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No. 15,111. WASHINGTON, D. C., FK1PAY, AUGUST 2, 1901-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS.
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AWAITING A REPLY
VacaDcy in the Schley Court of In
quiry Yet Unfilled.
LETTER OF REAR ADMIRAL K1MBERLY
Captain Paikar Continues His
Scorch for Points.
LIEUT. WARD SUMMONED
The Navy Department did not announce
ti>day the successor to Admiral Kimberly
on the Schley court of inquiry. The de
partment is awaiting, It is believed, an an
swer to a communication sent to one of the
retired admirals, and the selection will not
be announced until the department has
definite assurance that the officer selected
can serve. Acting Secretary Hackett to
day gave out the following correspondence
with Admiral Kimberly, relative to the lat
ter's declination:
WEST NEWTON, Mass., July 29, 1901.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of rescript of a court of Inquiry
which Is to convene on the 12th of Sep
tember. In which I am named as a mem
ber. 1 regret to have to request that I
may be detached from said duty, owing to
disability from a weak heart, and Its at
tending complications; being under medi
cal treatment for the same.
Much to my mortification this is the first
department order that I am unable to
honor, during a naval life of fifty-five
years. I am very respectfully, your obe
dient servant. L. A. KIMBERLY,
Rear Admiral U. S. N. (Ret.)
JOHN D. LONG,
Secretary of the Navy.
Washington, D. C.
Navy Department, Washington, D. C.,
August 2, 1901.
Sir: The department Is in receipt of your
letter of 29th July, expressing a regret on
your part at being obliged to ask that you
may be detached from the duty of serving
upon the court of inquiry convened the 12th
of September next. The department learns
with regret that you are suffering from a
?weak heart and Its attending complica
tions, for which you are under medical
treatment. Such being the case, the de
partment is reluctantly compelled to grant
your request.
Your letter continues: "Much to my mor
tification, this Is the first department order
that I am unable to honor, during a naval
life of fifty-five years." Let me hasten to
assure you that there is no cause for mor
tification at this incident. On the con
trary it affords an opportunity of which
the department gladly avails itself to con
gratulate you for a record so loyal to the
service. Moreover, this record amply Justi
fies the wisdom of the Secretary of the
Navy In assigning to you the grave and
conspicuous duty of serving upon the
court.
Permit me to express the hope that your
health will continue to improve so that
In future should a less arduous duty be
required of you you may be fully able to
respond. Very respectfully,
F. W. HACKETT.
Acting Secretary.
Rear Admiral L. A. Kimberly, U. S. N.
(Ret.), West Newton, Mass.
('apt. Farker Continues Ills Search.
Captain Parker, the ex-naval officer who
ia acting as Admiral Schley's assistant
counsel for the purpose of examining the
official records in connection with the
movements of Schley's fleet during the
Santiago campaign, continued his work to
day. It Is expected that he will complete
his examination before the close of the
department this evening and return home
tomorrow. Captain Parker has been con
stantly under the surveillance of a naval
officer detailed from the bureau of navi
gation since he began his examination of
the records. At times the officer detailea
for this service has walked up and down
like a sentry on guard In front of the
desk at which Captain Parker was work
ing, and the latter lias been so annoyed by
the officer's movements that he complain
ed yesterday to Assistant Secretary Hack
ett. The assistant secretary suggested to
the bureau of navigation that the officer
detailed to watch Captain Parker should
refrain from pacing the floor to the lat
ter's annoyance. A separate table was also
provided for Captain Parker, who has here
tofore been using the large desk in the
office of Secretary Long.
I,lent. Hard Summoned.
Lieut. If. H. Ward, who compiled the
official dispatches and records published
by the Navy Department in relation to the
Santiago campaign, was summoned to
Washington a day or two ago to assist In
the preparation of the case, which is be
ing prepared by the judge advocate general
for presentation to the court of Inquiry.
Lieutenant Ward was one of Admiral
Crownlnshield's principal assistants In the
bureau of navigation during the Spanish
war, and for two years after its conclu
sion As the official compiler of the rec
ords in question he probably knows more
about them than any officer In the depart
ment. Recently he has been on duty at
the Newport torpedo station. Since he
was summoned here a few days ago he
has occasionally relieved Lieutenant
JIarnes in the duty of watching Captain
I'arker and seeing that the records are
not tampered with. The department makes
no secret of its purpose In keeping up the
espionage over Captain Parker. Precau
tions taken In the present case have at
tracted mui'h attention and occasioned
gossip about the department. Assistant
Secretary Hackett, however, treats the
whole matter as trivial, saying in efTect
that Captain I'arker Is being shown every
possible courtesy, and that only the usual
precautions are being taken In the mat
ter.
TlttlMi FILII'IXO MIHUEREHS.
The Military Courts Kept llusy With
Their Cases.
Copies of additional orders promulgated
by the Division of the Philippines received
at the War Department show that the
military courts are still busy trying native
murderers, assassins and others guilty of
violating the rules of war. In many cases
It is found that these attacks are directed
against natives who have been friendly
with American officers and the American
government. The records show that many
persons who have supplied the American
army with provisions have been murdered
in an outrageous manner by Filipino ban
dits. One instance Is recorded where a man
v ho had taken the oath of allegiance to
the American government accepted a gov
ernorship from the insurgents and issued
orders to assassinate Americans whenever
it could be done with safety to the assas
sins. The death penalty Is Inflicted upon
the most atrocious cases, while in others
life Imprisonment and sentences of twenty
and ten years are imposed.
