cuased their proceedins* with srr.iter freedom than
. . ■ before in the history of tariff Vgisiiulon
Senator Aldrich asserted to-nlpht Hint 75 per cenl
Of articles used hy nl! the poop!.- had been r
and that the free list bad bean lengthened '■• ;l "
extent thnt would be surprising '•> everybody. The
members of th<- committee have done their best to
make th«ir reconunendatkma popular, and they
■,ir.-,li<ted to-night that their efforts would be u\>
prcciaied The dutlea on a number of article*
regarded »i luxuries have been Increased. All of
the increases on perfumes and toilet articles pro
vided by the Vayne bill will be report*-. 1
ASK TROOPS AGAINST NIGHT RIDERS
Depredations Arise in Connection with Peanut
Growing Indußtry in Kentucky.
Nashville. Term. April II Night Rider depreda
ti< ns in Humphreys County have rawed the authori
ties there to appeal to Governor Patterson for mili
tary protection, and the Governor is expected lo
act favorably on the plea. Extreme violence and
attempts to liberate eighteen prisoners m .ler m
d'etment for Night Rider outrages are feared.
The Klfffal Rider operations in Humphreys Couoi?
developed In connection with lbs peanut growing
industry. One >f the offences was 1h • whipping of
a Justice <.f the poac« so severely thai he begged
that be be kil'.t-d. One of the county officials has
received a note u-IHuk him his i!f>- will be taken
"court week ' Several leading; citizens who bar*
been active it; nssisting the authorities ia effort:- lo
suppress the lawlessness have been warned to <\n -
ms?. I; is -i's" said tha' nfles )>a\e ben reccntl]
purchased here and distributed among th-3 Riders
in the affected district.
DESERT GREAT BRITAIN FOR AMERICA
Middle Class Englishmen, Unable to Get Work '
There, to Become Citizens Here.
The first large instalment of middle class Eng- ;
llshmen unable to pet employment In their own
country, who are forsaking it for more encourag
ing field*, arrived here yesterday in the second
cabin Of the American liner St. Paul. With their
families, they formed the greater part of the 17!»
passengers In the second cabin.
"We represent some of th« bent blood in Eng
land." said one of the number, "an.l we believe
we will become pood liens. We are of the class
that should get along: better in oar own country
but there I? no work for us. and we must go where
work is to be had."
They said that there would be a l.uge. exodus
from England to America if conditions in the field
of labor In Great Britain did not improve.
NEW HAVEN LOCOMOTIVE STOLEN.
Fis.hkill Landing, X. V . April i: Thieves to-day
stole a locomotive on the New Haven Railroad at
Hopewell and after running it ten miles aban
doned it when the fleam gave out. The stalled
locomotive tied up trains until more steam could
be generated. The police are seeking the thieves.
FREXCH SAVAL SCANDAL.
Shocking Conditions Reported at the
Toulon Yards
Toulon. April 11.— The first visits of th» par
liamentary investigating committee to the navy
yard here have revealed, according to state
ments made by Its members, a scandalous con
dition of affairs. Th« new battleship Justice
has been found to be practically useless; the
plates surrounding the after boilers being burnt
through, causing a grave danger. These will
have to be replaced, and the work of putting
the vessel in good condition will take month*.
The stock of ammunition also was found to be
Incomplete.
On a sister ship, the Überte. half the boilers
are useless owinp to the lack of a small part
which could not be procuml at Toulon. The
shell filling workshops are in a lamentable con
.litlon. not even the elementary precautions be
inp observed.
.1///. ROOSEVELT'S VOYAGE.
Kcrmit Lands at Ismailia — Greeting
from British Steamer.
Suez. April 11.— The steamer Admiral, with
ex-President Roosevelt on board, which paused
out of the canal about 10 o'clock last night,
made a brief stop at Suez and then proceeded
down the Rod Sea. The Admiral will-make
stops at Aden and Mogadiscio, on the cast coast
of Italian Bomallland.
