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t 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*. KAHLER COMFORT SHOE ML (Right and Lett) STOCKIIi On Sale Only at Our NEW Store 11 60 BROADWAY Near 27th B*. Tour f«et need not look ungainly to b<t comfortable. The "KAHLER" *hn«s with the new modified toe and h!«h arched Instep are both stylish and easy. WOMEN'S SHOES 4.50 HENS SHOES 800 DR. P. KAHLER& SONS Sturgeon Chiropodist Established 's« Q£^BHBoMß^^^^^ H^^ HBH^^^ MBa^^^^^^^^HßS^^^Q^ 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. r