Greatly Increased Export Trade.
Cnited States Minister Dudley at Lima
r? ports to the State Department that the
export trade of Peru In 1900 Increased 46.4
per cent compared with the preceding year.
The United States received 21 per cent of
these exports against a little over 4 per
cent la the preceding year.
A THREE-CORNERED FIGHT
FRICTION IN BOTH PARTIES IN
PHILADELPHIA POLITICS.
StroKKle AKainut the Machine, W hich
May Extend Into the State
Election.
Politics are at a boiling pitch in Phila
delphia and a three-cornered campaign of
exceeding bitterness is impending, involv
ing the election <>f city officers. The fric
tion is likely to extend to state politics,
however, and to become accentuated.
The trouble began with the efforts of a
certain republican element in the city to
purify municipal politics and to destroy
a ring of politicians alleged to be using
the municipal administration to the per
sonal advantage of its members and caus
ing scandals in many branches of the city
government. In this movement the repub
licans were being aided by many demo
crats and a fusion of democrats and re
publican forces aecmed likely a little while
aKO.
As this prospect brightened, however, a
flank movement was made by the leaders
of the democratic faction having charge of
the party's machine in Philadelphia.
Messrs. Donnelly and Ryan. They induced
ex-Gov. Robert K. Pattison, a democrat of
high standing in the state, to accept the
chairmanship of the city committee, hop
ing. it is claimed, to thereby bring to the
support of the machine the democrats who
were likely to join the fusion movement.
The next step was to nominate a candi
date for district attorney, the office about
which the fight centered.
Three Candidates for an Office.
This made three candidates for that office
in the field, the "ring" republicans having
one and the "Independent" republicans an
other, and defeated the prospect of fusion.
It was alleged that the democratic ma
chine was working in harmony ,lf not in
collusion, with the republican "ring" and
that Governor Pattison's acceptance of the
chairmanship of the committee was a retro
grade movement for that gentleman, es
pecially as he had often received the sup
port of the independent vote in the past.
The democratic state convention meets
in Harrisburg August 15, and the anti
machine democrats are preparing to con
test the seats of the delegates from Phila
delphia, this being part of a plan, it is
said to attempt to destroy the present or
ganization of the machine.
At a meeting of the Jeffersonlan club in
Philadelphia last night, attended by Gov
ernor Pattison, he was severely arraigned
for not co-operating with the independents
and the anti-machine democrats, and after
vainly endeavoring to bring about harmony
he was compelled to leave the hall.
The Quay and anti-Quay factions are of
course mixed up in the affair, and it is
probable that the politics of the state will
become involved before the trouble Is
quieted. The independents propose to in
augurate a campaign in September that
will surprise the city and the state.
NEW ARGENTINE REPRESENTATIVE.
Arrival of Minister Garcia-Meru to
Succeed Dr. Wilde.
Senor Garcla-Meru, one-time minister to
Washington from the Argentine Republic,
has just returned here In the same capac
ity. He was succeeded here by Dr. Ed
uardo Wilde, in May, "1900. The returning
minister called at the State Department
today in company with Senor del Vlso,
who has been acting as charge since Mr.
Wilde's retirement, to arrange for the
presentation of Senor Garcia-Meru. This
will not take place till fall, but Acting Sec
retary Adee has extended a conditional
recognition, and the new minister may per
form his functions. These have become
important through the issues recently
raised between Chile and some of her
South American sister republics over the
program for the approaching pan-Ameri
can congress in the City of Mexico.
NEW FRENCH FIELD GIN.
It Will Be Tented by the Ordnance
Board at Sandy Hook.
The board of ordnance and fortifications
is now in session at the War Department.
Besides disposing of considerable routine
business the board heard a report upon
the progress made in constructing the new
field gun which is modeled upon the French
fit-Id gun. It has been decided not to test
the new gun at Bethlehem, where it is be
ing manufactured, but to have it enter the
competitive test of field guns at Sandy
Hook, when all guns proposed will bo given
a trial by the board and the best gun
selected for the army field artillery. The
artillery committee of the board visited
Sandy Hook today to test the pneumatic
gun carriage which has caused consider
able discussion among members of tho
board.
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND HERE.
He Discredits the Report of His Coin
ing Elevation.
There was general interest in Catholic
circles today over the report cabled from
London that Cardinal Gibbons had said
that Archbishop Ireland of the American
church Is to be made a cardinal.
Archbishop Ireland is in Washington
today and was beseiged with congratula
tions by his friends over the report that he
was to be made a cardinal. But the arch
bishop was inclined to throw cold water
upon the congratulatory expressions.
"I have no reason for believing that
Cardinal Gibbons said the things which are
credited to him in the cablegram," he
remarked to a friend. "In fact, I do not
believe he said them. If what he is cred
ited with saying is true, you may be very
sure he would not talk about it first In the
newspapers."
Archbishop Ireland leaves tonight for
his home in St. Paul, Minn.
Personal Mention.
Mr. John R. Procter of the civil service
commission will leave tomorrow to spend
his vacation in the Berkshire Hills.
Messrs. Cullen and DeNeil Wilcox have
gone north on their vacation aud will re
turn about the middle of August.