During the trip through th" canal the Admiral
slowed up to permit a party to land at Ismailla'.
about halfway between th» Red and Mediter
ranean seas The landing party consisted of
K^rmit Roosevelt. Major Mearns. Edmund Hel
ler, zoologist, and J. Alden Lorlng. and the in
tention of the party wan to make a collection
of bird specimens and go to Suez by train.
Mr. Roosevelt took occasion to deny ve
hemently an alleged interview with him which
fipiwar-d in the Paris •Journal," saying: "I
have not MM any representative of that paper
and r^e made no statement to the press except
that given out at Messina."
During the voyage through the canal the Ad
miral passed the steamer City of Taris. from
Kurrmcbce. crowded with British passengers.
These massed on the steamers decks and
cheered the ex-President enthusiastically. A
large Teddy bear occupied a prominent place on
the bridge deck. Mr. Roosevelt -answered trio
cheers by waving his hat ardently. He seemed
greatly to enjoy the greeting.
TITTONI AND YON BUELOW MEET
Cordial Greetings Exchanged by Italian and
German Representatives.
Venice April 11 Mgaor TittOßi, the Italian Min
ister of Foreign Affa rs. arrived here tO-day "n a
\ isit to Prince yon FJiilow. tbe Ufrmnn •'hancelior
• etlng between the ministers was exceedingly
...rdls.l. They made * trip together on the lagoons
this afternoon, and In the evening Ricrn"r Ttttonl
gave n dinner In honor "f the prince.
GOOD SHOOTING BY TEE MISSISSIPPI.
Excellent Scores Made with 12-Inch and 3-
Inch Guns Off Cap« Cruz.
Guantanamo, April II The United States battle
ship Mississippi, undei command of Captain John
C. Fremont, ha» completed her maiden target
practice off rape Cnn. with creditable results
The total average of hits on a floating target was
67 per c<nt. The best scores were made by the
12-inch and 8-lnch guns, which tallied four hits
each In four shots In 1 minute and <$ seconds, and
the 3-Inch Bins ten hits In ten shots In 43 seconds.
The lowest score, &0 per rent of hits, was made by
the 7-inch Kin.«. The latest type 3-Inch guns scored
6>j p«-r cent of lilts.
A. 0. H. OFFICIALS WELCOMED
Great Meeting in Dublin to Greet Americans
Mr. Cummings a Speech.
\: ■ii 11. When the sfamer CedriC ar
ttt Queenstown to-day, s large delegation
enting various irisn bodies wenl don I ■
narboi In n tender to m»-et the two delegates from
the tncieni Orde* of Hlberanns of America,
Matthew Cummings, national i-rrsident. and Katiier
}• 11 r )i)onneii. B'n,e diapirin of Massachusetts,
\» ho were on board.
After greetings had been exchanged the party
took a special train for Dublin, where a great
demonstration was held this evening. The provin
cial councils of the Ancient Order of Hibernians of
I'lster. Lelnster and Connaughi and the represent
atives of th« Gaelic I. .ague of Cork nnd Connaught
presented addresser ol welcome. in which the work
of the Hibernians of America for the Catholic
Church and the fatnerland was eulogized, and the
hope was expressed that the mission might succeed
in dissolving th* dissension! among the Irish at
i.'me.
The object of the American delegates is to lay
before the Ancient Order of Hlbsmlana Of Kngland,
Scotland. Ireland and Australia a proposal to
unialgiitnnt.- UM orß;.nlz:it!ons with the division <>f
tne order In the Catted States Mr. Cummlngs said
thai the mission c;ime In tin- Interests of peace and
unity among the fSCttonn of the order, and ad
\ ..at.. l oue srand platform, >n which Irish men,
north nnd BOllth, should unite to free tb« c .untry
from slavery Ha Fl>ok<- at length on the sufferings
of the Irish under British role, end said thai if the
Irish at home. In Australia, in America nnd else-
Where united, no ii..wer could resist them to create
thai unity. The mission nad started from the
(Jutted Btates, h« concluded, with the prayers of
millions of Hibernians for success.