Charles H. Venable, e. gunner In the
United States navy, has recently been sta
tioned at the Washington navy yard. Mr.
Venable is a native of Washington and haa
seen service during the past few ycara,
while in the navy, at the various navy
yards along the two coasts and In cruising
around the world.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Ailes
has gone to Cape May to join Mrs. Ailes,
who is sojourning there. Mr. Aiies will be
out of the city for ten days or two week.'?.
A letter was received at the Treasury
Department today from Director of the
Mint Roberts stating that he would be in
Helena. Mont., this ween, where he will
Inspect the mint at that place.
Rev. Augustus Davisson returned today
from an extended vacation trip through
Ohio. While away he attended the Chris
tian Endeavor convention at Cincinnati.
Rev. Mr. Davisson will proceed to Ilem
don. Va? this evening. He i* pastor of the
Congregational Church at th?t place.
The following Washiiietonian* are booked
to sail for Europe on the Westernland,
which will leave N*w York tomorrow: Miss
Frances Lee Allen. Win. M. JInnnay, Dr.
John C. Laurence, Mrs. Camilla Leftwich.
Dr. J. F. Moran, Mr. R. E. Sullivan, Miss
11. A. Moras* Mimm u. k. Walau, John
Barry, Mrs. M. A. Mllward, Miss Cora C.
Mil ward and Mrs. S. V. Proudfit.
Postmaster General Smith returned today
from Bast Gloucester. Mass.
Joseph L. Bristow, the fourth assistant
postmaster general, has returned from a
trip to Maine.
Rev. Dr. Sterrett and son have gone into
camp on the Raquette lake in the Adiron
dacks, for the rest of the season.
Mr. John J. Howley, private secretary to
the first assistant postmaster general, left
Thursday for Buffalo and the Thousand
Islands, to be absent until September 1.
Army Orders.
Major Walter S. Scott has been granted
four months' leave of absence on account
of sickness.
Captain James A. Ryan, 15th Cavalry,
has been ordered to the Presidio of San
Francisco for appointment and duty as
adjutant for the 15th Cavalry.
Captain Samuel D. Sturgis, Artillery
Corps, at San Francisco, has been assigned
to the 4th Company, Coast Artillery, at
Jackson barracks. La.
Captain Herbert H. Sargent. 2d Cavalry,
at San Francisco, has been ordered to join
his regiment at Matanzas, Cuba.
Dental Surgeon Wm. C. Fisher has been
ordered to Fort Sheridan, 111., for duty.
Dental Surgeon Ord M. Sorber has been
ordered to Fort Sam Houston, Tex., for
duty.
Captain Hugh J. Gallagher, commissary,
has been ordered to report to Major Wm.
H Baldwin, commissary, purchasing com
missary in this city, for temporary duty as
assistant in his office.
First Lieutenant Earle D'A. Pearce, Artil
lery Corps, ? has been granted one month's
additional leave of absence on account of
sickness.
Captain Guy G. Palmer, 30th Infantry, at
Salt Lake City, Utah, has been ordered to
duty at Fort Huachuca, Ariz.
A New Chief Clerk.
A telegram was received by Acting Di
rector of the Mint Preston today from
Superintendent Leach of the Sar Francisco
mint stating that Chief Clerk Walter Dim
mlck had been removed and B. W. Day
appointed in his place.
Increaie In the Gold Fond.
The gold fund of the treasury continues
to soar to heights unprecedented in the his
tory of the government. The fund today
amounted to $506,233,539. This involves an
increase of $K<)0,000 since yesterday.
To Arbitrate Labor Disputed.
According to Consul Johnson at Venice,
a labor commission, consisting of eighteen
members, under the presidency of the
mayor, has been formed in the commune
of Legnano, having the following scope:
(1) To settle by amicable means disputes
between owners or lessees of property and
workingmen, also between employers and
employes; (2) to procure work for the un
employed within possible limits; (3) to pre
vent usury being practiced upon the work
ingman and to guard him against making
illegal contracts; (4) to promote the welfare
of the workingman and to foster respect
for existing laws.
Park Commission Returns.
The park commission which has been in
Europe during the past two months study
ing park systems with a view of adopting
desirable features in their plan for the
District of Columbia returned to New York
yesterday. The party consists of D. H.
Burnham of Chicago, chairman; F. L.
Olmstead jr., of Boston, and Chas. W.
McKim of New York, together with Mr.
Charles Moore, clerk of the Senate com
mittee for the District of Columbia. The
members of the commission upon landing
in New York expressed themselves as well
pleased with the results of their trip.
To Retain Their Civilian Offices.
An order of the Division of the Philip
pines has been promulgated containing a
resolution adopted by the Philippine com
mission giving Gov. Taft authority to con
tinue in the civil service such volunteer
officers as were discharging civil duties un
der military detail, but who would be mus
tered out at the close of the fiscal year.
The resolution directs that these volunteer
officers, when so continued, shall receive
the same pay and allowances from the in
sular funds that they had received while
attached to the army. The object of this
resolution was to prevent the disorgani
zation of various civil departments when
the volunteer army was discharged.
The War Department has been informed
that Capt. Charles C. McLaln, 47th Infan
try, U. S. V., has been appointed provincial
treasurer of the province of Tayabas, in
place of First Lieut. John W. C. Abbott,
30th Infantry, who has been relieved, and
that Second Lieut. Richard K. Sutherland,
44th Infantry, U. S. V.. has been appointed
provincial treasurer of the province of Bo
hol, relieving First Lieut. Frederick L.
Der.gler, 44th Infantry. U. S. V., retired.
Movements of Naval Vessels.
The Brooklyn has left Batavia for Cavite,
P. I., and the Hannibal has left Newport
for Lambert's Point. The Potomac has
sailed from the Norfolk yard for the
League Island yard.
The Leyden sailed from Portsmouth, N.
H., for Newport yesterday. The Pawnee
has left Newport for New York. The Con
cord has arrived at Seattle, Wash., and
the Helena at Hankow. The Potomac has
arrived at the League Island yard.
It was stated at the Navy Department
today that the Mayflower would probably
be put out of commission the 12th instant.
Commanders of Artillery Companies.
Capt. Charles F. Parker and First Lieut
Samuel F. Bottoms of the artillery corps
have been assigned to the 30th and Oth
Companies of the Coast Artillery, respect
ively. They will proceed to join their regi
ments.
Since the publication of the order for the
organization of pine additional companies
of Coast Artillery a change has been made
in the assignment of commanding oPleers.
Capt. John C. Gilmore, jr., will command
the 101st Company at Fort Totten, N. Y.,
and Capt. Harry E. Smith, the 103d Com
pany at Fort Howard, Md. ?
Engineer Maxson Criticised.
Protest has been made to the Nay De
partment by contractors of the new Bos
ton dry dock against the course of Civil
Engineer Maxson in rejecting material used
In building the big basin and in refusing to
accept stono which the contractors say
meets all the government specifications.
Indian Service Appointments.
The following appointments In the In
dian scrvice are announced: George Butler,
superintendent of irrigation; John Charles,
Wisconsin, supervisor of construction; R.
M. Pringle, Missouri, superintendent of en
gineering; Clivo Hastings, Minnesota, has
been appointed a special agent of the gen
eral land office. ~ .
G. II. 1'hllllps to Resume Monday.
CHICAGO, August 2.?Attorney Goodwin,
who is in charge of the George H. Phillips
Company, which temporarily suspended
business on the board of trade yesterday,
informed Mr. Phillips today that overnight
developments in the matter of disentan
gling the accounts Indicate that the fiim
will be in shape to resume business Mon
day. ,
?
K ruger May Not Came at All.
THE HAGUE, August 2.?People who are
?n close association wKh Mr. Kruger say
that up to the present it has not been de
c-Mod that the Boer gt&tesiAan will visit the
United StalM.
MEN IN UGLY MOOD
Strikers at McKeesport Deport Those
Who Come to Work,
THREATEN THEM IF THEY BETDRH
Conference at Pittsburg Continues
Without Result as Yet.
LESS CHANCE FOR PEACE
PITTSBURG, August 2.?A McKeesport
dispatch says:
"The presence of three supposed strike
breakers was the cause of considerable ex
citement here last evening, and the news
of the threatened breaking off of the peace
conference added to the confusion. The
men decided that the Dewees Wood man
agement was trying to get enough men to
start up the mill, and all patrols and pick
ets were doubled. The first of the supposed
strike breakers was discovered about 4
o'clock in the afternoon, and gave his name
as Edward Meyers. He fraiikly announced
his intention of going to work in the De
wees Wood mill, and was told just as
frankly by the patrol which was question
ing him that such a move would result in
some accident occurring to him. He was
put on a street car and taken to Pittsburg
by several strikers. Two n&nre men were
found in the evening, and after consider
able questioning were requested to leave
town. They promised to leave, and then
gave their guards the slip. Patrols made
a search for them during the night, but
could not locate them. The strikers
threaten to handle them without gloves
when they are found."
The Conference Situation.
The situation In the Amalgamated steel
strike this morning is anything but favor
able to an amicable adjustment of the dis
pute between the association and theUnited
States Steel Corporation. As far as can
be learned President Shaffer of the Amal
gamated has not received any reply from
the New York officials of the company re
garding a further conference except the
telegram which, it is said, arrived last
night, and which declined a further dis
cussion of the questions at issue between
the labor leaders and the company. This
telegram gave the substance of a letter
which had been mailed and which was ex
pected to arrive in the first mail this
morning.
The refusal of the steel company officials
to enter into another conference, if ad- j
hered to, leaves only two ways open to the
Amalgamated Association. One is to order
the striking workmen back to work under
the best terms obtainable, .and the other
is to proceed with the strike In the hupe
of involving all the union men employed In
the constituent concerns of the . United
States Steel Corporation. The first course
[ certainly holds little promise for the work
men, since the strike-tos abrogated all
j the union scales In force before the trouble
started, leaving them Entirely at the mercy
of the manufacturer^
The second course means a struggle to
the death for the association, as the an
nouncement has been made on good author
ity that the mills will be started next week
with non-union men, if the strikers do not
resume work.
Today's Meeting? AH Important.
Today's meeting of the executive board
is expected to tell the story, and It is ac
knowledged that this, is the most critical
period of the strike. The board went into
session at 10 o'clock, and James Nutt, sec
retary of the labor bureau of the Republic
Iron and Steel Company, and Joseph Bish
op, secretary of the Ohio board of arbitra
tion, were present. No information was
given out, but a statement is anticipated
later in the day. It is reported that the
final effort of the Amalgamated Associa
tion, before proceeding with the strike, will
be to bring every influence to bear toward
arranging for another conference with the
company officials.