Addresses were nlso presented at < 'ork. Umerlek
and HaryborOUgh. Hands escorted the visitors to
the rooms of the Gaelic lyengue. where Mr CuaV
minss said thnt :'-».OoO.nf«i Irish in America were
nliled With the gr«:it (rermnn race, nggregntlng 57
per cent Of the population, who were devoted to
Irish Interests. Kngland. he said, was constantly
looking for an alliance and for arbitration treaties.
A ROYAL FINANCIAL TRANSACTION.
Reason Advanced for King Leopold's Attempt
io Block China Loan,
la April It -The sudden appearance of
Belgian claims In the struggle to prevent the com
pletion of the Oermsn loan al FVkin* is not, sc
cording to authoritctlve Information here, due i"
ih<- fact that King Leopold, n« reported, is ncttni;
In the interest of British bankers who d»slre to
block the German loan. Kiiir Leopold's motives 111
Hie inattt-r appear t<> be purely personal
When the American China Develoaaaenl Com
pany was teemed King Leopold obtained a large
jiharc of the HankOW-CsntOS Rattroad Company
bonds at 90. Instead of tryliij? to place them wlln
the public, he turned them Into the "fond as
GuaraJßtto" of the Conge Stnte loan fund at par.
thereby making for himself about 1.000.0iW franc:-
M. •!«• Lautsheers, thru president af the committee
of surveUancs sf thfci fund, now governor of the
National Hank of Belgium, protested energetically
against the transaction and subsequently leslgned.
Before be dfcl SO x written contract was exacted
from ;be King whereby the latter guaranteed the
different c tetwsen th.' price he paid for the bonds*
and the sum at which they were turned into in*
Congo fund
This Is the reason, when the Root-Foster agree
ment for the Chines- repurchase of the bonds at
90 was made, in 1904. Why Leopold declined to sur
reader those in the Congo treasury. He asked over
par for them. His present interest In the matter
s.-pms to be to gad a way to get rid of the bonds
nt least at par, «o avoid being compelled to restore
the million to the Congo treasury. t,
It is said that the King expects to. see .1. Pier
punt Morgan, who* was also In the .*m«-rlciin China
Development Company, in Brussels seen, and this
Interview Is expected to he\e an influence upon the
King's ultimate decision. ,
CASTRO TO GO TO SPAIN
HOPES TO FIND MKFUGE
AT TEXERIFFE.
Venezuelan Band from St. Lucia
Arrives Too I^ate — Details of
the Expulsion.
Fort-de-France, Martinique, April 11. — Ex-
President Castro, before being: taken aboard the
steamer Versailles for deportation to France,
prepared a written protest against the action of
the French government, which has been sub
mitted to the authorities here. It reads «■ fol
lows
I h»rebv protest against the action of the
French authorities of Martinique in having put
me by force on board an °»t« 0 «"«J"t!£L - rS
because I was ill at the time ■"2J > £»» U lIM'J£I IM 'J£
act Imperilled mv life; second, because I na*e
commuted no offence against the Kovernm-nt of
Prance and the atltbortUe. of M , ar . tlnlt *"; .^
ing the time that T was permitted to remain on
that Island; and. finally. because the decree or
expulsion which orders my d^pOTftlOP out «
French territory compels me to take passage
aboard a vessel which will again land me on
nn o C reo^ r r rlt t O he S e consideration* aside the case
constitute a breach of international law a nd a
denial of the rights of individuals. That such a
thin, should have come to paw in the .and
whlch>saw the birth of Josephine. »" d f Mb?
which came the inspiration and P^««* '' f ' lb "
ertv and nt the hands of a people »ho .H d
their blood by torrents hardly a century ago^to
maintain unimpaired the rights and prerogatives
of man, is inconceivable.
The ex-President said, just before the sailing
of the Versailles, that if he was at liberty when
he arrived at St. Nazaire he would immediately
go to Spain in order to take passage for Santa
Cruz. Teneriffe. General Castro added that he
was leavins his brother Carmelo here for Jhe
purpose of receiving: mall which he expects to
be forwarded from Trinidad and Venezuela.
The Versailles will stop at Basse Terre and
Point-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe. Hardly had the
steamer left port last night when a party of
Castro's friends arrived on the steamer Goelette
from St. L.ucla. They were greatly surprised
that the former President had been expelled
from the Island, and had a long consultation
with Castro's brother.
The removal of the former President of Ven
ezuela from the hotel to the steamer was not
without a pitiful aspect. Immediately after the
announcement by the " medical commission,
which made a long physical examination of
Castro, that he was entirely capable of making
the voyage, the commissioner of police, with an
escort of gendarmes. Invaded the hotel and pro
ceeded to his chamber. They found the ex-
President lying in bed. and. although ho still
protested that he could not move, they carried
him downstairs on a mattress, the patient all
the while moaning dismally, and placed him on
■ stretcher. Officers from the United State?
cruiser North Carolina, in civilian attire, helped
to make him as comfortable as possible, and
then the stretcher was picked up by four negroes
and taken to the steamer dock. Gendarmes
guarded it on either side, and a crowd of fully
two thousand persons followed them through
the streets.
The entrance to the French Line piers was
guarded by police, and no one wag allowed to
enter except those directly connected with the
transfer of the ex-President. Some difficulty
was experienced in hoisting the litter aboard,
and for a moment Castro was in danger of fall
ing out. The stretcher was set down in one of
the cabins, and Castro at once said that the
room was 100 small, and demanded that he be
transferred to another cabin. It was promised
that a change would be made during the course
of the voyage. In sayintg farewell to his
brother be waved his hand and exclaimed.
"Good by for the moment:"
The Versailles immediately s!ip;«ed her cables
and started on the voyage.
ATTITUDE OF FRANCE.
Xn Attempt to Persecute the Vtr
ezuelan Er-Prexident.
Paris. Apiil 11. The return ..f Castro is not
regarded here of great importance, the principal
object Of the French government being to pre
vent the use of Fren.-h territory us the head
quarters for a revolutionary movement and a
campaign by Castro to recapture hla lost power
In Venezuela There will be n<> njpQellluu m.i<!^
to his landing, or even t.» bio remaining in
France, provided he lives peaceably. It :* re
garded, however, as more likely that Castro
will disembark at Santander, where h<* will try
to charter a shii
AIRSHIP TO VENEZUELA.
Castro Hoped to Enter Land by
Aeroplane from Trinidad.
The local Venezuelans expressed great Interest
yesterday In the Washington dispatch In The Trib
une about a reported effort being made in this city
by friends of ex-I'resldent Clpriano Castro of
Venezuela to buy arms for him here. While there
have been rumors of such a movement here, there
Is no organised Junta working for Ueneral 'astro,
but there are some commercial interests in this
city which will suffer by l.is deposition. It is re
called that when Castro was preparing his revolu
tion against Andrade In 1S». he sent General Velu
tinl 10 New York to obtain arms and ammunition.
As to his compatriots now here It is not probable
that any of them would render any a!«i to Castro
to-day.
An Interesting story, however, comes by mail
from Port of Spain. Trinidad, which was Castro's
destination when he left Europe. A few close
Mends, among them a British merchant in Port of
•pain. are said to have been Informed that Castro
expected to return to Venezuela In an aeroplane.
The first intimation which leaked out or General
Castro** Ingenious scheme wan contained in a re
port from Paris, saving thai Hart O. Berg, man
ager of the Wright Brothers, the American aero
nauts. Mad to have the former Venezuelan Presi
dent attend an ascension. Castro was prevented
by sickness from accepting the Invitation, hut It is
understood that he had a representative present.
The distance between Trinidad and the eastern
end of Venezuela hi short and could be covered
easily in an airship.