One rumor was current to the effect that
the Amalgamated Association at its ex
ecutive board meeting today would with
draw from a position which was thought to
be untenable and would sign an agreement
with the combination. Prominent associa
tion men denied this, and declared that un
less peace could be secured with honor and
credit to the association the strike would
be continued. Nothing can be learned from
1 resident Shaffer or the leaders of the or
ganization on this matter, however, as they
say whatever they have for the public will
be given out in the form of a statement.
This statement may be given out at noon,
and perhaps not before the adjournment
this evening.
In lane of u General Strike.
It is said that before a general strike is
ordered the officers of the United States
Steel corporation will be fully Informed of
the intention of the*. Amalgamated officers
if more favorable terms are not promptly
presented for the consideration of the
board. A reasonable time will then be
given before the extreme jneasures are re
sorted to by the association. It seems al
most certain that if the request of the
Amalgamated Association for another con
ference is refused the strike will be ex
tended to all the plants controlled by the
big steel corporation where the Amalga
mated Association has a foothold, and that
It will be the bitterest struggle between
capital and labor ever seen in tills country.
In the big plants of the Federal Steel
Company, the National Steel Company and
the National Tube Company all the organ
ized men will be called out and every ef
fort made to close the mills.
It was reported that J. E. Schwab left
last night for New York, but he was in the
city this morning. President C. M. Schwab
of the United States Steel Corporation
was reported from New York to have left
that city last night for Pittsburg. He had
not visited his office at 11 ? o'clock, and
none of the officers arouild the building
seemed to have any knowledge of his in
tended visit.
Striker* Are Diaeoumtfed.
The strikers at Clark * mill? in this city
are very much discouraged at the turn af
fairs have taken with regard to the set
tlement of the trouble, and as a result
several of the most enthusiastic strikers
have intimated their intention of returning
to the plant at the earliest moment on
the most favorable terms possible. It was
expected that some of theae would put
this in execution this morning, and ii was
to prevent their return that the pickets
were placed on guard with orders to head
them off for the next few days.
The strikers at Painter's mill and the
Lindsay & McCutcheon plant are still en
thusiastic, and say they will stay out until
the leaders notify them to return to work.
At wellsville, Ohio, the feeltng is grow
ing that there will uot be an early settle
ment. "I do nqt "believe there will be a
aafcerted Organiser Harry
.. V?, 8. teday fe discussing the situation
SL ^ urK- '^be strike is too young."
That statement, frank aod open, reflects
*5. ?' great majority of the
strikers.
ThP strikers are not relaxing one lota of
tnetr vigilance. Every avenue of entrance
to the town is being closely guarded. It
a that an. atte mpt may be made
Saturday to bring In men while the strik
ers are picnicking at Chester Park. They
I
will not be caught napping here If tnls is
done, and the strikers say the picnic may
eventually prove only an outing for the
women and children.
SENATOR CILLOM OX THE TARIFF.
He In Opposed to a General Revision
of the Law.
CANTON, Ohio, August 2.?Senator Cul
lom of Illinois spent the day with the Pres
ident, with whom he conferred on matters,
none of which, it was stated, was of public
interest.
"I do not look for any general tariff re
viMon, and hope there will be none," he
said. "I think we can make the few need
ed tariff changes without muche trouble and
without the disturbance that might follow
general revision."
DRAWING PRACTICALLY OVER.
But Tliere Are Blanks to Be
Taken Oat.
EL RENO. O. T., August 2.?After the
last of the 13,000 names were drawn for
homesteads on the Indian lands from the
wheels last night the great boxes contain
ing the 154,000 names of unlucky appli
cants were taken to the school house.
There the work of drawing was continued,
but no record other than numbering the
envelopes and notifying the various per
sons is being made. It is thought not less
than 20,000 names- a day will be drawn
from now on.
The last numbers giving a homestead
were drawn in the El Reno district by C.
H. Palbrook of Portland, Mich., and by
Harvey F. McLaughlin of Arkansls City,
Kan., in the Lawton district. The closing
scene was tame and unmarked by any kind
of demonstration. The streets today were
lined with prairie schooners, laden with
household goods, all headed south. The
town, which last Monday accommodated
about 40,000 visitors, was nearly deserted.
The commissioners who will have charge of
selling town sites will leave today or to
morrow for their districts. The sales will
begin on August 6. '
NEGROES SUPPLANT STRIKERS.
Netvltura Mill* at Cleveland Manned
by Colored Workmen.
CLEVELAND, August 2?The big steel
combine is utilizing negro labor to supplant
Its white workmen in the Newburg mills
here. Already a couple of hundred of
brawny colored men have come to the city
from Pittsburg, Homestead and adjacent
Iron centers in Pennsylvania. They are
brought here by one of their own race,
who is acting as agent for the steel cor
poration. When the colored men arrive
they are sent to the mill, where a large
dwelling house is used as a domicile.
Many more negroes, It is said, will be
brought here, and a general emigration of
colored workmen familiar with the manu
facture of iron and steel, from the south,
is prophesied by a colored agent of the
steel corporation.
The negroes from Alabama and Tennes
see, according to the same authority, see
In this strike a glorious opportunity to im
prove their condition, and they are flocking
north in large numbers.