Then were, according to the Trinidad advices,
several circumstances which indicated Castro's it.
tention to make a tight to regain executive power.
The government at Caracas has already Intercepts
tetter* of v. compromising character. There are still
In power many of the "Castriatas." whom President
Gomez has thus far permitted to retcln office. It
is believed that the new President fears to antago
nize, by removal from office, the large element
which owes Its political status to Castro, for such
a move at this critical time would probably cause a
revolt.
Castro's plans were to return to power on May
23. which will be the tenth anniversary of the be
ginning of his revolution against President An
drado. The date has since been a holiday in Ven
ezuela.
DENMARK ALSO BARS CASTRO.
Copenhagen. April 11.— government has in
structed the Governor of the Danish We«t Indies
under no circumstances to permit ex- President
Castro to land in that territory. These instructions
were Issued in response to a cable dispatch from
the colonial officials asking what measures they
should take in case of Castro's attempting to make
bis residence at any of those port*.
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IX PARK FIGHT TO STAY.
Plan to Make Philbin Committee
Permanent Organization.
I At the meeting of the executive committee of th«
| Central Park Protection Committee to b« held tilj
j afternoon a* the office of Eugene A. Philbin. th»
, chairman, a proposition will be made to m«k* pw
j man-nt this organization, which was formed to •»
! sist the efforts of the National Academy of D?sija
I M build a gallery In Central Park.
! It I* said that the bill to permit the erection of
| the building In the park will not be. reported out
I of the Assembly Committee on Cities, but the not
mlttee will undertake a' movement for the taprove-
I ir.ent of the park Se\eral persons have already
• volunteered to give financial support to this wort,
1 one man having offered to contribute 1230.
j One of th-? improvements S';Ksi»3t«><i Is the reitsr
; Ing of several of the- artificial spots from which
' the rock and lay soil were removed years af>.
j These have become worn now. and the consaittw.
; it is said, will endeavor to brighten up that
t places.
Dr. Lyman Abbott has added his voice and 03.
tribution ••> the frustration of the pan of the Na
tional Academy of Design. Charles B. Stover, at
! the committee, received yesterday the foßowiaj
; letter from Dr. Abbott:
I am inclosing a check for J5 for the METsios*
to resist the encroachment on Central Itok. la
my judgment, keeping the animals in Central Pwfc
for the bent- fit of the children of the Ean Ma
who can never get up to The Bronx would fctnr
mi>re valuable to a much greater number of bwb!«
tlian devoting the space to an academy of ceiyj
for the much more limited number of people whs
can and will enjoy pictures. The latter can ■"■"'■
to put up the money to buy their own lot. If tier
care eno'.-gh about it to do So,
Mr. Stover received » -" ■ letter from Dt. : -vlw||
B. Bernstein, superintend* I of the Hebrew she
tertng Guardian Society, expressing sympathy »«I
the work of the committee.
MORGAN AID FOR THE WRIGHTS.
Banker May Finance Aeroplane Work in liii
Country, but Not for Gain.
Regarding the report from Kom» that J. pisrpest
Morgan was showinjr great interest In the Wr!jh
aeroplane and Intended to financ the. invention ia
this courtry. it was said authoritatively yesterday
that if Mr. Morgan had a:- such intention It -was
not with the idea of financial gain.
Mr. Morgan went to Europe on tho same steamer
with Hart O. Berg, manager for the Wright*, tst
in conversation with him showed k-en Interest in
the aeroplane. However. i' was said that If tit
banker thought of interesting himself financially in
the Wright invention It would Ix- solely to m
courage Ik* art. and not as a serious flsaaial
operation. ■
PENSIONS FOR EX-SENATORS.
Three Members of French Upper House 02
List— One Said To Be Millionaire.
Paris. April *■ — Three fonr.er Senators, MSL
Francoz. Barrier* and Godin. are the first F*rn»
:nen!ari.ir.s la whom pensions have been *w*rsJ*i
out of a fund founded a dozen years «?u by th*
memVrs of the Senate and the Chamber of Depu
ties to provide annuities for retired members afw
th« a<r«*of sixty. Each member of parliament ce=
tributes annually from his salary to the fuad.wftirt
now amounts to mi than 1,008.000 frano. I*
rules governing :he fund specifically ' ■*■•*•
any state contribution.