It is also asserted that the steel corpora
tion has given authority to Us agents to
gather all the colored iron workers possi
ble and to center them at the various
points of the strike.
It is claimed that the men who are going
into the mills here are practical lrtm work
ers, having done similar work elsewhere.
'FRISCO STRIKE NEAR SETTLEMENT.
Belief That Men Will Resume Work
Next Monday.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 2.?An early
settlement of the trouble between the em
ployers' association and the city front fed
eration now seems probable, and an early
end of the strike is anticipated. The labor
leaders and prominent merchants are alike
hopeful that tomorrow at the latest will
see peace restored and that on Monday the
striking workers will return to their for
mer employment.
Mayor Phelan has in his possession a let
ter from the city front federation, asking
for more light upon some features of the
terms of peace upon which the employers
insist. This letter will be laid before the
| employers' association today. Numerous
conferences will be held, and It is expected
by many of those Interested that an under
standing will be reached before night.
Whatever decision may be reached will not
directly affect the striking Iron workers,
who are not Included In the city front fed
eration of unions.
TWENTY STOWAWAYS ABOARD.
Curious Case of the Italian Steamer
Nord Amerlea.
NEW YORK, August 2.?Pilot Dennis
Reardon of the steam'pilot boat New York,
who brought the steamer Alliance into
port this morning, said on reaching quar
antine that at dusk last evening the out
ward-bound Italian steamer Nord Amer
ica had cleared the bar after dropping her
pilot.
The pilots on the New York shortly after
ward were attracted by the incessant blow
ing of the Nord America's whistle. The
New York then bore down to the steamer
and were informed by the captain that he
had twenty stowaways on board, whom he
wished to land. The pilot boat's yawl
made four trips to the steamer and trans
ferred the stowaways to the New York.
The people denied that they were stow
aways. They said they were passengers,
but had been robbed of their tickets and
money. They were landed at Atlantic
Highlands this morning.
GEORGE C. THOMAS ARRESTED.
New York Broker Fighting the War
Revenue Act.
NEW YORK, August 2.?Geo. C. Thomas,
a broker and a member of the Consolidated
Exchange of this city, was arrested today
and arraigned before United States Com
missioners Shields, charged with violating
the war revenue act In failing to place rev
enue stamps on sales of stocks. He waived
examination and was held In $1,500 ball
for examination.
Mr. Thomas contends that the tax Is il
legal and he was arrested in order that a
test might be made in the courts.
TRIED TO KILL SWEETHEART. -
Rejected Lover Then Turned the Rifle
on Himself.
MANTI, Utah. August 2.?Rasmus An
derson, aged twenty-seven, shot Miss Em
ily Campbell, aged twenty-two, and P. C.
Christensen, a stage driver, and then com
mitted suicide. Miss Campbell had been
visiting at Salt Lake, and Anderson, a dis
carded sweetheart of the young lady, had
Inveigled her home by means of a forged
message, telling of her mother's approach
lng death.
Miss Campbell, while being driven in the
stage toward Mansfield, her home, was met
by Anderson, who fired four shots at her
Two of the bullets entered the young wo
man's body and one penetrated her arm
The fourth shattered the arm of the stage
driver. Anderson then turned the rifle on
himself and blew out his brains.
Miss Campbell may recover.
British Torpedo Bom Sunk.
PORTSMOUTH, August 2 ?Torpedo boat
No. 81 has been sunk off the Island of Al
derney, In the English channel. No details
have been received beyond the fact that
there was no loss of life.
Later it became known that the torpedo
boat sank oft the Aldemey breakwater. All
her guns and stores were saved. The boat
I will be raised.
TO TEST THE TAX IN COURT
COMMISSIONER YERKES MOVES I\
THE CASE OF A BROKER.
Latter Hon Ignored Provision* of the
War Revenue Act, Claiming
They Are Unconstitutional.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue Yerkes
tcday ordered the revenue bureau agent at
New York to consult with the district at
torney for New York city with a view to
securing evidence against George C.
Thomas, a broker, justifying the latter's
prosecution on the ground of violation of
the law relating to the tax of 2 cents on
every hundred dollars' worth of stock sold,
exchanged or transferred. Mr. Thomas,
who is a director of the Consolidated Stock
and Petroleum Exchange of New York,
proposes to make a test case of the-jjro
vision of the war revenue act applying in
the premises. This tax has been the sub
ject of a great deal of controversy be
tween brokers and internal revenue agents
and the result is awaitefl with great in
terest. *
? It is probable that Mr. Thomas will be
arraigned on the charge, a trial proceeded
with and a decision rendered. Mr. Thomas
claims that the law is unconstitutional.
The section of the law in question is
embraced In schedule A of the act of June
IS, 18t?8, as amended by section 8, act of
March 2, 15>01, and is as follows:
"On all sales, or agreements to sell, or
memoranda of sal>?s or deliveries or trans
fers of shares or certificates of stock in
any association, company or corporation,
whether made upon or shown by the books
of the association, company or corporation,
or by any assignment in blank, or by any
delivery, or by any paper or agreement or
memorandum or other evidence of transfer
or sale whether entitling the holder in any
manner to the benefit of such stock, or to
secure the future payment of money or
for the future transfer of any stock, on
each hundred dollars of face value or frac
tion thereof, 2 cents."
Mr. Thomas has openly refused to obey
the law under which the government has
been collecting $2 for every 100 shares of
stock sold in the exchanges. It is stated
that Mr. Thomas began to ignore the pro
visions of the law May "22, and in order
that there might-be no concealment in the
matter he notified his legal advisers of his
action, who in turn sent notice to the col
lector of internal revenue for New York.
It Is stated that since that date Mr. Thomas
has continued to transfer stock unstamped
and that the lawyers have continued to
keep the collector pasted on his attitude,
but the department has only just now de
cided to act in the case. Mr. Thomas will
be prosecuted if the facts warrant and the
penalty will be imposed if the law is sus
tained and the broker is convicted. The
penalty for such a violation is a fine of
not less than $,rrf(0 and not more than $1,000,
or imprisonment for six months, or both,
in the discretion of the court. As Mr.
Thomas has been refusing to pay the tax
for two months or more, it is stated that
he is liable to fines aggregating $1,000,000
or more and to imprisonment for a period
of about 300 years.
If the law is declareei unconstitutional,
brokers from all over the country will have
ground for the presentation of claims for
money paid by them under its provisions.
These claims will aggregate millions of
dollars.
FINALS AT SHINNECOCK HILLS.
Li?t of the Competitors In the Three
Seta.
SHINNI3COCK HILLS, N. Y., August 2."
?The semi-finals and finals In the annual
golf tournament of the Shlnnecock Hills
Golf Club were played today. The com
petitors for the first set were C. B. Mac
donald, Garden City, and U. A. Murdock,
Shlnnecock Hills, and C. Tiffany Richard
son, Harvard, and R. C. Watson, jr., West
brook.
In the second set Louis Livingston, West
brook, met Stephen Nash, Columbia Col
lege, while Roy De Raismes, Baltusrol,
played A. M. Brown of Shinnecock.
In the third set Dan Chauncey, Dyker
Meadow, played Percy Pyne, second,
Princeton, and Nebald Edgar, Newport,
met C. F. Watson, Essex County Country
Club
The weather was Ideal for good golf when
the start was made in the semi-final round.
The first match completed was that be
tween Livingston and Nash, the former
winning by 8 up and 2 to play.
The other match in the second set be
tween De Raismey (correct) and Brown
was won by Brown by 1 up after a very
spirited match.
In the third set Payne beat Chauncy by
6 up and 5 to play, and Watson beat Ed
gar by 3 up.
The most brilliant golf was played in the
first set. Watson doing the course in 81
and beating Richardson by 1 up. Richard
son played the course in 84.
There was a 21-hole match played be
tween C. B. Macdonald, Garden City, and
U. A. Murdock, Shlnnecock, which was won
by the former by 1 up.
NEW RUSSIAN WARSHIP.
Rett lian, Built by Cramps, to Have a
Trial Trip.
PHILADELPHIA, August 2.?The second
vessel of the Imperial Russian navy re
cently built in this country', the first-class
battle ship Retvizan, will be taken to the
government course off the New England
coast for the builders' official trial trip
on August 25 or September 1. This is the
program outlined by the officers of the
Wm. Cramp Ship and Engine Building Co.
If the gun tests are made at the time
of the speed trial the Retvizan will leave
the yard the first of next month, but ir
the imperial naval commission decides to
try the guns at some other time the ship
will sail in August. Under the specifica
tions there must be a speed of 18 knots
an hour maintained for twelve hours, and
the builders feel confident that the Retvi
zan will exceed the requirements of the
Russian government. There will be an
other trial in October after the vessel Is
fitted out, which will be the official trial
of the Russian government.
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UTAH CITY INUNDATED.
Cloudburst In Canyon Above Monti
Does Much Damage.
MANTI, Utah. August 2.?A cloudburst
In the canyon caused a tremendous flow
of water to rush toward Mantl creek and
Inundate this city. For a few hours great
excitement prevailed. Thousands of cords
of logs and other debris which was brought
down with the great wall of water dam
med up the ordinary channels, and a rag
ing torrent poured through the principal
streets of the city, forcing down fences,
flooding yards, running through houses and
doing great damage.
The water has subsided, leaving the city
covered with mud, huge boul'lrr? and de
bris.
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GUARDS AMERICAN INTERESTS.
Minister Bryan at Rio Prevents Hos
tile Tariff Legislation.
RIO DE JANEIRO. August 2.?Owing to
the efTorts of the United States minister
here, Charle* Page Bryan, proposed tariff
changes, prejudicial to American commerce
and favored by British, Italian and Ar
gentine Interests, have been defeated hi
the Brazilian congress.
Nevr Rector of Berlin University.
BERLIN, August 2.?Prof. Itelnhard Ke
kule von Stradonitz has been elected rector
ot ths Berlin University.
THE STAR BT MAIL.
Persons leaving: the city for an*
period can have The Star mailed to
them by ordering it at this office. In
person or by letter. Terms: 13 cents
per week: 25 cents for two weeks, or
60 cents per month. Invariably In
advance. The address may be
changed as frequently as desired. .
Always give the last address, as well
as the new one. ]
DISTRICT BANKS
Proposition in Regard to Those of a
Private Character.
A REGULAR REPORT OF CONDITION
Should Be Made to Treasury or
District Commissioners.