When the commission in charge of the fund *■*
the amount of the pensions the other day at tiW
francs for Senators and UZ99 for widows '■" ns!d "
erabie dissatisfaction was expressed, but ■• cot
mlsslon proved by a series of tables that a *—*
rate would soon exhaust the capital.
The statistics show that a consMerabla BOSK
Of aged Senators have married yourg wives, mitt
would become pensioners for a lung period of 7««»
when their husbands died.
It was supposed that rren of w«-a;th vouA «k
avail themselves of the r^s'.on* dv» them, tut S
appears that one of the first three Senators t> P
on the list Is a millionaire.
A MILLION LOST IN SHIPWTtECI
The Mahratta Breaks in Two on Goa*»*
Sands— Crew Rescued.
Dover. April 11.-The British steamer Ma***
from Calcutta on March 6 for London. '"*■
ashore on Goodwin Sands on Friday ■™' »
broken In two and has been abandoned, t m.
angers were landed soon after I *• £**
and nil the crew were taken oft ">" a «k £ M »
quantity of cargo was removed, but Irf ••
volved In the vessel and « he remainder «•
cargo Is estimated at 0 " 0 : ,™« -"•
commanded by Captain Peterkla.
SPANISH RESORTS CLOSE EABLT
King Alfonso Issues Decree to Raise Moral
Tone of the Community.
Madrid. April 1.-The old night life of
its music and dancing, which fca« Bee
attractive feature to American ri S2rf SS
visitor, to Madrid and -, r "^nclttooz*^
Cndiz. Ronda. Malaga v, »
the past. A few years a*> the * „ wer* d*
ci.led that these S h, . - KM
moralizing the youth of the co.™ -• jU#
Alfonso issued a c^ree closing mu».c m^
and other places "f .musement at ~
Formerly the.se places never closed tn
Night serenading part* of clo.J £ "^^
students, who marched through the stre
ming their guitar, and Jf ' ~r. P^
hearts- windows until daylight. * " -a .**
biblted after midnight. The orders »^J*,, „
hostility, but were strictly enforced, * .; wW9
suit that much of the oldtlme night gaJ"*
the Spaniards love has disappeared §!-
Even this change has not 11 11 II the K ' o^,
the government, and a new royal decree, *T7
to raise the tone of the music ; £•?,"««»••'
sued. The women of the stage are prohlM^ „.
after from entering that part °i}%^£r&r
tended for the public or from »£»«■£*,£ T&
wise coming in contact » l? v h the d ß 3**g
are not allowed to lodge in the s J*w[ ad S. T»
buildings, ana private rooms are f\ T ™£4*oo
fines for Infractions are heavy, and tftre* «
forfeit the proprietors' licenses.
AN AMERICAN KILLED IN FRANC^
St. Raphael. France. April 11.-A inlAUe-*^*^
dressed American. Emlle Amy by name. i£»
on the railroad tracks here this afterrKW it
headless body was found near the •»"°^ o *»*
has not be*n established whether .*=• 6*
accidentally killed or committed % i!t £'t>;Vor**s
belongings was a circular letter t™ m ™ \-jjio3 rf
National Bank of San Francisco on W*^,^ ik
London and Smith's Bank. Limited, ""f^y ftoO
on which a sum had been obtained recenuy
the Credit LyonnaU of Ma—a—
INDIAN WARWHOOP3 IN L ° ND °
London. April 11. -A contingent of Indla y&
cowboys from the Dakota reservation. * ■
take part In exhibitions here this summer -^
In London t. -«.<;. The Indiana were In w y nvt^
and delighted the great crowds **** thioaal
them «ith their «..r»hoop» as they pas** 4 w
Uie streets to their quarters.
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