AN OFFICIAL'S VIEWS
A proposition affecting tho management
of many District of Columbia banking In
stitutions has been submitted to the office
of the controller of the currency which Is
attracting a great deal of attention among
officials of the Treasury Department.
This project contemplates the enforce
ment of some law compelling all the private
banks, the loan and building associations
and the savings banks of the city to fur
nish either the national government or tha
District Commissioners a monthly, semi
annual or yearly statement of their condi
tion. As the law now stands all such in
stitutions are not obliged to report their
respective conditions from time to time, as
tfte national banks and trust companies of
Washington are obliged to do. and officials
of the controller's office believe that it
would be a wise measure of precaution to
force them to do so.
A Decree ??f Uncertainty.
It is claimed by those in authority that
the absence of detailed reports from tho
banks In question affords a degree of un
certainty regarding the standing of private
subject to all the provisions of the Revised
continued may eventually result harmfully
to depositors and stockholders of such in
stitutions. These banks usually make pub
lic from time to time statements of their
condition, but they are not compelled to do
so, and it is stated at the Treasury De
partment that such statements are entirely
voluntary in character, and may or may
not be exact and reliable. Under the law
all savings and other banks organized un
der act of Congress In the District shall bo
subject to the provisions of the Revised
Statutes, but there are a great many banks
In the city not organized under act of Con
gress. and which therefore are beyond the
jurisdiction of the federal law requiring
periodical reports of condition. The stat
ute regarding the banks formed under au
thority of Congress is as follows:
"And all savings or other banks now or
ganized or which shall hereafter be organ
ized in the District of Columbia, under any
act of Congress, which shall have capital
stock paid up in whole or in part, shall be
subject to all the provisions of the Revised
Statutes and of all acts of Congress appli
cable to national banking associations, so
far as the same may be applicable to such
savings or other banks." The provisions of
the statute thus referred to require all such
banks to submit reports from time to time
to the controller of the currency as to their
financial condition. AU the savings banks
of the District with one exception are ex
empt from the provisions of this act and
ail the private banks and building and loan
associations likewise do not come within
the requirements of the act.
Rot Obligatory Under the Lnw.
The consequence of this condition Is that
reports of the state of the various Institu
tions not embraced within the scope of the
law are not obligatory In nature and are
submitted to the public and to depositors
and stockholders only at the pleasure of
the bank officials. If the management de
sires to do so It may submit any sort of a
statement it desires, there being no official
examiner appointed by the government to
Investigate the condition of affairs or any
other officer authorired to go over the hooks
and see what the state of finances is. Th?
result is that persons having money in
volved are not In poslUon to secure the
same information available to depositors
and stockholder?! in the national banks,
which Is of an official nature.
The District of Columbia is not alone
in this respect, however, for the states of
Alabama, South Carolina, Nevada and Ar
kansas are similarly situated. In most of
the other states state bank examining
boards are maintained, which do the re
quired work, but in the District of Colum
bia and the states enumerated no protec
tion whatever is afforded.
The controller of -the currency usually
sends out a circular letter bearing upon
the subject and calling for information
from the management of private banks,
but answers to such letters are not com
pulsory.
An Official's Hew.
In speaking of the subject an official of
the controller's office said to a Star reporter
this afternoon: "It seems to me that some
sort of measure ought to be adopted af
fording the people of the District the pro
tection required In this respect. I note that
a commissioner of Insurance has been cre
ated for the city, whose duties shall in
clude a general examination from time to
time of the affairs of the various insurance
companies here. That is a good Idea, and
a similar one appertaining to the private
banking Institutions of the city ought to
be adopted. As the situation now stands
there is no assurance to depositors ana
stockholders that they can get information
of the exact and trustworthy nature thit
Is given them by the national banks and
trust companies of the District. I think
the Interests of depositors demand sucn re
ports The proposition has been submitted
to this office and is receiving considerable
attention. The consensus of opinion is
that some step ought to be taken to insure
the statements required."
PRAISES HIS TKOOPS.
Gen. MacArthnr'i Wordu in Tnrnln*
His Command Over to Gen. Chaffee.
Gen. MacArthur, in turning over tha
command of the division of the Philippines
to Gen. Chaffee, highly complimented the
troops in an official order. He said:
"In thus terminating service in the archi
pelago the undersigned desires to pay a
warm tribute of admiration and respect to
the troops of the division and to thank
them for the splendid response they have
always made to every demand upon their
fortitude and courage, in pursuance of
which they achieved results which cannot
be measured In terms, and which cannot be
adequately rewarded.
"All men who have served honestly and
faithfully In the Philippines at any time
since May 1. 1MW, deserve well of the re
public, and may indulge to ihe full limit
the sense of satisfaction that arises from
consciousness of duty well per1form1ed.
Every obligation has been discharged
with patriotic fidelity.
"Acoordingly It Is a great pleasure to
commend to the favorable consideration of
the distinguished officer who succeeds to
:he command a body of troops so thorough
ly familiar with the best traditions of the
profession and so celebrated for good work
n the field."
Bids for Inaane Hospital llnlldlnara.
Bids for the construction of fifteen build
ings in the grounds of the Government
Hospital for thd Insane were opened at tho
Interior Department at 2 o'clock this after
Boon. These buildings are to accommodate
1,000 additional persona, and tha appro
priation of Congress for their building
unounts to fM)0,000.